You would think Adam would have had a little warning about this, but Bear Manor Media says it\'s available for sale immediately!
Our own Adam Nedeff. A biography of Bill Cullen. Lots of original research, new interviews and never-before-heard anecdotes. Why are you still reading this when you could be placing your order? I\'ve read it, it\'s wonderful. Buy dozens, make Adam rich.
http://www.bearmanormedia.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=655
Thanks for the info. If Adam\'s writings on Game Show Utopia are any indication, the book will be quite a treasure.
Is a Kindle version in the works?
$33 for a paperback?
Think of it as five cents per page or 16 cents per photo.
And thanks, Matt!
It\'s 660 pages?
It\'s 660 pages?
Uh, no, I did terrible math there. It\'s 578.
Uh, no, I did terrible math there. It\'s 578.
Okay, that\'s still a plenty impressive number. :)
But I urge you to make a Kindle version available at some point down the road. Some of us don\'t buy physical books anymore, full-stop.
I don\'t own a Kindle, I apologize if it\'s a stupid question...There\'s a PDF version for sale at the link, can a Kindle not handle that?
It\'s 660 pages?
Uh, no, I did terrible math there. It\'s 578.
Think of it as 0.0570934256 cents per page!
Yes, a Kindle can read PDF files, but a) I won\'t even call it a mediocre experience, let alone a good one, and b) $33 is WAY too much to be asking for a digital document in an industry where Apple opened up antitrust cans of worms by engineering a price hike from $10 to $15 for new books from major authors, in a digital format that is much better for the reader.
I will plug this book a little bit more here...
.... having actually heard a few of the anecdotes from the book dictated by Adam, himself....
.... do yourselves a favor and buy this book. It\'s now because of some of those anecdotes that I truly look up to who I now call Bill \"Effing\" Cullen. Yes, he was the man.
/ (So how\'d I do, Adam?)
Isn\'t it ironic that you can\'t really kindle a fire with a kindle but you can with paper? I\'m old-fashioned. I like books that are printed on paper.
Regarding a kindle version, one of my relatives has poor eyesight. She used to listen to books on tape and CD; now she relies on the kindle.
The audience and the need are out there.
Adam, congrats. In following your FB posts, I know it\'s been a long road for you, but well worth the effort I\'m sure!
I do second the Kindle suggestion...to me, it\'s just a matter of convenience, even though I\'m a bit of a purist.
Let me also point out that Amazon makes it pretty easy to make a Kindle version available, to the point where you are more-or-less home if you can convert the book to a Word doc, or a webpage. The financial breakdowns of it may not make sense to you, but I urge you to at least look into it.
There are also apps out there that can help you do the formatting yourself if you want; I\'ve used Sigil for a bunch of stuff and like it,
The only problem is it\'s now officially out of my hands (the copyright is in my name, but the publishing rights belong to the publishing company). But I\'m definitely listening to the demand and I\'ll pass the word along.
The only problem is it\'s now officially out of my hands (the copyright is in my name, but the publishing rights belong to the publishing company).
But I\'m definitely listening to the demand and I\'ll pass the word along.
Isn\'t it ironic that you can\'t really kindle a fire with a kindle but you can with paper? I\'m old-fashioned. I like books that are printed on paper.
Relevant (http://xkcd.com/750/)
I was psyched when The Ultimate TV Game Show Book came out, and I\'m psyched for such an amazing biography. DO WANT.
Sounds wonderful! However I\'m with Mr. Lemon. I\'d only buy it for the Kindle. And I would probably buy it instantly if it was available for the Kindle. Haven\'t bought a paper book in months if not a couple years.
Wow! Congrats, Adam!
BTW, what is the \"four-volume set,\" titled \"This Day in Game Show History?\" Is it also from Bear Manor publishing?
Wow! Congrats, Adam!
BTW, what is the \"four-volume set,\" titled \"This Day in Game Show History?\" Is it also from Bear Manor publishing?
Funnily enough, that book I wrote before the Bill Cullen book, but editing and layout turned into such a mammoth project (2000 pages combined) that I wound up getting Bill\'s book out first.
For those of us who don\'t have a problem buying a paperback, would this be available at a Barnes & Noble store or do I have to place an order with the publisher?
For those of us who don\'t have a problem buying a paperback, would this be available at a Barnes & Noble store or do I have to place an order with the publisher?
