tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post5848848167838036572..comments2024-02-25T17:01:10.739+13:00Comments on World of the Written Word: I missed a birthday!World of the Written Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-24970858147497333792009-01-01T04:16:00.000+13:002009-01-01T04:16:00.000+13:00toujours gai, joan, toujours gai is what i always ...toujours gai, joan, toujours gai is what i always sayAmberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278161038981079553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-69559892423252028082008-12-31T14:35:00.000+13:002008-12-31T14:35:00.000+13:00It's great that Westerns are going well, too, part...It's great that Westerns are going well, too, particularly when they are O'Keefes. Maybe we will see a revival! We watched vids. of "Maverick" and "High Noon" recently, and had such a good time we wondered why the Western genre ever went out of fashion. I also think often of Mehitabel the Cat, a wonderfully whimsical creation who cheered up many a reader in the Great Depression.World of the Written Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-16780716256142861932008-12-31T14:14:00.000+13:002008-12-31T14:14:00.000+13:00This tends to confirm what I've heard elsewhere, J...This tends to confirm what I've heard elsewhere, Joan. The O'Keefe western novels go "out of stock" at the publisher's warehouse faster than ever, although they are relatively dear, being small hardbacks. Hale couldn't fill orders for <I>Misfit Lil Cleans Up</I> seven working days after the official publication date. New Hale publicity person Helen Ogden says, "I think despite how grim the economy is looking at the moment people are still rushing to buy books as a sort of escapism." And I've read somewhere that during the Great Depression small luxuries, like chocolates and bought haircuts, just kept on selling.<BR/>Happy, maybe even prosperous, New Year!<BR/>KeithChap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.com