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From his childhood, Hesse was interested in the Orient, and he visited India in 1911. His mother had been born in that country, and his father was a missionary there. Hesse went there, he said, "to see the sacred tree and snake (of Buddha) and to go back into that source of life where everything had begun and which signifies the Oneness of all phenomena." He later wrote of his "deep veneration of the spirit of the East, which in Indian or Chinese dress...has become my consolation and prophecy."
Hesse started Siddhartha in 1919 and finished it in 1922. The writing was interrupted for eighteen months while he immersed himself in the comparative study of religion. The major texts of Buddhism had been translated for the first time only twenty years previously, when Hesse was in his early twenties.
Siddhartha has always been one of Hesse's most popular novels, and, not surprisingly, it has appealed to the East as well as the West. It was translated into nine Indian dialects and also achieved great popularity in Japan. In the elegance of its style and in the simple yet profound philosophy of life it expresses, it is probably the Western novel which best captures the spirit of India. Siddhartha represents the culmination of a long fascination which the Western literary mind, particularly German Romantics such as Novalis, whom Hesse venerated, felt toward the East.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Do Bloggers Sell Books? Is That the Right Question?
There's been so much written lately about whether or not blogs sell books. I'm not sure how much insight I can add, but I wanted to say that, if I were to guess, I would guess that blogs and bloggers are very important to getting the word out about debut authors, and less well-known books. I think, in the overall scheme of things, they probably have very little impact on the sales of established authors or well-publicized books.
However, what bloggers are doing, that I think is a point that everyone is missing, is creating excitement and buzz for reading YA in general. Just take the book blogging world for example. A few years ago, there were (from what I've heard) a handful of book blogs. Over the past few years, the buzz and excitement created by those blogs has grown, expanded and is practically ready to burst at the seams now. I see this trend growing and growing. It's a snow-ball effect. The reason for this is community. People like to belong, they like to have friends and "family" that are interested in the same thing that they are. They like to talk about the things that they are into. And the more they talk about it, the more into it they get. I guarantee you that bloggers, followers, twitter users etc. buy ten times the amount of books than they would have if it weren't for the community. It spurs us on, it gets us excited, it moves us into action. Some of it is even competition driven. People want to have the most, they want to be the best, the want to know first. Yes, this can be annoying sometimes, but honestly, authors, publishers, and people who love books should be ECSTATIC about this. Why? Because in the end, it sells more books!
Here's my story with blogging. Before the Twilight series, I read NOTHING. Not just only a little here and there....seriously, nothing....ever. I completely fell in love with Twilight, and started wondering what else might be out there that I would like. I went to the library, and started picking up books randomly, but didn't really find any that I loved. I just had no way to know. So, I went where so many of the people in the world now go for information: The Internet. I started googling YA book reviews, and I came across a blog. At the time I didn't know it was a blog, because I had no concept of blogging. But I went on, left comments on reviews, and asked for suggestions of other great books. The people on this blog gave me some suggestions, which lead to more reading, which lead to wanting to share what I was reading with others, which led to starting my blog.
When I started this blog, I had no idea there were other book blogs out there. I actually started a website first, and then realized that a blog was more interactive. I went to the library, bought books at stores, and had no idea what an ARC was. After a couple of months, I began to realize that there was a whole book blogging world out there that I never knew existed, that I could talk to authors on Twitter and they would actually respond. This was incredible. The more I started reading blogs and chatting on Twitter, the more books I bought and reviewed. I can name 100 books that I never would have looked at twice if it hadn't been for review from other blogs. This community has turned reading books into living books. It's one thing to read a book and enjoy it. It's quite another to read it, share it, hear about it from others, and talk about how amazing it is with hundreds of other people who loved it as much as you did. And what does that make me want to do? Buy more books.
So, do book bloggers sell individual books? Sometimes. Do book bloggers sell books as a whole? Absolutely!
Can't seem to keep my mouth shutly yours,
87 comments:
I completely agree with you! I'm glad you posted this :)ReplyDelete
I like when you can't keep your big mouth shut! Good post!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM
I love your point about bloggers getting people excited about YA books in general. That's good for all of us!ReplyDelete
I think it's more about generating excitement also. I know that there are several authors who have become favorites of mine that I found through bloggers with similar tastes. These are books I never would have tried if not for someone pointing out the wonderfulness of these stories. So, I'm with you. We may not sell individual books but we sell excitement!ReplyDelete
love this. it's true, and I think it's especially true for YA books and for teens in general. The more talk about books, the more love for books. When teens stumble across the book blogging community, or the author community on twitter, etc., it makes them *so* excited to read more, and that's terrific.ReplyDelete
Word of mouth advertising is always the best kind, bloggers do that. And not just online. We are at bookstores, book clubs, school functions, work. We carry our bookish love out into our IRL too.ReplyDelete
Great points and well done!ReplyDelete
I agree with you. I only started blogging to get better at writing. Not to get followers, views, or ARCs.ReplyDelete
I totally agree with you about this. There are 57 million books I never would have heard about without blogging, and I know I've bought tons of books because of blogging and Goodreads and Twitter. One good example of this is SEA, by Heidi R. Kling. I had no idea what this book was about or even heard of it before I read Kelsey Dickson's review on her blog. Then I saw other reviews popping up, and I knew I HAD to read it. So I bought it and fell in love with it. There are countless other book love stories like this with me. I'm so grateful for book blogging and all the amazing reads it has led me to :)ReplyDelete
