Thursday, May 13, 2010

New site and other news

After a mere four years of writing books, I've finally got around to putting up a website at www.daverobertsbooks.com. One enormously popular section of the new site is the 'sightings' section, which has had ONE RESPONSE in three days. Come on, people, you can do better than this. Send me a picture of you posing with The Bromley Boys, and it'll go up on the site, ensuring you'll be recognised everywhere you go.


Will the book be coming out in mass market paperback? It's a question I'm often asked (really!). The current version, a C format trade paperback, is a bit expensive for some at £10.99, especially when similar football books are less than half the price. Well, as far as I know, there are no plans to do this.



Finally, Waterstone's have changed their approach to book selling, and are now concentrating a lot more on local markets. This seems to have helped sales of The Bromley Boys, as it's being promoted quite heavily in branches like Bromley, Orpington, Bluewater and Croydon. Before that, they held a single copy in branches throughout the country, which wasn't particularly successful. Sales have definitely improved since the change of plan and that's why Waterstone's are my favourite bookshop.

4 comments:

PIAN said...

Hi Dave glad to be an early contributor to your new site! Greetings from Bromley, you will be delighted to know that Waterstones are displaying "The Boys" on a table close to the sports section and near to some selected autobiograhies from some very grand names in the Football world!When can we have another book from you? I have still not completed mine on Bromley (as I told you before, you stole my thunder!)but I will finish it and then will be chasing you up the bestseller charts. All the best to you. Ian.

Dave said...

Hi Ian, good to hear from you and I'm sure there's enough room for two books about the mighty Bromley. Thanks for the Waterstone's update - I'm pleasantly surprised to hear that the book is still in the shops after nearly 2 years. My first book disappeared after a few months..still working on the new one - more news as I have it..
Dave

mewmewmew said...

I have still not completed mine on Bromley (as I told you before, you stole my thunder!)but I will finish it and then will be chasing you up the bestseller charts. All the best to you.

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