The coldest winter ever part 25/24/2023 ![]() I spend to much time on social media looking for information about books. ![]() Then the crux on my problem dawned on me. Digging a little deeper I came across an excellent article about the book in Publishers Weekly. I also know we have very few platforms remaining who would review this title. (to be plain Simon and Schuster is not an advertiser). I also realize publishers spend less on promotion and advertising and that is also part of the problem. But I'm on Twitter and Facebook every day and did not see anything about this book. ![]() I also know many of those people went to social media. Sure a few years ago there was more discussion about books here on. Now her latest book A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story has been out for over a month and I had no clue. When a writer of Souljah's notoriety publishes the sequel to a wildly popular book (1,436,559 copies in print) I want to be able to be the first to let people know. ![]() It is a problem because I actively look for books by Black writers that I think will appeal to or at least interest readers. In 2013 there was zero buzz at least from my perspective. Just a few years ago prior to the publication of, Midnight, Souljah's 2nd novel, a few years after the Coldest Winter Ever, there was much more anticipation, more buzz. ![]() I discovered this book from the Jan/Feb 2013 bestsellers list I just published. A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story ![]()
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