Barnes and Noble wants to promote my book on a table. What does that mean?
WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
(Roughly translated, of course.)
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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Jessica - Apr 02, 2007 4:57:27 pm PDT #321 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
JenP - Apr 02, 2007 5:07:10 pm PDT #322 of 10001
Barnes and Noble wants to promote my book on a table. What does that mean?
That's the first place I go... I'm lazy shopper, so I figure table books are already vetted, so if I'm just browsing, I will absolutely see all the table books. But if a book is in the stacks somewhere and I don't know that it will strike my interest, I'll probably never find it. So, table books means more people will see your book and be captivated by it. In short - awesome.
I am also a face recognition machine, people. Except for Tony Blair, so since no one got that one, I'm saying they've got a bad shot up there.
Famous People:
Out of 30 faces, you correctly identified 29.
You were familiar with 30 of the people in this test.
If we exclude the ones you were unfamiliar with, you got 97% correct.
Unfamiliar Faces:
Out of 20 target faces (ones you studied in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 18.
Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones that didn't study in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 29 of them.
Overall, you got 94% correct
The other, longer, unfamiliar faces test:
Out of 72 faces, you correctly identified 68.
In other words, you got 94% correct.
And yet another skill that I've no way to exploit for monetary gain. Oh, well.
And finally, words cannot express how much this [link] and this [link] slayed me. (Matilda and Matilda and Emmett for the unidentified-link shy among us.)
Laura - Apr 02, 2007 5:16:07 pm PDT #323 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Woo Allyson!!
Go Florida!
Yeah, that's all I got.
Vortex - Apr 02, 2007 6:16:53 pm PDT #324 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I also identified Tony Blair as Donny Osmond, glad it wasn't just me. Only one I got wrong. I got 85% on the stranger test.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 02, 2007 7:10:35 pm PDT #325 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Famous Faces:
Out of 30 faces, you correctly identified 29. You were familiar with 30 of the people in this test.
If we exclude the ones you were unfamiliar with, you got 97% correct.
I guessed John Edwards for Tony Blair, but he was familiar to me as a politician!
Unfamiliar faces:
Out of 20 target faces (ones you studied in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 16. Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones that didn't study in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 22 of them.
Overall, you got 76% correctThe average person with normal face recognition scores about 85% on this test. If you scored less than 75% on this test, this may indicate face recognition difficulties.
Burrell - Apr 02, 2007 7:25:23 pm PDT #326 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That is very awesome news, Allyson. Really, there's no way that means anything but they like you, they really really like you.
§ ita § - Apr 02, 2007 7:38:36 pm PDT #327 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Doesn't it mean Barnes & Nobles is gay?
Lee - Apr 02, 2007 7:39:31 pm PDT #328 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Only Noble. Barnes is bi.
Liese S. - Apr 02, 2007 7:45:10 pm PDT #329 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Bwah!
DUDE. It means you are MADE OF AWESOME.
I was going to post this exact thing! Except I was thinking about italics.
I am so excited about your book. Will you still love us if it goes completely huge?
Pix - Apr 02, 2007 8:06:55 pm PDT #330 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Table placement at B&N or any of the chains is very very good and pretty much ensures better sales.
Yes, this! Wonderful news, Allyson. Congrats!