I am guessing (though I may be wrong) that this is one of those print-on-demand outfits, which would explain the high cost of the book. I wouldn\'t expect to see this on Amazon or in your local Books-A-Plenty anytime soon.
EDIT: A little Googling indicates that this is in fact the case.
Thanks for the quick reply.
Yeah, Lulu is how I did mine (and this is Adam\'s thread, so I won\'t plug it here). and it works pretty well for what it is. Yes, it\'s pretty easy to get the work on Kindle (tougher to get it on Nook, although that\'s all but dead anyway.) And while I\'m a print guy, I did sell a couple e-books as well (thank you!) and it was all relatively painless.
Anyway, having gone through the birthing process myself, congratulations, Adam!
I am guessing (though I may be wrong) that this is one of those print-on-demand outfits, which would explain the high cost of the book. I wouldn\'t expect to see this on Amazon or in your local Books-A-Plenty anytime soon.
Actually just got the word, it will be on Amazon in about three weeks, at which time I\'m going to post another self-aggrandizing plug-thread. Stay tuned!
Congratulations, Adam.
I am guessing (though I may be wrong) that this is one of those print-on-demand outfits, which would explain the high cost of the book. I wouldn\'t expect to see this on Amazon or in your local Books-A-Plenty anytime soon.
Actually just got the word, it will be on Amazon in about three weeks, at which time I\'m going to post another self-aggrandizing plug-thread. Stay tuned!
Eh, screw it, I\'ll just post the Amazon link here.
I am guessing (though I may be wrong) that this is one of those print-on-demand outfits, which would explain the high cost of the book. I wouldn\'t expect to see this on Amazon or in your local Books-A-Plenty anytime soon.
Actually just got the word, it will be on Amazon in about three weeks, at which time I\'m going to post another self-aggrandizing plug-thread. Stay tuned!
Eh, screw it, I\'ll just post the Amazon link here.
just ordered mine through Amazon. I\'m still a devotee to paper and print.
I would encourage all to read this book! Besides being a wonderful tribute to the Dean of Game Show Hosts, it includes tremendous insight into the game show makers of the day including Goodson-Todman, Bob Stewart and Barry-Enright. It also paints a fascinating picture of the life cycle of the game show genre from the 50s to present.
Even with all the great information included, you never lose sight that the star of this book is Bill Cullen. I found myself sad at the end of the book that Ann Cullen had lost her beloved husband and that we had lost our television friend. A great read - thank you, Adam!
BTW, the story of how Bob Stewart got some of the set pieces for Three on a Match is priceless! Again, Adam, thank you!
You asked for it!
Quizmaster is now available for the Kindle; place your order here.
Now, see, THAT is service. (That is also a far-more-reasonable price.)
One sorta-small, sorta-not nitpick you might want to attend to: whoever took care of the submission with Amazon (I dunno if it was you or your publisher) submitted the TITLE IN ALL CAPS, AND I DO NOT WANT THE TITLE SHOUTING AT ME FROM MY BOOK LIST. Know what I mean? :)
That said, I am sure you have made a few sales, myself included once I know if that can be easily fixed or not. (To wit: I\'m buying the book. If it can be fixed, I\'ll wait until it\'s fixed to do it, If it can\'t be fixed, I\'ll suck it up, but it\'s gonna twinge at me every time I pick up my Kindle.) Thank you very much for looking into it!
Thank you very much for looking into it!
I didn\'t look into it at all, to be honest with you. Apparently, BearManor and Amazon got a rather impressive number of requests on the first day of pre-orders.
I didn\'t look into it at all, to be honest with you. Apparently, BearManor and Amazon got a rather impressive number of requests on the first day of pre-orders.
So it was BearManor that submitted it to Amazon, not you? I\'m happy to ping them about the title issue if they did it.
Yeah, I\'m gonna give Amazon and BearManor a shot to get back to me, and then I am gonna pick it up too. TOTALLY looking forward to it. :)
I have to place an order to eventually read something on a digital device? Did I miss something?
No, you can in fact buy it right now on the Kindle Store.
Also, I spoke too soon...it\'s not coming up on the Kindle Store on either of my devices (a 3rd-gen Kindle Keyboard and a 1st-gen Kindle Fire) but as Adam links it\'s clearly there and I\'m sure it just needs to be ingested into their search engines. I suggest just going to Adam\'s link and buying it there and having it sent to your device from that.
