Comments on: Kochalka's Squirrelly Gray – UPDATE http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:17:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: alex http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22013 alex Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:20:11 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22013 We ordered ours from Diamond. And are an astoundingly high percentage of the total sales. Like, scarily so. We ordered ours from Diamond.

And are an astoundingly high percentage of the total sales.

Like, scarily so.

]]> By: Brian Hibbs http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22012 Brian Hibbs Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:16:38 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22012 Ditto to what Matt and Dan said -- we didn't order our copies from Diamond either... -B Ditto to what Matt and Dan said — we didn’t order our copies from Diamond either…

-B

]]> By: Matt Lehman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22011 Matt Lehman Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22011 We ordered our copies from Baker & Taylor and if other comic book shops did the same, then the 200 copy total would be misleading as an indication of the total demand in the direct market. We ordered our copies from Baker & Taylor and if other comic book shops did the same, then the 200 copy total would be misleading as an indication of the total demand in the direct market.

]]> By: Dan Merritt http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22010 Dan Merritt Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22010 Thanks for the link to the activity page Heidi. We'll be pushing this book hard at Green Brain Comics. The direct market's numbers may be small due to a less than desirable discount on a non-returnable item through Diamond. Alternative distribution channels that offer a slightly better discount with returnability are probably taking up a lot of the orders for smarter comic specialty stores. Thanks for the link to the activity page Heidi.

We’ll be pushing this book hard at Green Brain Comics.

The direct market’s numbers may be small due to a less than desirable discount on a non-returnable item through Diamond. Alternative distribution channels that offer a slightly better discount with returnability are probably taking up a lot of the orders for smarter comic specialty stores.

]]> By: Alan Spinney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22009 Alan Spinney Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:13:50 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/30/kochalkas-squirrelly-gray/#comment-22009 >PS: Over on the TCJ.com board, Kochalka notes that only 200 copies of this were ordered for the direct sales market. The screengrab that I see with the squirrel sitting on the acorn is really not that compelling. It does not make me curious and want to buy a book... however, it must be discouraging to have only 200 copies ordered... did I read that right??? >PS: Over on the TCJ.com board, Kochalka notes that only 200 copies of this were ordered for the direct sales market.

The screengrab that I see with the squirrel sitting on the acorn is really not that compelling. It does not make me curious and want to buy a book… however, it must be discouraging to have only 200 copies ordered… did I read that right???

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