Take for instance the fact that we now publish naughty books. (Erotic titles.) We have seen sales increased just by including in our catalog of released titles the very image of sex, spelled out in words instead of video. No offense to Mr. Cassangway, but his work is not as romantically minded as more stream lined ideas spelled out by other authors.
Of course, I'm not referring to romance novels. I'm alluding to works that are enlightening, that bring us ideas where no other medium can describe so fully. Ideas that strengthen our views on today's world, or filling the voids in our historical knowledge of a particular place, or time, of interest.
Books provide avenues into the mind that video can never penetrate. Don't get me wrong, the video market is huge with sales greater than the book industry in this day and age. But selling story's with vast complexity provides enrichment beyond measure. No movie can accomplish this feat in roughly two hours.
I'm very glad that we can offer another form of literature that pleases an apparently rich market. Sex sells, it's said over and over and it always rings true. I'm glad Erotic is doing so well and I'm glad we can be part of that rich market. But I don't want to lose sight of what or work is really about. Or work is based on manuscripts that will both fulfill one's mind and one's heart and the work of Mr. Meservier doesn't fail in that regard.
Today I'd like to offer some congratulatory remarks on Mr. Meservier's series Joan Darcy & the 27th Observer. We've seen new life breathed into it through sales Down under. The new cover for the second book is days away and the next installment just behind that. Keep watching for the release to finally come out. No one is more excited than me to see it happen.