Also, I spoke too soon...it\'s not coming up on the Kindle Store on either of my devices (a 3rd-gen Kindle Keyboard and a 1st-gen Kindle Fire) but as Adam links it\'s clearly there and I\'m sure it just needs to be ingested into their search engines. I suggest just going to Adam\'s link and buying it there and having it sent to your device from that.
Yeah, one way or another you can get it within minutes. My mother eagerly e-mailed me a photo of her Kindle just to show off a page to me. :-)
The Kindle app works very, very well on the smaller iDevices, comparing quite favorably to an actual Kindle, especially if you have good eyesight and don\'t mind reading small text on a small screen. (Of course, you don\'t even have to do that if you don\'t mind a few extra page turns.) The only drawback is that you can\'t sideload your own books onto it, but that\'s easy enough to accomplish with iBooks and something like Calibre for conversion.
(I actually found myself going back to the e-ink Kindle for serious reading over my Fire, because I realized just how much I love reading on an e-ink screen.)
Is that in the legal boilerplate for the book itself? It may be there to cover themselves because the photos had to be resized for digital publication, I\'m sure. I doubt the text itself is abridged even a little, if at all.
Adam also did his first interview on the book plus talk about other things with the boys of Game Show Newsnet. Almost an hour, and a great listen.
Interview begins in between 1:16:00 and 1:17:00.
Hooray, Kindle version. Terrific news. Instantly bought a copy as promised. Pleased to see that the book is high on the Kindle sales charts too.
Adam, I would love to know, in percentages and without revealing sales numbers, the split between digital and hardcopy orders, after a period of time.
And I\'ll echo Mr. Lemon\'s point that the ALL-CAPS book title is cringeworthy and should be fixed.
And I\'ll echo Mr. Lemon\'s point that the ALL-CAPS book title is cringeworthy and should be fixed.
I\'m working on this; I have an email in to BearManor pointing this out and also pointing out that other titles under their umbrella have Kindle Store entries that aren\'t all-capped.
(I do note that it\'s made its way into the search results now; hooray! And another point in BearManor\'s favor: unlike some small publishing houses, the quality of the Kindle conversion, from what I could tell of the sample, is quite good.)
(I do note that it\'s made its way into the search results now; hooray! And another point in BearManor\'s favor: unlike some small publishing houses, the quality of the Kindle conversion, from what I could tell of the sample, is quite good.)
I\'ll echo this. I checked out a few pages and it looks fine.
I picked up the Kindle version last night (I happen to be reading it on an iPad) - it\'s an excellent read, and as others have said, the Kindle version appears to be quite good. Other books I have Kindle versions of don\'t always get formatted quite correctly, but this book has had no issues. It\'s a very interested read - I\'m enjoying it immensely.
Since you kids with your fancy technologies threw a bit of a snit over whether this would even come out in e-form in the first place, I want to post my own old-person snit. Instant gratification is a wonderful thing and I get that the e-books are electronically poofed right into your iThings. Still, it will bother me something awful if, by paying substantially more for the physical thing that I have to think still drives the BearManor business model, I have to wait weeks before they actually get around to printing them while the rest of you are electronically enjoying all that Nedeff goodness.
I might very well have been the first person to place a traditional order. That was on July 1, when the website clearly indicated the book was \"in stock\". Now I\'m hearing that the actual publication date is July 17, though the electronic version is available immediately. That\'s not sitting well with me.
I don\'t think Matt is complaining that we get bits for cheaper, I think he\'s complaining that the BearManor dude (and, yeah, it\'s mostly one dude) is a little sloppy in a suspicious manner with regard to communicating whether his product is actually in stock or not. And I agree that releasing the Kindle version earlier than he ships his actual print orders seems a little stupid from a business standpoint. I\'d have been happy to wait a while if I knew a Kindle version was coming in order for them to maximize early-supporter physical sales.
The fact that my email from yesterday has as yet gone unreplied-to is not thrilling me, either.
Since you kids with your fancy technologies threw a bit of a snit over whether this would even come out in e-form in the first place, I want to post my own old-person snit. Instant gratification is a wonderful thing and I get that the e-books are electronically poofed right into your iThings. Still, it will bother me something awful if, by paying substantially more for the physical thing that I have to think still drives the BearManor business model, I have to wait weeks before they actually get around to printing them while the rest of you are electronically enjoying all that Nedeff goodness.