I really love this post and couldn't agree with you more. Before I began interacting with the blogging community, I would always go to the bookstore/library and walk way saying "I couldn't find anything". Now through blogging, I always have lists and lists of books that I hear about from other bloggers that I keep adding to read. Blogging creates so much awareness, cultivates interest and helps people connect more with authors and their stories. There are so many books i probably never would've read if it weren't for other people's blogs. All this talk about whether we help sell books is irrelevant. I honestly don't care--I'm in it for the sense of community--because I have no one in my everyday life who enjoys reading like I do and I enjoy talking with other bibliophiles. If publishers stopped sending out ARC's and authors stopped wanting to do interviews, I would live as long as there were still blog readers and fellow bloggers out there to connect with and discuss my favorite books with. Anyways, amazing POST! It really spoke to me!ReplyDelete
I think that's the best way to put it. Book bloggers sell books to other bloggers. I spent more money on books last year than the previous 3 years combines (I was a big library patron). I wanted books NOW so I started buying rather than waiting for my library to get them in. I wouldn't haven't done that without all the buzz that I heard from bloggers. It is exciting to be a part of it!!ReplyDelete
oh my!ReplyDelete
paragraph 4= story of my life
seriously, with that exact same words O:
It's funny to have you put family in quotes because in an epic way you all are a big bite of my extended family.ReplyDelete
We can rave (or disagree) over books in a passionate way NO ONE ELSE understands. I love this community, I love that for the first time I feel like I belong somewhere, like my piece of the puzzle slid over and clicked into this massive picture of literary awsomeness. It's just cool to me, it's cool to get ARCs and think "Someone likes what I've done so much, they want my thoughts on a book." Let me catch my breath saying that because I spent years giving my thoughts on books to people who looked at me like I was crazy and suddenly Authors are some of my favorite friends and publicists want to send me titles... it's great, not because it's free, but because suddenly, in some tiny, possibly insignificant way we all matter in this world that we all adore.
It's no secret I am writing my first book with deep hopes it will be published, maybe I'll see things differently then, if "then" ever happens, but I will never forget the home I had in this year with all of you.
I don't care if I sell one book, that is NOT the right question, nor is, "Do we make a difference in YA?" The right question? Did being Book bloggers make a difference in us.
I so agree! It's not one blog post that builds the buzz it's the dozens of reviews and mentions that builds the buzz around a book. Then some books you are on the fence on and someone you trust reviews it and loves it, you immediately have to have that book.ReplyDelete
You can always seem to say what I'm thinking but can never say intellegently! Thank you for doing it for me! I did the same thing except it was the Anita Blake series for me. I started it because a friend gave me the first one. I read went and bought the next 13 books in the series and devoured them in a week! Then I went to Walmart looking for something else I might love as much and what did I pick up? Twilight! lolReplyDelete
When I went looking for somthing else to read I went online and found shelfari, which lead me to blogs! I have bought thousands (I'm not exaggerating, thousands!!) of books based on blog recommendations. Being able to talk to people about the books I read and love make me want to read more and read them faster and buy more and and more and more!
I could write another "book" to respond to your "book" here Andye but it's late and I am so sleepy. But I had to comment to let you know I agree! Without book blogs I wouldn't have been aware of many of the books I've read and enjoyed. I think we sell books (and I do mean that on an individual book basis) much more than we get credit for. ;)ReplyDelete
Ditto my friend, I just wrote a post on this myself and then read yours. Exactly my sentiments.ReplyDelete
I love how you say that blogging turns reading books into living books -- that really hits the nail on the head for me. I love having a community that GETS IT. The people I'm around in real life never know what I'm talking about when I ramble about a book. But if I tweet a book blogger and am like ZOMG[INSERT BOOK TITLE] they will KNOW what I mean.ReplyDelete
Also, the interactivity with the authors is amazing. They used to feel like these unreachable movie stars to me -- and now I can shoot one an email, and get a response, and it still boggles my mind in a warm and fuzzy way.
I agree that blogs as a whole create buzz and sell books. I can basically predict what books will be bestsellers just based on the buzz I hear in the blogosphere -- that's got to mean something, right?
It makes me really sad to see people saying that we don't do anything for the market. We put a lot of time and energy into this solely because we love books and want to talk about them and help out authors we love. It would be like one of us saying an author's novel was pointless, you know? We have feelings too. I've heard a lot of talk about mean reviews, but that street goes both ways. It breaks my heart to see the community coming apart at the seams like this.
Also, like you, I buy a ton more books now than ever before. My list is ever-growing because every day I see a new book on a blog that I just HAVE to read. Sure, we get galleys sometimes. But that's only a minuscule fraction of the books that line our shelves. So even if only book bloggers read book blogs -- we're READERS too. That's what we are, first and foremost. That's why we do this. Honestly, we have to be a HUGE segment of the sales numbers.
Sorry for my novel-length comment :o) This has just really been getting to me lately. I try really hard, and it hurts to think that some people might believe I'm in it because I'm a greedy, free book hog whose effort is basically pointless.
I love this post Andye! I agree with you 100% When I began reading I read random books maybe 3books a year. Then I stopped. Then I picked up Twilight and fell in love. I didn't know what to do, so I went to the library didn't know what to get and so I left because I couldn't find anything. So I just reread twilight again. Then I randomly picked up (city of bones, vampire academy, and evernight) at walmart and fell in love. Bumped into goodreads online in search of what books to read next. Though that helped a little with helping me pick books but I asn't exactly what I was looking for.ReplyDelete
I started googling teen book clubs wondering of that existed lol.Then I ran into Vampirebookclub.net & latebloomeronline.com and didn't know they were a blog until months later. I just thought they were like special people that got to speak to authors and so many cool books. After I started reading their blogs daily I found a whole bunch of other blogs that I fell in love with. It took me about 6 months to realize that I had the potential to start a blog and it's been the best thing.
