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From: Sue Macy <sue_at_suemacy.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:21:26 -0400
Regarding crossover nonfiction: Iıve had a lot of success selling my book, Wheels of Change, about the impact of the bicycle on women at the turn of the 20th century, to adult cycling and womenıs groups, even though my publisher hasnıt actively marketed it to them. In that case, the subject matter sells the book to adult niche markets. Iım sure other NF authors have had the same experience. I remember Penny Colman telling me she spoke about and sold her book, Toilets, Bathtubs, Sinks, and Sewers, at a plumbing convention.
--Sue Macy
www.suemacy.com
On 6/6/14, 2:00 PM, "Marc Aronson" <aronson.marc_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I do believe that as more trade NF is read and assigned in school from
> the earliest grades up, more students will find authors, subjects, styles of
> NF that interest them -- even in High School. To my mind, the huge untapped
> opportunities are in math as pleasure reading, computer science, philosophy,
> theology, physics, engineering, economics: all areas where the subjects are
> full of potential interest for teenagers, the existing middle school books are
> too simple and many adult books assume knowledge teenagers do not have. We do
> not do well with abstract sciences for teenagers -- we
> give them textbooks and adult books even as their brains are ready even eager
> for abstract thinking.
>
> Those of you who work in or have family members in IB schools know that Theory
> of Knowledge is mandatory in the diploma program -- I wish every teenager had
> the chance to try their hand at that thrilling intellectual obstacle course.
>
> As to adult "cross-down" -- once upon a time publishers said adults would not
> read YA fiction, yet at last count 79% of YA fiction is purchased by adults.
> So YA NF "cross down" does seem like a market opportunity -- if we can find a
> way to alert adult readers to what we have on offer. That does happen in
> public libraries where adults discover our books, but not sure how to expand
> that.
>
>
> Marc Aronson
>
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Received on Fri 06 Jun 2014 05:21:51 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:21:26 -0400
Regarding crossover nonfiction: Iıve had a lot of success selling my book, Wheels of Change, about the impact of the bicycle on women at the turn of the 20th century, to adult cycling and womenıs groups, even though my publisher hasnıt actively marketed it to them. In that case, the subject matter sells the book to adult niche markets. Iım sure other NF authors have had the same experience. I remember Penny Colman telling me she spoke about and sold her book, Toilets, Bathtubs, Sinks, and Sewers, at a plumbing convention.
--Sue Macy
www.suemacy.com
On 6/6/14, 2:00 PM, "Marc Aronson" <aronson.marc_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I do believe that as more trade NF is read and assigned in school from
> the earliest grades up, more students will find authors, subjects, styles of
> NF that interest them -- even in High School. To my mind, the huge untapped
> opportunities are in math as pleasure reading, computer science, philosophy,
> theology, physics, engineering, economics: all areas where the subjects are
> full of potential interest for teenagers, the existing middle school books are
> too simple and many adult books assume knowledge teenagers do not have. We do
> not do well with abstract sciences for teenagers -- we
> give them textbooks and adult books even as their brains are ready even eager
> for abstract thinking.
>
> Those of you who work in or have family members in IB schools know that Theory
> of Knowledge is mandatory in the diploma program -- I wish every teenager had
> the chance to try their hand at that thrilling intellectual obstacle course.
>
> As to adult "cross-down" -- once upon a time publishers said adults would not
> read YA fiction, yet at last count 79% of YA fiction is purchased by adults.
> So YA NF "cross down" does seem like a market opportunity -- if we can find a
> way to alert adult readers to what we have on offer. That does happen in
> public libraries where adults discover our books, but not sure how to expand
> that.
>
>
> Marc Aronson
>
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