I might very well have been the first person to place a traditional order. That was on July 1, when the website clearly indicated the book was \"in stock\". Now I\'m hearing that the actual publication date is July 17, though the electronic version is available immediately. That\'s not sitting well with me.
I placed my order thorugh Amazon for a physical book. Reading all these entries about all these different electronic devices has left me totally confused about what works best and how they work. I\'m no Luddite, though. E-books are great for some. My wife swears by her Kindle. But simplicity works best for me even if I have to shell out extra and wait a bit longer
I want to step in right now and say that right now, in the Television category, the Kindle version is #15, between Wil Wheaton\'s memoirs and a book about Dr. Who. In the \"regular\" book rankings, it\'s at #61. I was hoping this book would have an audience, but my expectations were never THAT high. Thank you all!
The fact that my email from yesterday has as yet gone unreplied-to is not thrilling me, either.
An update: he did indeed reply to me, thanking me for the feedback and saying he would try to have it taken care of soon.
The fact that my email from yesterday has as yet gone unreplied-to is not thrilling me, either.
An update: he did indeed reply to me, thanking me for the feedback and saying he would try to have it taken care of soon.
Form letter?
No, that was pretty much the full text of the note. Dude just dashed off a one-liner, but that\'s more than fine; he acknowledged the issue and that it was important to fix.
I don\'t think Matt is complaining that we get bits for cheaper, I think he\'s complaining that the BearManor dude (and, yeah, it\'s mostly one dude) is a little sloppy in a suspicious manner with regard to communicating whether his product is actually in stock or not. And I agree that releasing the Kindle version earlier than he ships his actual print orders seems a little stupid from a business standpoint. I\'d have been happy to wait a while if I knew a Kindle version was coming in order for them to maximize early-supporter physical sales.
This exactly. I am literally the earliest of supporters in this case, and now I\'m waiting on the sidelines twiddling my thumbs for what could easily be three weeks from the time I placed my order. E-books should absolutely be cheaper and faster, that\'s their great advantage. I\'m just disappointed that it appears the physical books aren\'t even ready yet. I feel misled.
(Now granted, I\'ve already read the book, or at least a very late draft of it. But they don\'t know that.)
This exactly. I am literally the earliest of supporters in this case, and now I\'m waiting on the sidelines twiddling my thumbs for what could easily be three weeks from the time I placed my order.
Well, if it helps at all, now that I\'ve been told that my problem with the book\'s metadata is going to be addressed, I\'m gonna give it a week or so for it to actually happen, so I don\'t get to read the book yet either. :)
This exactly. I am literally the earliest of supporters in this case, and now I\'m waiting on the sidelines twiddling my thumbs for what could easily be three weeks from the time I placed my order.
If I didn\'t know better, I\'d think you\'d crowdfunded a smart watch.
Hmm, interesting developments. The title is now in correct case on the website, and showed up correctly when I had a sample sent to my iPod. But it\'s still all-capped on my Windows Phone, and the metadata from the sample is still showing up all-capped in Calibre. (Both Kindles are at home so I was unable to check on those.) I\'ll give it a couple more days but I may just have to suck it up or figure out how to hack into the metadata myself.
EDIT: One more important setting I just discovered: If you go to Manage Your Devices on your Amazon Kindle account, then scroll to the bottom, there is a new option for Automatic Book Update, which sounds like it will update books when fixes have been made. So, basically, if anyone other than me was waiting to buy at this point, there\'s no need to \'cuz it\'ll update when it\'s fixed. Buy with confidence! (I just did!)
The Kindle app works very, very well on the smaller iDevices, comparing quite favorably to an actual Kindle, especially if you have good eyesight and don\'t mind reading small text on a small screen. (
It also has at least decent support for Voiceover, which is the text-to-speech program intended for the blind. It\'s under Settings/Accessibility. Then you can have your iPhone just read the book to you.
It also has at least decent support for Voiceover, which is the text-to-speech program intended for the blind. It\'s under Settings/Accessibility. Then you can have your iPhone just read the book to you.
Some of us who can see use it too; it\'s the easiest way to see exactly what percentage of battery is available on an iPod Touch since for some reason Apple has decided that we don\'t get to see that. :)
Now that\'s some news I can use; thanks for the tip there.
That isn\'t a problem on an iPad, tho, is it? It\'s not a a problem on the iPhones because there is a setting you can turn on that shows you directly; for some reason Apple turns that off on the iPods.