Without blogs I wouldn't know what to read and people to talk to about books.I have bought so many books that I would have never bought without reading blogs (hunger games, wings, matched, nightshade)this is just to name a few.
So all in all blogs are very powerful things!! (we should get endorsement deals!!! lol)
great post, sorry for the long comment :-P
BTW I decided to make a post of this on my blog with the link to this post so you could get more feedback on this topic!ReplyDelete
Andye, I love your title because it is precisely the question I asked myself last month, when the whole "Book bloggers don't sell books" controversy raised its head. Personally, I thought the defensive reaction of many book bloggers was poor showing from the community, revealing nothing but how onion-skinned and self-important some people are. (There was another book blogger whose blog I simply stopped following after she posted a rant about all the "power" book bloggers have and how we should be feared and respected. Geez . . .)
For me, the dust up that ensued was a distraction from the point of book blogging, which is a love of reading and a desire to find like minded people to discuss books with. The economic aspect is just icing on the cake. If someone were able to prove that we don't even generate enough buzz to sell books, making the ARC supply dry up and authors stop giving interviews, would we stop what we're doing? I hope not!
I also love your conclusion that having this interactive community of readers helps us move from reading books to living books, which is wonderful. But I also think that saying this translates into more sales just distracts us some more. Can we sell books? Yes. Do we sell books? As a community, very likely! Should we care that we sell books? No.
PS--I've just read over what I've written. It seems like the most ungracious comment in the world. I really don't mean to be the doom-and-gloom wet blanket here; but I do think that this emphasis on sales--even one as well-balanced and positive as this post--is not good for book blogs.
Excellent post. I love the connections that book blogging brings to books and authors. I buy books based on those connections. When I read a great review it makes me want the book so I too can experience what the reviewer did. In this way I would agree that as a blogging community we do help sell books.ReplyDelete
But I have to wonder if the blogging community as a whole has much effect on book buyers outside our community.
Enbrethiliel, don't worry, I don't think your comment sounds ungracious! I understand what you're saying completely.ReplyDelete
I guess I feel like, for bloggers, we know we'd do this anyway. If all the pub $$ was gone and we never received another book from them, I think 99% of us would keep on truckin, because we don't do this because of that. We do it because we love books.
The point I was trying to make was't even that we sell books. It was that authors and publishers should be happy about all this hype, because the hype sells books. So why the complaining?
And, I do like to think that I help sales. It makes me feel good to think that, if I loved a book, that I somehow helped that author to become successful. However small that role may have been. I want to sell their book. I hope to sell their book.
That's why I don't just limit my comments to my blog. When I'm in a bookstore and see someone checking out all the books, I can't stop myself from saying, "Have you read Paranormalcy, or Anna and the French Kiss?" I loved those books so much that I want to help those authors succeed. I even sometimes move books I love to the front shelves in bookstores and at the library. I request that my library carries books that I want others to read. I write reviews on Amazon etc. I do anything I can think of to get that book noticed, because I love it.
However, if all that was for not, would I blog anyway? Absolutely! Because I love this community. I love discussing books with like-minded people, and talking about why I loved something.....or hated something.
Blogging will go on! :)
I love this post! I completely agree- some bloggers are a great source for getting people excited about reading and books.ReplyDelete
I too would have never picked up some of the books I read had it not been for bloggers.
I've been blogging for over 7 years and often times talked about a book on my personal blog. It wasn't until I read Cassie's book did I want to combine my love of her writing and my love of books and create a site where I could talk all about books.
I love that so many YA bloggers aren't just teens. Not that we're old or anything (LOL). Can I just say, I love your "book" responses. Though I don't think you write a book. I think you have a fantastic way of explaining things and getting your point across.
I seriously may have to write a similar post about this for Thoughtful Thursday and link it back to your site. I love it!
My story is similar...until I stumbled across you guys & Mundie Moms on twitter. I started following book bloggers via twitter and my book purchases started going through the roof. I used to pick up the occasional book at 1/2 Price Books, mostly for my daughter, now I spend between $50-100 a month on books. I read all the time, because I know what is good. I went from reading Harry Potter & Twilight over the course of 12 years to 75 books last year and on pace to do 120 this year. Book bloggers make a difference to reading and $$ spent. Maybe some readers would spend the $$ regardless, I bet bloggers do redirect some of that spending to books that have a buzz.ReplyDelete
l can honestly say l also did NOT know about the huge blogging community. l knew about a few book blogs but l didn't know that there was as many as there is.ReplyDelete
l totally agree with you, l also have so many books to be read and have read books l would never have picked up if it wasn't for other blogs.
Hey, Andye! Great post. I think you're absolutely correct that bloggers help debut authors the most. I'm eternally grateful to all the bloggers who spread the word about FORGET-HER-NOTS in ways I never imagined.ReplyDelete
Blog on!
White bellflowers (for gratitude),
Amy (Brecount White)
Thanks for your response, Andye. =)
I do agree about book blogs being great at creating hype. There are many YA novels that I never would have heard of, much less been interested in, had it not been for the book blogging community.
Which brings me to another issue that Jan von Harz brought up right under my first comment: What effect do we have outside of this community?
I think it's great that you don't limit your actions to your online life! And I'm sure other book bloggers do similar things in their own real-world communities. But at the same time, I believe the hype and the promotion are secondary--a side effect of living an honest love of books. (Or to take an example you might find among foodie blogs, people might start buying more coconut milk because a couple of passionate bloggers shared experiences of cooking with it. But the sharing of the experience was for its own sake and not necessarily to boost the sales of coconut milk marketers. And when the pioneer bloggers find out about it, they are thrilled to know they were able to help people out as well as fulfill their primary purpose of blogging what they love.)
