Thinking Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Elder Holland recently released a new book titled "To My Friends." What if the book was released under the name of a different author, say Steven E. Snow? Would the book sell as many copies or receive the same reviews?
Guest Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Elder Holland recently released a new book titled "To My Friends." What if the book was released under the name of a different author, say Steven E. Snow? Would the book sell as many copies or receive the same reviews?What is the implication? That Apostles get better sales and reviews because they are Apostles? I mean what if their books of the Bible written by Judas after he betrayed Christ...lot of if's.
pogi Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Elder Holland recently released a new book titled "To My Friends." What if the book was released under the name of a different author, say Steven E. Snow? Would the book sell as many copies or receive the same reviews? Is it a surprise that a more well known author would sell more books than a more obscure author given that both of their books have the same title? Edited January 3, 2015 by pogi 3
thesometimesaint Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 It didn't seem to bother Samuel Langhorne Clemens that much.
Coreyb Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Elder Holland recently released a new book titled "To My Friends." What if the book was released under the name of a different author, say Steven E. Snow? Would the book sell as many copies or receive the same reviews?My opinion, no, it would be in the cheapo section of DB store.
Freedom Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 We would buy the book because we respect and trust the author. Authors write books because there are readers who want to read what they have to say. It would be a very confusing world if I could not search for a particular author because they use a different name each time they publish. 2
Duncan Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 not to belittle Elder Holland by any stretch but I saw the review on Deseretbook's website and the lady said it was just a collection of his talks that are online
Kenngo1969 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 As partial as I am to Elder Holland, I buy books based on whether I have a need they will fulfill and whether they will benefit me, largely irrespective of who wrote them. 2
K-2 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Me too, which means I'm not going to be buying Elder Holland's book. 1
K-2 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Luckily, Elder Holland managed to avoid being one of the mere 95% of people who have their submitted manuscripts rejected by Deseret Book.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/143150/THE-ROAD-FOR-WOULD-BE-AUTHORS-IS-A-ROCKY-ONE.html?pg=all
bluebell Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 As partial as I am to Elder Holland, I buy books based on whether I have a need they will fulfill and whether they will benefit me, largely irrespective of who wrote them. I don't think you're very unique in that respect. I don't know many people who know a book won't fulfill any of their needs or benefit them in anyway but who buy it anyway because of who wrote it.
Kaleb Webb Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Elder Holland recently released a new book titled "To My Friends." What if the book was released under the name of a different author, say Steven E. Snow? Would the book sell as many copies or receive the same reviews?It definitely wouldn't sell as many copies. I don't know about reviews, though.
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