(What I do is go into Settings > General > Accessibility and then way at the bottom there is a way to assign what a triple-click of the button does; I set that to Voiceover, Then, when I need to know, I triple-click, then tap the battery icon and it tells me what I need to know, then triple-click again to turn it off.)
Now that\'s some news I can use; thanks for the tip there.
That isn\'t a problem on an iPad, tho, is it? It\'s not a a problem on the iPhones because there is a setting you can turn on that shows you directly; for some reason Apple turns that off on the iPods.
(What I do is go into Settings > General > Accessibility and then way at the bottom there is a way to assign what a triple-click of the button does; I set that to Voiceover, Then, when I need to know, I triple-click, then tap the battery icon and it tells me what I need to know, then triple-click again to turn it off.)
You stole the tip right out of my mouth. And sorry, yes of course it\'s Settings/General/Accessibility. I use an Android, where the Kindle app is still lacking for access. But I can read the book on the Kindle PC app thankfully.
I placed my order thorugh Amazon for a physical book. Reading all these entries about all these different electronic devices has left me totally confused about what works best and how they work. I\'m no Luddite, though. E-books are great for some. My wife swears by her Kindle. But simplicity works best for me even if I have to shell out extra and wait a bit longerSince you kids with your fancy technologies threw a bit of a snit over whether this would even come out in e-form in the first place, I want to post my own old-person snit. Instant gratification is a wonderful thing and I get that the e-books are electronically poofed right into your iThings. Still, it will bother me something awful if, by paying substantially more for the physical thing that I have to think still drives the BearManor business model, I have to wait weeks before they actually get around to printing them while the rest of you are electronically enjoying all that Nedeff goodness.
I might very well have been the first person to place a traditional order. That was on July 1, when the website clearly indicated the book was \"in stock\". Now I\'m hearing that the actual publication date is July 17, though the electronic version is available immediately. That\'s not sitting well with me.
I\'m still biased toward hard copies myself. I have a small collection of autographed books, most of which were personally obtained. (An GS related exception: Chuck Barris. I ordered it through a bookstore in NJ where he was signing his \"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind\").
Any thoughts about offering autographed copies, Adam? I\'d probably spring for one...
I ordered mine from the first eBay link Adam posted and it very unexpectedly showed up in my mailbox today. The eBay listing didn\'t show that it had even shipped.
My copies (which I ordered directly from the publisher) arrived today as well. So the physical books are ready after all, and the publication date of the 17th is some sort of Amazon fiction.
Kindles are nice and all, but there\'s nothing like being able to thumb through a nice hefty book to see what pictures catch your eye. And there are a TON of pictures, many of which I\'ve never seen before. Once again, Adam, congratulations.
Kindles are nice and all, but there\'s nothing like being able to thumb through a nice hefty book to see what pictures catch your eye. And there are a TON of pictures, many of which I\'ve never seen before. Once again, Adam, congratulations.
Don\'t disagree at all. I have several cookbooks in Kindle form, but it\'s just not the same. All depends on what you\'re in it for.
Kindles are nice and all, but there\'s nothing like being able to thumb through a nice hefty book to see what pictures catch your eye. And there are a TON of pictures, many of which I\'ve never seen before. Once again, Adam, congratulations.
The other advantage, to me, is the ability to treat the book like a trophy. Have it on display in your living room and it\'s a conversation starter or just a way to let a new visitor know something about you.
Thank you, Matt, and thank you especially for your contributions to the finished product. Having a fan who also happened to have deep knowledge of the subject was especially helpful for getting a few of my points across in the text.
Also, to address this question--and I\'m flattered by the requests I\'ve received on here and on Facebook--if you already bought a copy and you\'d like me to autograph it, send me a private message including your mailing address. Send me the book along with check/money order/cash only to cover the cost of mailing it back to you, and I\'ll happily sign it and pass it right back your way.
if you already bought a copy and you\'d like me to autograph it, send me a private message including your mailing address. Send me the book along with check/money order/cash only to cover the cost of mailing it back to you, and I\'ll happily sign it and pass it right back your way.
I was going to ask if it was possible to get it signed if I just so happened to see you when I attend \"America\'s Greatest Game Shows\" at Madame Tussauds next month... except I don\'t see it on the site anymore. I\'d hate to hear the show\'s no longer a go.