- Sheepa/PegasusZMarch 27, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I've bought a lot of books after either reading a review here or seeing what's come through your mailbox and checking them out.ReplyDelete
So yeah, bloggers do sell books, as well as book forums :)
Couldn't agree more. For me, book blogs are about capturing that Reader Response Reaction we all have when we read a book. It's almost like when you run into a knowledgable bookseller and they get excited telling you about some new story, they know you'll enjoy. The best reviwers capture that very emotion.ReplyDelete
So in the end, it is about the buzz. Not so much about sales. Now does buzz translate into sales and at what percent?? It does. And I'm sure the percent varies but is similar to that bookseller situation. Sometimes, I walk away thinking hmmm, maybe I'm not ready to commit to buy yet but then weeks/months later, I pick up that very book. It's a hard thing to measure but it is out there.
Thanks for an insightful post. :]
I completely agree about the buzz. It may not be readily apparent in the sales figures but word of mouth does produce sales in stores and online.ReplyDelete
I am a huge buyer of books, but I am only one sale. But I have a friend who buys books that reads my blog and she buys books on my recommendation. She runs a book club and she chooses books for her 10 friends to read. She is also a middle grade teacher. She gets her students excited about the books.
They tell their friends. And on. So, my one blog recommendation could turn out to be sales of twenty or more books.
I recommend books to my fathers friend who runs the children's section in her library. If I highly recommend something she buys it...
Okay, this is rambling, but the point is, it may not evident that the sales come from blogs, but in a roundabout way they do.
And until I started my blog, I had no idea there were book blogs. But now I visit many and have bought at least 100 books based on blogger recommendations in the past 4 months. That's 100 sales that might not have been.
I have to agree with you. I started with twilight too. Loved the book and had a hard time finding others that I loved. I went to a tech conference and discovered twitter. That's how I found blogs and I can't believe how many great books there are out there that I couldn't find with out blogs and twitter. Now I have my own blog. I didn't start it to sell books or get books. I started it to share my thoughts on the books that I read. I hope others find great reads because of it. Love it when you can't keep your mouth shut.ReplyDelete
I do think bloggers sell books. I also think buzz is important, although I have been burnt by buzz before. And yeah, selling books to other book bloggers is not a bad thing. Our money, at least in the US, is all the same color.ReplyDelete
Completely agree with your points. I love reading, but used to have trouble finding new books to read. Since I started following different blogs, I find so many great recommendations I don't have time to read them all!ReplyDelete
I could waffle on but I just did a post on this, feel free to have a look Andye :)ReplyDelete
Amy's not complaining, and she is one of my most favoritest (yes, it is a word, hello, I made it so!) authors to work with, so I'm set! : )ReplyDelete
Before meeting the book blogs, I used to read but not so much as I do today. I'd read some books my mom had on the shelves, Harry Potter's and some Anne Rice's ones. After Twilight I started to look for similar books and I happily found the book blogs! As you said the blogs presented me some books I wouldn't have known otherwise amd their reviews sometimes made me think twice about some books I wouldn't have read because their descriptions didn't sound good or their covers were not eye catching. So I really think book blogs are helping to sell books! :)ReplyDelete
Great post. There are several books I wouldn't have bought in the past few months if it weren't for the blogging community!ReplyDelete
Ahh! Amazing post! There's no way I could have worded that so perfectly. Tho I love Twilight, it wasn't the reason I started reading YA, I've been reading it since I myself was a YA ;) But, I admit that Twilight spurred this movement. I'm so happy to be a part of this community. I've found wonderful, creative and inspiration writers and authors, and the best friends I'd never dreamed of having. Will hopefully be doing this forever. Thanks for this post!ReplyDelete
Smart, cool post. I know I've been really enriched reading blogs in terms of getting familiar with what YA enthusiasts are thinking about; their likes and dislikes, what's hot & what everyone's sick of, and just generally the zeitgeist. a writer can live in a bubble-- up till a few years ago, all my book feedback was either through lit review sites or snail mail. And as a reader, I'm always discovering a great novel via the blogs, or learning something about a first-time (or established) novelist through some snappy interview. it's a bright, new, invigorating world, and there's a huge value in connecting with it. In fact, it would be obtuse of me to continue writing YA and not spend a portion of the day living in the YA ether of these blogs. (talk about a quick path to irrelevance.)ReplyDelete
I think book-bloggers do a huge amount to really get people excited about reading YA, and that's awesome! Love what you said about community, too -- I find that the YA community (bloggers, writers/authors, pub professionals) is so amazingly supportive and fun. :)ReplyDelete
What a great post! I totally agree with you. There are tons of books that I have read (or wait to be read) that I never would have bought and/or read if it wasn't for this book blogging community. It has exposed me to different genres and material that I wouldn't have given the time of day if it wasn't for the opinion of certain bloggers who I really respect.ReplyDelete
And I am totally with you on the Twilight thing. I read NOTHING before it.
So, I posted a comment the day this went live and I was slapped on the wrist by Blogger with a techno-error. Tried posting again TODAY and got another error. I will do my best to try an recall all I wanted to say.ReplyDelete
I read the post and of course couldn't help but put it together with all the other posts, rants, comments, etc. of late regarding bloggers. Everyone from authors, to agents and publishers have weighed in as to whether bloggers sell books.
I'm hear to say--who cares? Bloggers blog (the ones I know--and I know lots) for the love of books. The readers who follow their blogs do so because they trust the opinions they offer regarding the books they review and they enjoy learning about the newest books, getting access to their favorite authors and often times, having the chance to win free stuff!
