September 29, 2009
random book sighting in japan
I was quite amused by this, in a weird kinda way.
A few days ago, some groovy cat in Japan spotted my book in a bookshop in some town I’d never heard of before.
And he went and took this picture of Page Sixty Four. Why Page Sixty Four? I have no idea. I guess that’s what intrigued me.
[I saved the photo right then, I went back to try to find the link a few days later but couldn't find it, sorry...]
Some random dude in a Japanese bookstore. Some random cartoonist in West Texas, with an equally random book serving as a social object in a now hyper-connected world.
I told a fellow author the other day, “If your book isn’t a social object, your book isn’t selling. End of story.”
He scratched his head for a minute, so then I filled him in all about “Baked-In Sociality.” He got it, then.
And the Internet makes all this far more apparent than it ever was before, of course.
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Wow that’s pretty amazing that you saw this in Japan. I have been there and couldn’t find any English books.
For me just as a regular person, I think I tend to draw the “red” line much too early which causes me to miss out on a lot of things.
Speaking of your book…I read it the other day (I like those kind that don’t take too long to read, I guess it’s the ADD in me). I liked it. It actually reinforced some things I’ve studied by other writers on creativity. I appreciate anything that gets me fired up and helps me over my artistic blocks (the just do it and don’t expect it to be easy pep-talks). Thanks!