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Madrid Book Fair
Jun. 11th, 2005 09:52 pmSara and I signed at the Madrid Book Fair today, from 12-14h at the stand for a comics shop, and then from 18-20.30 at a kidzbookstore.
Lots of people wandering among the few hundred book stalls, but most of them are doing exactly that: wandering.
Quite different from when we were just in Barcelona for Sant Jordi the other month, where people are actively looking to buy a book.
Of course, it's also one day of insanity (for the booksellers and distributors and authors) as opposed to 15+days (three weekends plus the intervening time), like the Madrid deal.
It was interesting to see whether people picked up MANUAL PRACTICO PARA VIAJAR EN OVNI or LA AVENTURA DE CECILIA Y EL DRAGÓN.
OVNI is, alas, having some difficulty in finding its audience. The comics and SF shops all think it's too young and won't even open it/look at it. Whereas it's a sophisticated humor (and not a traditional narrative) making traditional kidzbook venues step back from it.
Sigh.
But people who do pick it up (whether kids or adults) seem to like it.
Lots of people wandering among the few hundred book stalls, but most of them are doing exactly that: wandering.
Quite different from when we were just in Barcelona for Sant Jordi the other month, where people are actively looking to buy a book.
Of course, it's also one day of insanity (for the booksellers and distributors and authors) as opposed to 15+days (three weekends plus the intervening time), like the Madrid deal.
It was interesting to see whether people picked up MANUAL PRACTICO PARA VIAJAR EN OVNI or LA AVENTURA DE CECILIA Y EL DRAGÓN.
OVNI is, alas, having some difficulty in finding its audience. The comics and SF shops all think it's too young and won't even open it/look at it. Whereas it's a sophisticated humor (and not a traditional narrative) making traditional kidzbook venues step back from it.
Sigh.
But people who do pick it up (whether kids or adults) seem to like it.