As a marketer by trade, I can say for certain it is virutally IMPOSSIBLE to know whether bloggers at large or a particular blogger has a significant impact on sales. Do readers go and buy books based on what they've read on a blog? I believe so. I've done and know many people who have. Do they decide NOT to buy a book based on the same--ditto. So, in that regard, I can say I've personally seen the INFLUENCE a book blogger can have on the sale of a book.
HOWEVER, more important than perhaps sales is the all important awareness and or buzz. Awareness is key to selling and promoting a book and or author. Without awareness it becomes harder to sell not only to consumers but booksellers, libraries, etc. If you can develop awareness--that is--hey, this book exists and it might even be something that interests you--then you can turn that awareness into BUZZ.
Buzz. So important to marketers. You cannot put a price on it, you may not even fully understand what it is--but Lord knows--every author, publisher, agent and marketer hopes that THEIR book gets GREAT BUZZ. And you know what? Book bloggers can create that buzz. And that is what publishers know. Sometimes the collective excitement and energy around a book can create the kind of buzz that will land it on the NY Times Bestseller list. Sometimes, negative buzz can kill a book faster than bed bugs in the office.
At the end of the day, I hope book bloggers are not sitting around defending their value to publishers, authors or anyone else. For those who get it--I mean, really get it--we appreciate, love and respect what you do for your community--especiall the YA community.
For those who don't get it and wish to spew negativity--who cares what they think? They do not define you. You are a book lover, a book devourer, a book blogger. You are a voice in the community that cannot be muted. If some choose not to listen or insist on talking over you--the best thing you can do is ignore them. Otherwise, you give them power and others start asking those annoying question you feel compelled to answer.
As a writer, editor and major investor in the YA community--I applaud you (all of you) and your efforts. You don't get paid, you do it from your heart for hours/day and you make our world a more interesting place to interact.
Georgia McBride
PS-typing feverishly on phone, pls excuse typos
Wow, what an amazing post and amazing feedback! I think it's amazing that there are so many book bloggers out there too. So much fun. I am an *avid* reader and the blogs have really helped bring so many more books to my attention.ReplyDelete
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Hello all. Have any of you had any fly fishing experience in Puerto Vallarta? My wife and I will be spending a few days there at a resort at the beginning of July and I was hoping to do a little fly fishing from the shore if it is a possibility.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Yes, I have fished from shore on several trips and have caught fish on most occasions. I had a cheap eight weight and threw mostly clousers/bait fish patterns as well as some pink shrimp. I also seem to recall fooling with a crab pattern. Mostly needlefish, jacks and pompano for me.
Sounds good to me! I would be happy catching even dinks the entire time. I have a 7wt that I would bring with floating line and a sink tip line. Do you think the sink tip is necessary? And do you know if pretty much all of the beaches are open to shore fishing? I do believe that a license is not necessary to shore fish in Mexico.
Thanks for your input 👍🏻
The 7 should be fine... until it isn't! But what a story you'd have!! I like having the sinking tip. When the waves are cracking it's good to be able to get down.
I have never purchased a fishing license for Mexico and believe you don't need one. I don't know about all the beaches and their tolerance but the bigger issue is the people gawking... they tend do it RIGHT behind you. Duh. Amazing, they can clearly see line flying around but the idea that you are fishing with a hook at the end of that line is lost on them? I usually get out first thing in the AM so I've had my fill prior to the crowds.
This would be a pretty good fly for there... can't beat the price!
I'm not sure if it differs from state to state, but I know that in Quintana Roo, all of the beaches are public. Like me like flyfishing said, your biggest problem will be not booking beach goers, and the resorts will sometimes kick you out. Just walk up the beach and get away from people if you can.
You are correct in that you don't need a license if you're just beach fishing. If you get in a boat, you will need a license.
You will be targeting jacks, pompano, and probably some trigger fish ( rocky areas) with an annoying needlefish bycatch. ( they will eat ANYTHING )
As for flies.. jacks eat baitfish, so clousers, ep baitfish, deceivers etc. sz 2/0-2 chartreuse over white and red over white are always good bets. Also, Poppers!!! ( they will miss a lot, but nothing is better than seeing one explode on top!)
Pompano eat crabs and shrimp, pink/white clousers, crazy Charlie ( like posted above) gotcha, xmas island specials sz 4-6 would be my bet
Triggers also eat crabs and shrimp, but remember they have teeth that can bite through hooks, they are also leader shy which is what makes them so fun. Same flies as above for pompano with a few more small crab patterns thrown in as well.. stout hooks if you can find em/ tie your own..
If you are fishing weighted flies ( you should be) you don't need a sink tip... justs heavier flies for deeper/ rougher water.. the rule of thumb while flats fishing ( is a little different for fishing surf/ baitfish patterns) is that you want your fly to reach the bottom in 3 seconds..a tropical line will be your friend if you can get one.. cold water lines tend to get soft and guey in warm water.. rio flat pro is a rocket!
Your 7 weight will be fine unless it's really windy, or you catch a real big jack ( which is very possible)
Look at the tide tables.. low tides that correspond with sunrise/ sunset are great for jack Fishing.. Fish the low, through slack and the first part of the incoming tide.. ( think that the low tide makes it easier to get out and is flushing food towards the ocean/ incoming tide pushes the fish/ food towards you... )
Hope this helps and you find a few fish!
Let us know how you do
I realize this may be a bit off topic...but the possibility of panga fishing with flies in the bay around Puerto Vallarta sounds really tempting.
A bit of research to find real guides, hip to the fly game might take a bit of work, and the risk of a costly fishless boat ride may be real, but the prospects of a great fishing day could make it worthwhile.
