tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post1248923652303187933..comments2023-08-26T14:31:44.845+01:00Comments on Charles Lambert: Pip-pipped at the postCharles Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-53490617540046481502008-01-24T17:33:00.000+01:002008-01-24T17:33:00.000+01:00You're wonderful!You're wonderful!Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-42838073203119178352008-01-24T15:22:00.000+01:002008-01-24T15:22:00.000+01:00Hm, true. Sorry, didn't see your response until t...Hm, true. Sorry, didn't see your response until today.<BR/><BR/>Meant to add that I read both <I>Little Monsters</I> and <I>Sputnik Caledonia</I> (well, am halfway through the latter) in Picador proof editions, so it's been an egalitarian experience for me if for no-one else. Horrible bloody things they are too, with flimsy covers thinner than the pages, and spines which bend gradually then snap suddenly. By end of reading they're fit only for the recycling bin, however fine the contents, which at least means from the author's point of view that I'll buy a finished copy as well and swell your coffers a touch. Aren't I good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-22636185092068348722007-11-18T19:20:00.000+01:002007-11-18T19:20:00.000+01:00It's slightly reassuring to think I'll get a secon...It's slightly reassuring to think I'll get a second bite, John. <BR/><BR/>It's also true that the books you didn't get round to buying as hardbacks may be more immediately attractive, and affordable, as paperbacks. In which case you won't put buying them off. Who knows?Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-80805106379829040332007-11-18T15:06:00.000+01:002007-11-18T15:06:00.000+01:00I have mixed feelings about the move, mainly becau...I have mixed feelings about the move, mainly because it means that novels will no longer have two bits of the cherry in gaining the browser's attention. Many many times have I been in a bookstore and seen a new paperback, and thought, "Oh! I meant to read that when it was out in hardback last year but never got around to it," and then bought it. Now books will have to shout louder first time, and risk being forgotten much more quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com