Comments on: Welcome to the Kestrel Books Blog http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/ Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Yasuko Farran http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Yasuko Farran Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:48:12 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-1579 Great articles and a nice site…. Great articles and a nice site….

]]> By: Verdell Panama http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1553 Verdell Panama Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:08:51 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-1553 Thank you for the entertaining read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work. Thank you for the entertaining read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work.

]]> By: dil okullari http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-614 dil okullari Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:14:24 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-614 it looks like a nice site, but it would better with multi language support, for example spanish.. but thanks.. it looks like a nice site, but it would better with multi language support, for example spanish.. but thanks..

]]> By: Au Pair http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Au Pair Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:23:24 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-42 Very nice web site. My English is not so good, so I do not understand it well, but it seems very good. Thanks. Very nice web site. My English is not so good, so I do not understand it well, but it seems very good. Thanks.

]]> By: Kestrel http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Kestrel Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:51:42 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-5 Yes, and popularity can be a highly misleading indicator of either quality or value. I remember well using the New York Times Bestseller's list to pick some new reading material a few years back. I had never used its recommendation before, but thought I would give it a try. I picked a book that had been on the list for, I think, maybe 16 weeks and thought that would be a solid read. Well, 'The Bridges of Madison County' left me not only dissatisfied but almost angry that I had spent the time reading a novella with such rudimentary cardboard characters. The premise of the book was great, even potentially magical, but the execution was mediocre and singulary unsatisfying. The lesson I learned from that experience was that perhaps the many people who bought the book and kept it on the list week after week were less than demanding of real substance in the characters in their literature, and that maybe our society in general wants only snapshots (read instant gratification) rather than full blooded human bone and gristle. (pardon the mixed metaphor). I would suggest also that the joy of book collecting, regardless of the collection's monetary worth, might hold value unrealized by the merely materially wealthy. Yes, and popularity can be a highly misleading indicator of either quality or value. I remember well using the New York Times Bestseller’s list to pick some new reading material a few years back. I had never used its recommendation before, but thought I would give it a try. I picked a book that had been on the list for, I think, maybe 16 weeks and thought that would be a solid read. Well, ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ left me not only dissatisfied but almost angry that I had spent the time reading a novella with such rudimentary cardboard characters. The premise of the book was great, even potentially magical, but the execution was mediocre and singulary unsatisfying. The lesson I learned from that experience was that perhaps the many people who bought the book and kept it on the list week after week were less than demanding of real substance in the characters in their literature, and that maybe our society in general wants only snapshots (read instant gratification) rather than full blooded human bone and gristle. (pardon the mixed metaphor).

I would suggest also that the joy of book collecting, regardless of the collection’s monetary worth, might hold value unrealized by the merely materially wealthy.

]]> By: Ken http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Ken Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:21:18 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-4 Popularity is that elusive parameter. All the rest can be quantified, but popularity seems to be a passing thing. It comes, sometimes very quickly as in the New York Times Bestseller's Lists, and then it goes. How many of the bestsellers from 1960 would be considered valuable today? How many of the bestsellers of today will be valuable in 50 years? The ability to forecast public opinion makes a rich book collector; discipline makes a satisfied collector. Popularity is that elusive parameter. All the rest can be quantified, but popularity seems to be a passing thing. It comes, sometimes very quickly as in the New York Times Bestseller’s Lists, and then it goes. How many of the bestsellers from 1960 would be considered valuable today? How many of the bestsellers of today will be valuable in 50 years?

The ability to forecast public opinion makes a rich book collector; discipline makes a satisfied collector.

]]> By: Kestrel http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Kestrel Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:27:09 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-2 There are several factors that make a book valuable: these include the number of copies that have been printed, the number of copies that remain in existence, the age of the book and the popularity of the book. There are several factors that make a book valuable: these include the number of copies that have been printed, the number of copies that remain in existence, the age of the book and the popularity of the book.

]]> By: Alison Taylor http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/2007/11/28/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Alison Taylor Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:20:35 +0000 http://kestrelbooks.ca/blog/?p=1#comment-1 What is it that makes some books much more valuable than others? What is it that makes some books much more valuable than others?

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