But since I am going to be in the Los Angeles area next month... Well, it\'d be a lot cheaper for me to have a copy with me than getting one sent across the Canadian border twice.
if you already bought a copy and you\'d like me to autograph it, send me a private message including your mailing address. Send me the book along with check/money order/cash only to cover the cost of mailing it back to you, and I\'ll happily sign it and pass it right back your way.
I was going to ask if it was possible to get it signed if I just so happened to see you when I attend \"America\'s Greatest Game Shows\" at Madame Tussauds next month... except I don\'t see it on the site anymore. I\'d hate to hear the show\'s no longer a go.
The show is gone, and in the interest of continuing to have a job that\'s all I\'ll say. But I will be at the museum and I\'m not that hard to find, so go ahead and bring a copy.
Personally I find it difficult to loan Kindle books, especially if the loan-ee doesn\'t have one. I can loan my hard copy of The Nerdist Way or Predictably Irrational to people who would benefit from them, but not a pile of ones-and-zeroes.The other advantage, to me, is the ability to treat the book like a trophy. Have it on display in your living room and it\'s a conversation starter or just a way to let a new visitor know something about you.
Hometown newspaper ran a story about the book.
Wanted to come back and say that I just happened to check and it appears the Kindle version of the book had had the all-caps title issue fixed. If it\'s bothering you, delete the book from your Kindle (or other device; this worked on my Windows Phone 8 as well) and re-download it from the archive (this assumes that you have Automatic Book Update turned on, I think, although I assumed that would just update the book on the fly) and you will find that it\'s properly-cased now.
I am now pushing myself to finish up Game Change so I can start diving into this!
Adam, I\'d read in the article that you have \"five other books that haven\'t been published yet.\" I\'m curious, are they all game show related, and is it the four-volume set mentioned earlier, plus one other book?
Yup. The four volume set, plus another biography. I don\'t have a title to give you for the next book, because I\'ve been trying to come up with a good one for it, and frankly, I\'m drawing a...(puts on sunglasses) blank.
Adam, the article says you were on three shows...I remember your Catch 21 appearance, but I\'m also drawing a blank. What were the other two?
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays and Who\'s Still Standing.
I\'m drawing a...(puts on sunglasses) blank.
Now this is how you do a proper tease.
/yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
More press for the book, from earlier this morning on WOWK channel 13 in Huntington, WV.
Amusingly, the webpage title reads \"West Virginia native pens biography about versatile game show ho\".
Amusingly, the webpage title reads \"West Virginia native pens biography about versatile game show ho\".
I thought there was already a book out about Regis Philbin.
I bought \"Quizmaster\" for my Kindle the other night, and I\'m several chapters in. Loving it! It\'s beautifully penned.
Thank you, Geno!
Can my kindle be autographed by the author? :)
Can my kindle be autographed by the author? :)
You mock, but the very first time I went to see Alton Brown, a friend of mine didn\'t have a copy of I\'m Just Here For The Food for him to sign, so he had Alton sign his MacBook instead.
If I ever ran into Adam in person, I would *totally* have him sign the back of my Kindle. :)
I just purchased this today for my Kindle Fire and it is a fascinating read. I also enjoyed some of Bill\'s quips which made me laugh and reminded me of how great Bill was as an M.C.
Perhaps some day, some one can revive \"Eye Guess\", for that was a very underrated game show and I still have a copy of the second edition in my possession.
Can my kindle be autographed by the author? :)
If I ever ran into Adam in person, I would *totally* have him sign the back of my Kindle. :)
Aww, shucks. And as of today, I can autograph your Nook too.
As of this moment, #33 out of 1,999 Television titles on the Kindle Store. 98th percentile isn\'t bad at all. :)
Just got the book in the mail today. I\'m looking forward to reading it this weekend.
Thank you, Bobby!
And I\'m sorry if this comes off as a pushy request, but if those of you who have posted kind words could do the same on Amazon, or at BearManor Media...there are still a bunch of game show fans out there who aren\'t in here, and good reviews will draw more eyes to the page, and good reviews can sell more books, and if I sell more books, I can write more books, and hopefully you\'ll like those as much as you like this one. Thank you all again!
I absolutely will be happy to post an Amazon review...once I\'m done with it. :)
My copy came today, and I am completely awestruck. I can\'t wait to read further tonight.
A question for Adam:
Where did you get the color PiR picture (on the back) from?
My copy came today, and I am completely awestruck. I can\'t wait to read further tonight.
