tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post2517120594831752596..comments2024-01-27T20:23:45.771+00:00Comments on Sulci Collective: The Genre of "Time After Time"Sulci Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-86894551831995720262012-10-23T02:12:44.977+01:002012-10-23T02:12:44.977+01:00Absolutely! I have spent more than a couple of hou...Absolutely! I have spent more than a couple of hours in bookstores, working with staff to track down a book which their inventory system says in store, only it's hard to find because it's been mis-filed under the wrong genre. Sometimes it's because the author wrote outside of their usual pigeonhole. Sometimes it's because the title was misinterpreted (like someone putting <i>How to Make an American Quilt</i> in the Arts & Crafts section, just as a random example).Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-51109724516810085322012-10-22T18:20:29.304+01:002012-10-22T18:20:29.304+01:00Thanks Sam, I share your pain re the library thing...Thanks Sam, I share your pain re the library thing!<br /><br /><br />But I think you're likely to have to play the game re your own work. Conventional publishing demand to know how they're going to label your book in order to place and sell it. If you were asked to do a 10 second pitch, it would have to include genre. Somehow they calculate sales forecasts directly from the perceived readership for each genre... I wish you luck with your submission.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />MarcSulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-46747654800228429362012-10-22T12:57:15.431+01:002012-10-22T12:57:15.431+01:00I'm with you on this one! My latest effort doe...I'm with you on this one! My latest effort doesn't particularly fit into any one category either, so I keep putting off writing that 'dear editor' letter (going to have a little stab at the traditional publishing process) because I still don't know how I'm going to classify it.<br /><br />Even more brainless... my local library has taken to putting little classification stickers on the spines of all their books. Even though I want to ignore their system, I can't help but find myself by-passing those genres I don't normally read, rejecting books I may very well enjoy because they've got a little pink heart or a twee little castle, or a cute dagger. Gah!!!Sam Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985355742757891578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-2604119597544391302012-10-21T17:19:26.144+01:002012-10-21T17:19:26.144+01:00Yeah, I'm not a fan of overly rigid genre clas...Yeah, I'm not a fan of overly rigid genre classifications either. So many of the best books don't fit into the boxes people try and force them into.<br /><br />Love the cover, too.James Everingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717149514440381738noreply@blogger.com