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Thanks for all the input guys! I already have a bunch of clousers and crazy Charlies in a few colors tied up from a previous failed saltwater fishing trip in which I never even got a chance to cast. Also a few crab patterns.
As far as line goes I have a Rio bonefish line spooled up right now and I believe it is an 8wt. So my 7wt TFO BVK will be over lined by one but I think it will be all right.
All of my flies either have dumbbell or bead chain eyes though I dont think any of them are super heavy so Im hoping they will have enough weight... I suppose I could bring some split shot with me just in case so I can add it a couple feet above the fly.
Like I said before I would be happy to catch even small fish.
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She's not alone. When Fike attended orientation last spring, she was pleasantly surprised to find that many of her classmates were just like her baby boomers embarking on a second or third career by answering a higher calling. "It felt good to see so much gray hair there," says Fike, who retired last summer from her career in pediatric nursing.
Boomers are the fastest-growing demographic at U.S. divinity schools, according to the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), an organization of more than 250 theological graduate schools in the U.S. and Canada. The under-30 crowd may still be the largest cohort of students accounting for a third of the total but the 50-or-older group has grown from 12% of students in 1995 to 20% in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available.
While some boomers enter the ministry after being downsized or suffering career setbacks, ATS has some other theories about what's driving the increase. Maybe older divinity students no longer saddled with their children's tuition or big mortgages to pay off are motivated by a newfound freedom to pursue their lifelong passions. Or perhaps the trend is yet another reflection of a restless generation that isn't content with simply making money or taking it easy in their golden years.
"I wanted to give back in some way," says the Rev. Bob Fellows, who completed his seminary training three years ago at the age of 58. Fellows, who used to make a living as a magician and public speaker, now leads the 200-plus-member Community Congregational Church in Greenland, N.H. He says he spent two years as a youth minister in the 1970s before deciding he wasn't ready to lead a flock at such a young age. "As an older minister, I have a lot more useful life experience," he says.
Like Fellows, many of the older divinity-school applicants have long been active in their churches but recently decided to step up their involvement. "It's rare that they've had a complete 180-degree life change," says McKennon Shea, director of admissions at Duke Divinity School. "They all seem to have had a calling to the ministry at some point."
"This is what I've wanted since I was 8 years old," says Fike, who came of age during the 1960s a decade before the Episcopal Church's General Convention approved ordination of women to the priesthood in 1976.
Yes, divinity school is expensive. But unlike your average grad student, Fike isn't worried about future employment. Most of her schoolmates find ministerial placements before they graduate. Talk about good news!
This article originally appeared in the Jan. 31, 2011 issue of TIME.


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As a Ganapatya devotee, like other Hindu sects, one pays homage to your key deity by visiting His/Her earthly locations of appearances. Ganesha has 8 destinations of key importance. Some of these murtis are called Swayambhu effigies, or the self-existent in Sanskrit. This is to indicate that no human created these murtis, they were found completely formed by nature.Read More »
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Deathmatch is a new game mode in UR. In the game room, You are grouped with 15 other players and you have 20 minutes to earn as much points as possible and climb to the first place of the Deathmatch. The distributions rules for the points are different in this mode and will let you level up quickly. At the end of each DM, you'll receive bonus points and Clintz according to your final standing.
Deck formats
Since this mode does not have restrictions, you need to utilize cards banned in ELO. This mode is about quick battles. That means that your deck should focus on decks that can give you 2HK.O or easy wins to get quick points.
*There are two sets of possible format for this game mode*
• Type 1
This mode is filled with Sakrohm, Montana, and primarily, Uppers. Uppers is a powerhouse withDorian, Jackie, Oxen, and Zatman on hand, along with Mono deck possibilities including Nellie, Rubie, Wendel, Samantha, and Jody. Sakrohm excels with a combination on poison (Sigma), Life gain(Jautya, Wakai, and Murray), damage reducers (GraksmxxT and Uranus), and SOB(Guru Cr and Petra). Montana can out-power the Uppers bonus but can be low on damage, and do not meet Uppers standards if not played with their Collector cards. To succeed you must either hop on the bandwagon or find something that effectively counters them. Rescue is a decent choice due to the availability of Marco and Alec as well as many 2HKO possibilities and they have a good counter for Jackie: Glosh. Roots and GHEIST are also decently used in this mode due to their ability to counter Sakrohm's damage reducers and other clans' abilities (by TnT_Mathwiz).
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• Type 2
In this mode, Bangers, Ulu Watu, Sakrohm, Nightmare, and Sentinel are popular choices, and usually paired with Ambre. Bangerz have strong abilities and can be a powerhouse in Mono + Ambre. Especially with cards such as Shann, Willy, and Blaaster. Ulu Watu thrives with great power and bluffing capabilities with cards such as Wee Lee, Tanaereva, Stanley, and Lulabee. Sakrohm appears in many decks with GraksmxxT and Uranus in hand for backup. Nightmare becomes very powerful for quick play including such threats as Kolos, Nistorak, Oshitsune, Glorg, and Ghumbo. Sentinel becomes a problem when equipped with Hawk, Copper, Tessa, Chloe, Miss Chloe, Havok, and Owen. Compared to T1, T2 relies more on powerful leaders, strong DR, and quick 2HKO capabilities (by TnT_Mathwiz).
