Why advertise a book when it isn't even known what it is yet?

Rosie Perera
Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in Books and Courses Forum

No description, no author listed, and title unknown. Who would buy this?

At least from Amazon.com I found out that the author's full name is Carlos Enrique Whittaker. But apparently the title is unknown as of yet. I couldn't even find him giving hints of it on his blog or Twitter feed. Seems premature to be trying to sell pre-orders of it, then. Unless there are people out there who would buy anything by this Carlos Enrique Whittaker. (I'd never heard of him before, BTW.)

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  • JC54
    JC54 Member Posts: 311 ✭✭

    Well, to be honest, this secrecy does intrigue me a bit.

    With your post it has become more likely that I would buy this book [:P]

  • GaoLu
    GaoLu Member Posts: 3,503 ✭✭✭

    When I was a kid you could buy mystery packages from Johnson Smith Company.  I secretly did that once, because I knew my parents would not approve.  Alas...they were right.  No doubt this mystery package from Logos has a better chance of panning out.  

    Wikipedia entry here.  (Link to company withheld due to possible conflict of business interest regarding sales of mystery packages).

  • Stephen McCracken
    Stephen McCracken Member Posts: 495 ✭✭

    Seems premature to be trying to sell pre-orders of it, t

    At least its cheaper than Zondervan!

  • Erin (Faithlife)
    Erin (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 165

    Hi Rosie,

    Most of the product pages, especially new titles on pre-order, pull information like author, title, and cover artwork directly from the publisher. In this case, it looks like our record for this ebook is missing a lot of information from the publisher, but it will fill in as they send more over and the title is closer to shipping.

    On Vyrso.com, you'll see the section for "New to Vyrso"—I'm assuming this is where you found this product, but correct me if I'm mistaken! This section is automated, and pulls ebook titles that are new in our system from the publishers. I apologize if this title was misleading or confusing!

  • Matthew C Jones
    Matthew C Jones Member Posts: 10,295 ✭✭✭

    Unless there are people out there who would buy anything

    Hey, it is published by Zondervan. That is good enough for me. [:)]

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