Von Allan

If you're seeing this, then I would deeply appreciate you giving this a read and letting me know what you think. So many more pages are after the cut!VonAnd some colour, too!VonCopyright (C) 2008-2009 Eric Allan Julien

...had some fascinating data about books, bookstores, publishers, marketing and reading. Things like:"The younger crowd are larger supporters of large chain bookstores."Book clubs are still significant sales channels for reaching older readers.The fiction market is predominantly female...

Oh, dear god, I can't tell you how much I love this scene from Fall Out, the final episode of The Prisoner. Verbal interplay and quick cuts...

I've been watching the marketing efforts of Ken Marcus, creator and writer of Super Human Resources for the past few months...

Alright, here is the complete TV Interview I did for Talk Ottawa last June. This is a big file so I'm not sure how long I'll be able to keep this up on our server (and many thanks to kevdead for that, of course). As long as I can, anyway...

Some of you may recall that I did a TV interview on Talk Ottawa last June. I've had a copy for quite some time but getting it online has been a fairly low priority. I finally got a chance to tinker with it and the first 15 minutes are below...

One of the reason why I'm so pleased that Mike Shatzkin has finally started a blog is there's some very juicy historical tidbits that people like me really enjoy. One is how Point of Sales data began being collected by bookstores (innovated by Dalton) back in the mid-70s...

Filed By Author has now gone into full beta...

In case anyone knows dog owners in this area:http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/24/dogs-poisoned.htmlMy god there are some sick people out there.Grumble.Moggy

Interesting reading over on Richard Curtis' E-Reads blog:"As we know, the road to publication is mined with perils. It takes intelligence, determination and fortitude to avoid or conquer them. Yet, in my experience there is no guarantee that these virtues will prevail in the writing game...

In today's edition of Shelf Awareness, there's a little off the cuff comment from Jim Salicrup, Papercutz's editor and long-time comic vet...

...that there's been a bit more discussion on this thread from a little while ago on Diamond's recent moves:http://vonandmoggy.livejournal.com/402894.htmlJust in case anyone wants to add anything to the discussion. :)Von

Jim Munroe just posted over on his No Media Kings blog that he's offering Therefore Repent!, his original graphic novel with Montreal's Salgood Sam, as a free download in multiple formats...

Man, I loves me Christopher Eccleston's Doctor Who. Just saying.Von

Been meaning to post these for a little bit. More to come as I continue to chew over doing Stargazer in colour!Von

Dave Baxter over on Septagon Studios has a very interesting article on how Hermés Piqué and Juan Romera, creators of a comic called Misery Depot, distributed it through various torrent and other download sites...

Well, it's taken some doing, but road has now been moved off of GaM's site and onto my own. With new artwork, completely revamped lettering, and quite a bit of new writing, too. I think all of these changes make it that much stronger and I kinda consider this the "remastered" version...

About a week back, ICV2.com ran an interview with Bill Schanes, Diamond's Vice-President of Purchasing...

So, I'm sitting here, sick as a dog (what I'm calling a sinus storm) and I decided to take the day off. And this is led me to think...

Yes, it's an old saw of mine regarding exactly how useless they are. And yes, I've yabbered about it before. But this was too good to pass up:It looks like the 2009 edition of Book Expo Canada may not happen this year due to publishers (big ones) pulling out...

Newsarama's Matt Brady did an interview with Bill Schanes, Diamond Vice President of Purchasing, regarding the new Purchase Order Benchmark...

You may recall that there was some confusion regarding Diamond's new Purchase Order Benchmark. That confusion seems to be settled - the $2500.00 number is a wholesale number and not retail...

Word has been going around about some major changes in how Diamond distributes small press comics in North America. In a nutshell, they're raising certain sales benchmarks to new, higher levels...

...thanks very much, one and all, for the birthday wishes! And yup, Moggy was damn nice to me, too! One of the nicest birthdays I've ever had, in fact. :)Von

Back in November, Google and Life announced that they have teamed up to publish millions of archival photos from Life's vast database. Many of these photos are now online and I thought it would be fun to go in and do some key word searches regarding comic books to see what I could find...

You could've had your bad memories of the year shredded in Times Square. Too bad I didn't know in advance, we could've arranged a road trip. Ha!http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/081228/K122806AU.htmlThough we are not amused by the Red Sox poster shredding...

Hi,So, this very nice person named poisonrational has run into a bit of a tight spot. And, since 2009 is supposed to be better for everyone (I so decree it), we need to help her out....she only needs a few hundred dollars after all. Maybe you can find something you like on her LJ or her Etsy...