Ex: - Winners -
Scoring system:
50 points = Win
40 points = Draw
20 points = Lose
Additional scores:
+ 10 points = beat an opponent you lost to earlier
- 10 points = beat an opponent you already beat
+ 5 points = 2 consecutive wins
+ 10 points = 3 consecutive wins
+15 points = 4 consecutive wins
+ 20 points = 5 consecutive wins
+ 25 points = 6 consecutive wins
+ 3 points = 2 consecutive loses
+ 6 points = 3 consecutive loses
+ 12 points = 4 consecutive loses
+ 20 points = 5+ consecutive loses
* The Deathmatch mode is still in beta mode and changes might be applied regularly, follow the Staff messages board to learn more and share your comments and suggestions *
NB: Opinions regarding deck formats for the event in this guide do not reflect everybody's opinion. Please feel free to give other tips to help everybody in regards to this game mode.
Many thanks to W M Daexen and TnT_Mathwiz for contributing information used for this thread.
E M E R A L D - Sunday 18/07/2010, 23:48
I love your little research about DM T1 and T2. I could never win T1 using decks I had before but when I switched to using Uppers and Sakrohm I have won or made it in 2nd place with almost every DM I entered when I started when it started.
Went from level 30-32 in 2 days but if I had played regularly I would have made it like that 1 day. Can't wait to get to 35 and get Ambre. Will be a big boost in my clint count!
lil fabion - Wednesday 21/07/2010, 22:37
Yep ever since DM came out i lvl up 13 lvl
neo_08ms - Friday 23/07/2010, 07:59
Master - knights of oblivion
Ohko rampage with kolos or power crazy with cards like tanaereva
TnT_Mathwiz - Friday 10/09/2010, 01:18
Imperator - Time Conquers All
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Hi, I'm relatively new to robotics and had a few questions about one device in particular.
Here's a little background, just to give you an idea of my experience/knowledge. I've been interested in electronics and robotics for a while, I just haven't had much formal education in either subject. I've taken a robotics course in college which I thoroughly enjoyed, and I've played around with some of the Lego Mindstorms stuff a bit. I'm still learning about electronics in general, so please bear with me as I muddle through some of this.
I've had plenty of ideas over the years, but only recently have been motivated enough to give some of them a try. One thing I'd like to attempt is to play around a bit with the idea of home automation/security. Someone suggested I check out Phidgets, so I did.
I recently bought a Phidget LCD Interface Kit, along with a few assorted components to play with. These included some simple analog sensors (light and heat) as well as some digital inputs and outputs (switches and LEDs). I haven't programmed anything yet, I've mostly just played around with the sample code that allows a user to monitor the inputs and toggle the outputs. And, of course, I've tooled around with sending messages to the LCD display. Altogether, it looks to be a nice little system.
Another component I got was a small DC motor (well, two of them) off the TrossenRobotics.com site (which I see has been updated since I ordered). These were for a project I have in mind and I'd like to give it a shot. They were small 574:1 16mm motors which may or may not (hopefully MAY) be of use in my project:
Which brings me to my questions (sorry for taking so long to get to them). I wanted to use the 8/8/8 interface to be able to control these two motors. Nothing too complex, just turn them on and off from time to time (a pretty tame duty cycle), reverse direction, maybe control speed, etc. I picked such a low-speed gear ratio (574:1) because I wanted very fine control of the motors and what they would manipulate (think: telescope automation).
I was wondering how to control these motors. At first, I thought I could use a regular ol' SPST relay for turning the motors on and off, while a DPDT relay could control the forward/reverse aspect. Then I got to talking to a co-worker who told me of the magic of transistors and how THEY could help me. To make it even cooler, he told me about how opto-isolators would let me do the same thing, without the risk of screwing up my interface kit.
Eventually, he mentioned "motor controller" and I remembered something I saw on the site. The Scorpion Mini DC motor controller looked like what I needed. While it might be fun to build my own, I think I'd rather not reinvent the wheel and just use soemthing that is already well-established.
So (finally), here are my questions in regards to the Scorpion Mini controller:
What does the controller plug in to? It looks to have a three-wire lead to it, does it connect to an analog sensor port on the 8/8/8 interface kit? Or would I need some special device in order to control it using the same software that talks with my interface kit.
This is probably an dumb question, but would the controller allow me to simply turn on and off a small DC motor?
A slightly-less-dumb question: would I be able to use the controller to reverse the direction of the motor?
Could I vary the speed of the motor? I don't know if this could be acheived by simply pulsing power to the motor or if there are fancier methods.
I'm assuming that I would use a separate power supply (a rechargable pack or 9-volt battery or something) to power the motor. Is this correct?
Is there any risk of damaging the interface kit through (mis)use of the controller? I wasn't sure if it used some kind of isolator or something.
Could I use the controller to operate a solenoid instead of a motor? This might be a moot question, as I suppose I could just use a simple relay for that.
Is there a file I could download to read up more on the controller? I apologize if I missed a link to it on the site.
Sorry if this post is a bit long-winded, but I tend to do that a lot. I figure I'd rather over-explain the situation (if resources permit) and give people too much information, than to be too vague and have to go back and forth on stuff.
Anyway, I hope I haven't bored anyone, and I really hope to hear feedback from people. I like the Phidgets products so far, the site is pretty well-put-together, and it looks like you have a nice community here on these forums. Also, if I managed to post in the wrong section, please feel free to move this to a more appropriate place.
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It's up across the board, to the tune of 42% or $4.48 billion between 2007 and 2012. That's good when you want straight cash. But it's even better when you want a non-cash contribution from a business, such as a gift basket, hotel stay, case of wine, or other tempting item for your next charity auction.
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Judging by his talent alone, it was only a matter of time. That time is now.
Tuscaloosa heavyweight boxer Deontay "Bronze Bomber" Wilder broke into the top 10 of the World Boxing Association's heavyweight rankings, coming in at No. 9 in the organization's recently released monthly rankings.
Wilder's jump in the rankings is largely because of his third-round knockout win over previously unbeaten Kelvin Price for the WBC Continental Americans heavyweight title in December. Wilder is 27-0.