A question for Adam:
Where did you get the color PiR picture (on the back) from?
The answer to that is in the form of \"what I think\" and not \"what I know for sure.\" Absolutely none of the publicity stills that G-T and NBC released for the show were on color; since one of the paintings for that segment was done by Ann, Fred Wostbrock thinks Bill asked a photographer to come in and take pictures of the segment for a memento. BTW, the photos on pages 205 and 225 were originally in color too.
Maybe I\'m doing something wrong here, but I just got through the first chapter, and noticed the images are not showing on my Kindle Fire. Any suggestions?
I love the idiosyncrasies of Amazon. It is now possible to buy a used copy of Adam\'s book from a third-party dealer for MORE than the cost of buying new directly from Amazon. Not only that, but you\'d also get the honor of paying for shipping!
Less than a month in, and it\'s already a collector\'s item!
I love the idiosyncrasies of Amazon. It is now possible to buy a used copy of Adam\'s book from a third-party dealer for MORE than the cost of buying new directly from Amazon. Not only that, but you\'d also get the honor of paying for shipping!
Less than a month in, and it\'s already a collector\'s item!
Take THAT, Gil Fates!
Maybe I\'m doing something wrong here, but I just got through the first chapter, and noticed the images are not showing on my Kindle Fire. Any suggestions?
No, it\'s not just you; I\'m seeing captions but not pictures on the Fire, while I am seeing pictures just fine on the e-ink Kindle. Also, it does not appear to respect the Line Spacing setting on the Fire, whereas all formatting settings appear to work on the e-ink version. Weird.
I\'m having the same problem with this book on my Kindle Fire. This works for me, so far: Reposition your Fire by 45 degrees, clockwise or counterclock, and then turn it back to its previous position. Voila ... Pictures!
And while I\'ve got you ... Adam ... Congratulations on the release of this beautifully written and researched work. I know the potential audience is limited ... but here\'s hoping you sell thousands.
I ordered my Amazon paperback copy on July 30. It qualified for free shipping too. Nice bonus. I should get it between August 6 and 10.
Update - got the book today (Aug. 3). They delivered it to me yesterday but I wasn\'t home. It took them forever to find it in the post office but I got it. Lots of interesting pics I haven\'t seen before, like the one of his childhood home in Pittsburgh, courtesy of Matt Ottinger.
I spent 2 and 1/2 hours reading this book at the library. Fascinating insights of the man. I\'m reading randomly and skipping around. The most interesting story I\'ve read so far is about Milton Berle when he was on \"Hot Potato\" - boy, what an ego!
Hey, if I were hung like that, I\'d probably think a lot of myself too.
/not hung like that
/not hung like that
I dare you to make this your signature.
Adam, I\'d read in the article that you have \"five other books that haven\'t been published yet.\" I\'m curious, are they all game show related, and is it the four-volume set mentioned earlier, plus one other book?
Yup. The four volume set, plus another biography. I don\'t have a title to give you for the next book, because I\'ve been trying to come up with a good one for it, and frankly, I\'m drawing a...(puts on sunglasses) blank.
A recent article at this link: http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=31633 tells the subject of the other biography.
BTW, Adam, I recently finished reading your Cullen-bio, and really enjoyed it!! Thanks and Congrats!
Also, any word on a release date on the four-volume set?
I\'m having the same problem with this book on my Kindle Fire. This works for me, so far: Reposition your Fire by 45 degrees, clockwise or counterclock, and then turn it back to its previous position. Voila ... Pictures!
I\'m 66% through the book and thought I would try this. It worked for one picture and that was it. :-(
Hey, since this thread has been bumped and I\'ve now finished the book, I\'d also like to add my accolades to Adam on a job well done. I also want to thank Adam especially for being so kind when I stopped by Madame Tussauds last month to get him to sign my copy.
Looking forward to the next ones!
BUMP!
To everybody who bought a copy of Quizmaster:
Please turn your book to page 250. The question that Gene Rayburn read was \"John said to Mary, \'I think you have the makings of a fine (_____).\'\"
And the reason we now know this is because 50 years ago, some employee of the National Broadcasting Company thought the prank was funny enough to make a note of it in the network\'s official program files for the show. So...go ahead and jot that down in the margins.
So...go ahead and jot that down in the margins.
You jest, but I\'ve never had an excuse before now to use the annotation function of my Kindle, and so By Gawd, now I\'m gonna. :)