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	Comments on: It&#8217;s not a competition &#8230; except when it is &#8230;	</title>
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		By: Jennifer Estep		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know exactly what you mean. They are so many awesome books out there already, and more being released every month. I don&#039;t have time to read all the ones that I want (like Demon Angel in my TBR pile). And then you realize that you have to compete against all the other awesomeness. It&#039;s so overwhelming trying to break in. Sigh. 

And I think that if I had a book coming out in July this year, I would just curl up in bed and whimper. Because all anyone is going to be talking about that month is Harry Potter.

I hope one book leads to another. But that&#039;s the good/bad thing about writing something different like superheroes. There aren&#039;t any other books out there that might lead people to mine. And how do you get folks to try something different? It&#039;s a double-edged sword. Like I said, I&#039;m just trying to get the word out and hope that folks at least try Karma Girl.

My cover does rock. And so do yours. :grin:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know exactly what you mean. They are so many awesome books out there already, and more being released every month. I don&#8217;t have time to read all the ones that I want (like Demon Angel in my TBR pile). And then you realize that you have to compete against all the other awesomeness. It&#8217;s so overwhelming trying to break in. Sigh. </p>
<p>And I think that if I had a book coming out in July this year, I would just curl up in bed and whimper. Because all anyone is going to be talking about that month is Harry Potter.</p>
<p>I hope one book leads to another. But that&#8217;s the good/bad thing about writing something different like superheroes. There aren&#8217;t any other books out there that might lead people to mine. And how do you get folks to try something different? It&#8217;s a double-edged sword. Like I said, I&#8217;m just trying to get the word out and hope that folks at least try Karma Girl.</p>
<p>My cover does rock. And so do yours. 😀</p>
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		By: Meljean		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That, and your cover rocks.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That, and your cover rocks.</p>
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		By: Meljean		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I do think of it that way, sort of. My next one comes out June 5, and I&#039;m looking at all of the other great books coming out at the same time, and thinking: okay, what can I do to get you to buy mine instead of theirs? And crying a little inside, because I KNOW that some will automatically choose the other/familiar authors over me. 

On the other hand, I also think that one book leads to another. Someone buys another vampire/demon book, doesn&#039;t get enough (either because it&#039;s bad or good), so they go pick up mine. I think that&#039;s the lucky thing about readers, especially in these genres: we just can&#039;t seem to get enough, and once we find what we like, we get as much of it as we can. 

That there&#039;s nothing quite like your superheroes out there right now I see as a huge bonus -- not much competition in your specific sub-sub-genre.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do think of it that way, sort of. My next one comes out June 5, and I&#8217;m looking at all of the other great books coming out at the same time, and thinking: okay, what can I do to get you to buy mine instead of theirs? And crying a little inside, because I KNOW that some will automatically choose the other/familiar authors over me. </p>
<p>On the other hand, I also think that one book leads to another. Someone buys another vampire/demon book, doesn&#8217;t get enough (either because it&#8217;s bad or good), so they go pick up mine. I think that&#8217;s the lucky thing about readers, especially in these genres: we just can&#8217;t seem to get enough, and once we find what we like, we get as much of it as we can. </p>
<p>That there&#8217;s nothing quite like your superheroes out there right now I see as a huge bonus &#8212; not much competition in your specific sub-sub-genre.</p>
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