The 6-foot-7, 225-pounder's most recent win came in a knockout against Matthew Greer in the second round Jan. 19 in Mexico.
"Things are going according to plan, most definitely," Wilder said. "Coming in ranked No. 9 in the world is a big deal for me. It symbolizes success. Again, it symbolized growth in my career and where I'm going. The train is finally rolling. We've been waiting on this for a long time.
"The plan is to fight for a title this year. This ranking allows me to do that. If everything goes as we have planned, I'll be fighting for a title by the end of the year. Once you're in the top 10, you can declare war. The main thing is that we're in the door. We're definitely where we want to be at."
WBA Champion Wladimir Klitschko heads the rankings, and David Haye is the No. 1 contender. Luis Ortiz is No. 2, followed by Ruslan Chagaev, Denis Boytsov, Fres Oquendo, Jovo Pudar, Andrzej Wawrzyk, Johnathon Banks, Wilder and Magomed Abdusalamov.
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Once I had made up my mind that I wanted to do the trolley thing as a kickstarter project, I knew I had to do my homework.
First on the list was to head back out to the trolleys and ride some more. I brought the trusty ole PCM D50 and made some test runs, and jumped on several of the different cars. After a few rides I had my favorites and I looked up the MATA contact info.
I needed to get pricing and permission from MATA, the trolley transit authority. I contacted their business department and after a few rounds of email and phone tag we were able to discuss and negotiate the whole deal.
MATA actually does trolley charters as a primary business function and they were more than happy to give me a good rate on the cars and to agree to my ideas of mic placement. After some discussion we decided on Rosie and on Matilda as my target cars. Those two were some of the most distinctive sounding, and had the added benefit of being the smallest and largest cars in the fleet respectively, so I knew I could get a very different set of sounds from each. I set a tentative date with them and began my kickstarter research in earnest.
Obviously anyone considering a kickstarter project should spend some time in the FAQs and Kickstarter School sections of the website.
Kickstarter really does have a great reserve of getting started info and tips that will lead to success. Kickstarter's resources (and in fact all of their communications) are very clear and well-written. At no point did I ever feel like i was reading legalese in the process, which is a heck of an achievement IMO.
An example is the language in the guidelines page:
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Step 3 was to tie the Kickstarter account to the Amazon Business account. The KS page makes that process pretty straightforward as well, and in fact won't let you proceed to the next steps until your business account is set up and confirmed, which is a good failsafe.
Now that I had all of the structures in place beneath me, the next step was to research and think about the critical steps involved in launching the project in a way that would be successful.


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Although my 5th great-grandfather, U.S. Revolutionary War Sergeant Major William KINNICK, died in 1786, it is likely she knew him, or was at least acquainted with him. [I am currently working on a book of his life story].
John and Mary KINNICK still lived in Charles County, Maryland, with their children, including my 3rd great-grandfather, Walter, born in 1809, when the British army marched into and burned much of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, just a few miles away. What must that have been like?
I believe this photo was taken in 1844 just before Walter and his young family, with other neighbors, left eastern Ohio, Belmont County, to float down the Ohio River, then up the Mississippi to their new home in rural Bureau County, Illinois. This photo, along with the one of Susan, yesterday, was carried down in the family of Catherine KINNICK FLETCHER (daughter of Walter). The Fletcher family one of the other families on the boat! Mary stayed in Ohio, with her daughter, Mary (who married James Triplett), and died there a year or two later.
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We are all familiar with public transportation maps based on the famous London Tube map with its colored lines and dotted stops. Cameron Booth has developed a map of the US Interstate System based on that style (click above for a link to a larger image) and the map is available in print for sale on his website.
I believe this map is a great cultural commentary on American transportation. The car may not be as mythic and the road trip may not be as legendary anywhere in the world as in the United States. In a country where you cannot take a train nearly anywhere long distance and where planes are increasingly expensive and burdensome, the automobile is still the great expression of freedom.
However, as freeing as the car is we are still largely constrained to certain thoroughfares for major long-distance travel. Yet this map, reducing the country to the format of a city-transportation map also reduces the magnitude of the country to the size of a city. There is a certain irony in that given just how vast the nation is and how many days it takes to cross by car. However, there is also something profound about how that Eisenhower Interstate Map shaped our consciousness of physical and cultural space in the country. The interstates made some great cities greater and raised other from the abyss into places of status.
Moreover, the interstates may have done more than anything else in the nation's history in creating a sense of national community and greater connection. Eisenhower was first interested in national highways when participating in a post-WWI exercise attempting to transport military materiel across the country on existing roads. The interstate project suddenly made most of the nation accessible to every American with a car, a little bit of cash, and the time to travel.
The interstates more than any other system my have crashed down the provincial mental and physical walls defining states to trump intense locality with a sense of national community. Hopefully one day a high speed rail map will once again redefine our national sense of geography, community and nationalism. Transportation has been and will continue to be the means by how communities are partially defined.
PS: to those who read this blog frequently I sincerely apologize for my extended absence. It was not intentional, finals and the end of the semester just caught up with me. I hope to be back to posting nearly daily for the foreseeable future. Happy and healthy new year to all.


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Aspen Sports - St. Regis Resort
303 E Durant Ave Aspen, CO
Aspen Sports - Hyatt Residence Club
415 E. Dean Street Aspen, CO
Aspen Sports - Snowmass Mall
105 Village Mall Snowmass Village, CO
Aspen Sports - Demo Store
90 Carriage Way Snowmass Village, CO
Rentskis Gold
100 Elbert Lane/Unit M1153 Snowmass Village, CO