Indiespensible
So, I was going to be writing this post to tell you about how you should join this new Powells program, a subscription service for limited editions of new books, in fancypants packaging, called Indiespensible.
I was going to be telling you, because I wanted to support the program, which is think is part of the future of the book business (we need to find more price points, people, we need to find ways to sell $100 editions, and $0.99 editions!), and because Lydia Millet's How the Dead Dream is the first selection.
They announced the program yesterday at 11:00am EST...and by 9:00 EST they'd sold out, all 200 copies.
So they didn't really need my help.
But you know, in the middle of writing this post, I finally got around to reading the interview of Lydia by Dave Weich, Powell's marketing guru, and I think it may be the best interview of Lydia I've ever read. I can't quite explain why, but it made me jealous.
So, kudos to Powells for an incredible launch and to Dave Weich for a great interview.