This is Noteworthy
My friend down in Florida, Jennifer Oliver, called me a couple of days ago and told me that her Barnes & Noble Bookstore had the new Bone book, The Dragonslayer, displayed at the front of the store on the table with all the current bestsellers. I went to my local Barnes & Noble today and found this right at the front! Harry Potter is on the shelf directly below.
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Now we’re talkin'!
Yeah! Go Bone! Bestseller list! Congratz Jeff!
Comment by Tanner — August 16, 2006 @ 5:49 pm
That’s awesome!
Comment by Will Terrell — August 16, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
Oh how neat! I bet that made a huge grin on your face. This is definitely something to be proud of, congratulations! and Eat that Harry Potter.
Comment by Jeanette — August 16, 2006 @ 8:31 pm
Yeah! Put that bratty brit in his place!
Comment by Medusa Lemieux — August 16, 2006 @ 10:01 pm
…I like Harry Potter… I’m British… I feel offended, and Bone rules, so does HP…
Comment by Tanner Hayes — August 17, 2006 @ 12:18 am
just kidding about the offended part
Comment by Tanner Hayes — August 17, 2006 @ 1:06 am
Excellent!!
Comment by Kazu — August 17, 2006 @ 3:10 am
Cheers. 20% off is a good deal, too.
Comment by Ben — August 17, 2006 @ 6:12 am
20%! Yes, they must be trying to compete with Amazon.
Comment by Jeff Smith — August 17, 2006 @ 10:54 am
Aaaaagggh! Flashbacks!
(Sorry. B&N vet.)
FWIW, the RSS feed for here has been syndicated elsewhere. Do you need the info, or has it been passed on?
Comment by Lucy Anne — August 17, 2006 @ 6:14 pm
Lucy, I’m new to this world of blogging. What does that mean, syndicated elsewhere?
Comment by Jeff Smith — August 18, 2006 @ 5:59 am
Your readers do not have to go to this website to see the content you are posting on your RSS feed — they can just use a reader to read the content here along with any other weblogs they are following.
And on second thought, LiveJournal does a far better job explaining the syndicating of content than I do. (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqcat=syn)
Bloggers are somewhat split on whether they want their content syndicated — some are just pleased that their content is being read, while others would prefer that all their readers visit their website only, so they can keep better track of who their audience is.
Which is the reason I was being somewhat cryptic. I wanted you to know that the RSS feed had been syndicated, but did not want to post details in case you would prefer that your traffic come predominantly through this website.
Comment by Lucy Anne — August 18, 2006 @ 7:58 pm
Interesting! Syndication seems well intentioned. It's cool on the one hand, helping to spread the word and building the community, but I can see how some people would consisder it stealing. Taking content without sharing "eyeballs", which is currency on the web, would be bogus, if that is what is happening. I'm not exactly sure. It may be one of those gliches we'll have to smooth out as we all progress in this medium. For now, I'll just take it as a compliment that someone wants to read the blog!
Comment by Jeff — August 23, 2006 @ 7:55 am