whoa two posts in a day?

[telophase]

Edit: Got it now, thank you!

Do any library or library-adjacent people have access to a database that contains this article?

Spencer, Kerry. “Marketing and Sales in the US Young Adult Fiction Market.” New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. Volume 14: Issue 3 (2017) Graeme Harper, editor in chief.

I believe the author should be listed as Dr. Kerry Spencer--she's now Dr. Kerry Spencer Pray, but I think the article was published before the name change.

She was on an episode of the Publishing Rodeo podcast talking about her PhD work about trad pub book marketing in YA and why some things sell and others don't (spoiler: almost 100% marketing), which is where I came across her. edit: She's also got a Google slide deck talking about her research.

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[ursula]

I'll email you (though I'd guess there's more info in her dissertation itself).

[telophase]

Thank you!

I was able to find only the first part of her dissertation online--it was in creative and critical writing and the creative part was available. Otherwise, I could only find a paper copy, at the University of Bangor in Wales. She came up with an algorithm, and I'm speculating that she;s embargoed the critical half of the dissertation because she also works as a consultant using that algorithm. Although she gave quite a lot of info in the slide deck I linked above!

[yhlee]

*eyes* I am curious as to whether you learn anything useful!!

[watersword]

I can get it. DM me an email to send it to?

[telophase]

I’ve got it from someone else now but thank you for the offer!