Okay, I love his books, but then I saw this post on his blog, and I had a new respect for him.
What do I mean, you ask? Well, notice that the person writing him bought the CD on EBAY–USED. Oh, my….!! At least that is the way many authors would react–the nerve, then to write the author and ask something about the purchase? What arrogance.
For some reason this has always bugged me–yeah, authors make their money off new sales and new sales only. And yes, that means when you buy an author’s book used they get diddly and if everyone did that the author’s sales would go down the toilet and said author would soon be out of a publishing contract. All of that is true, but I have seen so many people get into snits over it to the point of lecturing people who really can’t afford to buy new–or at least as many books as they want to buy new. And I just get tired of the whole issue. Besides there is something to be said for good karma and building a following whether they buy new or not.
So, when I saw that Neil Gaiman had not only posted a message from someone who admitted buying his CD used and had answered the fan without even a sniff of “bad, bad, reader” I just had to comment on it.
Okay, now go forth and buy many copies of anything by Neil Gaiman new–you won’t regret it. :)
Oh, and he posted a link to help save bats–gotta love that too. Don’t you think?
Lori
