Comments on: Okay, Now I Believe It

By: mrXavier

mrXavier — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:21:30 +0000

well, well
congratulations!

will certainly pick it up

By: KF

KF — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:07:15 +0000

Wow—thanks, David! It does indeed feel gooooooood. In fact, I’m a bit shocked by the degree to which the presence of the physical object has affected me. I’ve certainly never had this feeling about a journal article’s appearance—in fact, those have always seemed a bit anticlimactic. This, on the other hand… perhaps it’s just a matter of the length of time spent on the project and the various pains of its coming-into-being. Like labor.

And PSA! You may of course procure a copy; I’ll look forward to seeing you back in the hallowed halls. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Paul Saint-Amour

Paul Saint-Amour — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:29:22 +0000

SO EXCITED that your book is out, Kathleen. It’s such a good book–this judging from earlier drafts I read a couple years back–and I’m eager to see how it settled out. Can I procure a copy in person this summer when I’m back in the ‘shank?

By: david silver

david silver — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:17:24 +0000

ROCK ON kathleen. this looks and sounds like an exciting book. congratulations.

i’d like to have your book reviewed for the resource center for cyberculture studies. any chance you can have your publisher send RCCS a review copy (or, preferably two; i’d love to run multiple reviews of this book)? if so, please send (and send fast - i’m moving soon) to:

David Silver/RCCS
Department of Communication
University of Washington
102 Communications
Box 353740
Seattle WA 98195-3740

CONGRATULATIONS kf - it must feel gooooooood.

By: Matt K.

Matt K. — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:29:37 +0000

Defintely on my summer list, Kathleen. Congratulations!

By: KF

KF — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:43:43 +0000

Thanks, all. Of course the autograph offer still stands, e.—we’ll just have to figure out when & how. And Scott, I wish on no one the ridiculous delays this project has faced since its completion; it should have been in print years ago. Here’s hoping all these new modes of scholarly publishing we’re trying to imagine actually begin to produce more reasonable project calendars.

And Liz—I will confess that I’ve peeked periodically at the Amazon rankings, mostly out of a perverse, self-lacerating kind of curiosity. Twice in the last couple of weeks—once the day after the public radio thing aired, and then again yesterday, for some reason—the book has gotten as high as 61,486. Which of course means that 61,485 other books sold more copies than mine did that day, which sorta puts things into perspective. But nonetheless: is it unusual to be somewhat stunned that anyone who doesn’t know me personally might actually buy this thing?

By: liz

liz — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:03:43 +0000

Way to go! Incidentally, according to amazon.com, your book has jumped more than 400,000 spots in sales rank in the past day. Rock!

By: Scott Eric Kaufman

Scott Eric Kaufman — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:13:27 +0000

Congratulations! That means I only have, what, another eight years before mine’s published? Crap. You would want to ruin my Friday night, wouldn’t you?

Pffft.

(No, but seriously, congrats.)

By: e. fiction

e. fiction — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:56:56 +0000

Oh wow, time for me to pony up for a copy. I hope the autograph offer still stands.

By: Robert Nanders

Robert Nanders — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:03:51 +0000

Congratulations :-) A 10-year making, that’s encouraging to me, since I’ve been taking substantial amounts of time just to put together a cookbook!