OK, TX and Scarlet, I'm waiting for my rave review!

[DFW]

Actually, when Thom Hartmann was raving about my book, he did call it (with a positive connotation) a "dumb read," meaning that it wasn't anything in league of depth with "War And Peace." And, indeed, it definitely isn't. I was out to entertain people--albeit people with a certain amount of erudition and intellectual curiosity--on vacation or with some free time, with some fun, not engage their innermost intellectual thoughts at full throttle during a long cold winter.

[TexasProgresive]

1. You will get a review from Scarlet first.

She is a prodigious reader. You are next on my list, maybe next week. There is nothing wrong with novels written for entertainment. My wife doesn't read fiction and says that I waste my time with trash, ha! she reads non-fiction but watches lots of movies.

[scarletwoman]

2. Yes, dear. I've got it on my to-read list, and I will definitely write a review here.

Please be patient, though. I already have a stack of 9 books from the library to get through first, before they have to go back. I didn't mean to have that happen, but all of a sudden a bunch of books I had requested months ago all unexpectedly became available at once. If I don't read them now, I may have to wait months again for them to be available again.

Luckily, I'm a fast reader - you'll get your turn in a couple weeks or so, okay? I'm very much looking forward to it!

[DFW]

3. Wow, OK, I'll be patient!

9 books in your waiting stack? I wish I had your free time. I was in Belgium yesterday, Germany last night, Holland this morning, and have to be in Paris tomorrow. If I have time to read the signs in the métro station, I consider myself lucky. (somewhat demanding day job)

[scarletwoman]

4. Heh. I work 40+ hours a week. I do much of my reading on my lunch breaks - as I said,

I'm a fast reader.

Honestly, having 9 books this time was sort of by accident - I don't usually have more than 5 or 6 piled up at a time. It generally takes me about 2-3 days to get through a book, depending on the page count.

My other bookreading secret is due to still being on dial-up, since I live in the boonies with no other way to connect to the internet. I keep whatever book I'm currently reading next to my computer, so while I wait for online pages to load, I read more pages of my book.

[DFW]

9. Wait, 40 hours a week?

I wish I could get away with that!

I'm around 90 (no surprise when you're in a different country every day).

[SheilaT]

5. I just got the book, ordered a real copy from Amazon.

I read the opening bit and was immediately grabbed.

But I will say, that if you get a chance to revise the physical layout, you should. Spaces between paragraphs? Oh, yuck. I find them extremely distracting, because the space commonly indicates a change of time and scene. Instead, do the normal indenting, and no space between the paragraphs. I'll be honest and tell you that if I'd realized this book was formatted this way, I would not have bought it. Also, the margins are too small, especially the ones on the inside, next to the bound part of the book. Makes it hard to read.

[DFW]

6. Thanks for the note

You're talking about the e-book, right?

I have never seen it, That was handled by my people in Dallas, and they had issues from the word go. After about ten revisions, I was told that the poor layout was "solved." Apparently not. I'll pass this on right away.

I haven't heard any such disaster about the physical book, so that, at least should be a smooth read.

[SheilaT]

7. No. I am talking about the physical book.

Too narrow margins, paragraphs not indented but a space between each. Arrgghh!

You might want to order a copy for yourself. If there's any chance this is actually print on demand, you might be able to get things fixed for any new orders. Or fix it for when the current print run is sold out.

[DFW]

8. Oh, OK. I will check into it.

This is what comes from being 6000 miles away and having to depend on people who do this as a favor.

[DFW]

10. If any of you were one of the latest reviews of my book on Amazon....

THANK YOU!!!!