tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post7588914475854548245..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Checking Your Proposed Book TitleDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-73263251452686269852008-12-15T10:35:00.000-07:002008-12-15T10:35:00.000-07:00Finding another identical title might also be an i...Finding another identical title might also be an indication that you haven't given much thought to the title. After all, if the book is distinctive, the title ought to be equally distinctive. I have two books with the title Death In Paradise, published in the same year, one by Kate Flora and the other by Robert B. Parker. Except for being mysteries, the books are nothing alike. Both of them are actually quite good, but the titles are as bland as white bread and tell the reader nothing about the story. It's the kind of title that someone who knew only the genre and the setting would have come up with. Parker is a big enough name that he could have titled his book Jesse Stone #3 and not lost a sale, but Flora would have been better served with a title that got to the heart of the story.Mark Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746027017657987261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-86023229834477600282008-12-14T15:48:00.000-07:002008-12-14T15:48:00.000-07:00Ah yes - make sure that you double check that the ...Ah yes - make sure that you double check that the book store hasn't made any mistakes long before you arrive for the signing. I would always give them the ISBN as well as the title (although that doesn't guarantee that no mistakes would be made).Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-52024054511401739082008-12-13T12:22:00.000-07:002008-12-13T12:22:00.000-07:00Hmm - good article and advice. Also agree with Hel...Hmm - good article and advice. Also agree with Helen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-36676481510542258762008-12-13T11:13:00.000-07:002008-12-13T11:13:00.000-07:00Also be careful of a title that sounds similar to ...Also be careful of a title that sounds similar to a famous title. I had a friend who's first book was similar to another and she showed up for a signing at a B&N and they had the other book, not hers, there.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.com