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By: Mariah

Mariah — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:06:00 +0000

Gee, maybe we aren’t buying as many books because, A) Pagans who’ve been around awhile have a lot of books already B) the new books aren’t so good and last but not least C) the price of the books- they all cost $20 a pop! Can’t someone write a book that costs around $8, which is a more typical price for a paperback? Sheesh. Granted there are some good books that have come out more recently, but they are vastly outnumbered by “spells for the masses” type books. I’ve heard the largest market for pagan books is still 101 type stuff, because so many are still new to it and so many people just pick up one book and dabble in it. Personally, I’ve been buying more scholarly books on mythology, ancient history & religion. Also, the pagan book niche has been around long enough that I can find some stuff used, including out of print books. Sorry if I’m not doing my pagan duty.

By: Rain

Rain — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:10:00 +0000

I wanted to add, Curott mentions “I’ve been told that the Pagan community isn’t buying as many books, the market is saturated, books don’t have the quality that readers want, and worst of all that the community doesn’t support its authors. All of these discouraging explanations may be true, but there are other forces that are at play”. She is doing talks about “the other forces” along with three essays in a series at Witchvox. It’s a good thing we’re writing and talking about the first 4 reasons. They shouldn’t be discarded by Pagan authors in favour of crowing about Christian censorship. Hopefully it will be the impetus needed to get some new material out there.

By: Rain

Rain — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:44:00 +0000

In bookstores in the area here (I’m in Canada, so we have Chapters instead of B&N), there are always several copies of any of Curott’s books. I’ve noticed the latest, The Love Spell, has even received flack in the Pagan community because of its focus on love spells and sex. Some want to avoid the mainstream public thinking Wiccans cast love spells to control others, and some want to avoid them thinking Wiccans are focused on sex.I had noticed the many angel books myself as well, but had attributed it to the fact that angels are more mainstream and acceptable. Such books will sell to a wider audience (much like Chopra’s books do, or books on astrology).