With that kind of order volume and early distribution preparations, it is difficult for Sean to have high expectations for the sales volume on the first day.
But no matter from that point of view, Sean still got up early in the morning and ran out for a walk. Of course, this is to put it mildly, but to put it worse, Sean is still looking forward to seeing readers queuing up to buy.
It's just that reality is reality, and the very dreamy and miraculous existence did not appear in front of Sean, so after walking around in a circle, Sean went home quietly.
I have to admire the awesomeness of the U.S. Post Office staff here. Of course, not many people in the United States use the postal service, which is a public welfare service, at this time.
The first express delivery company in the United States should be DHL, and this first express delivery company also has a little story. It is said that thirty years ago, in 1971, three college students in the United States went out to travel together, and a steamship company
Ask them to help deliver some documents and items to a client in the city they are going to.
After the trip, after some investigation and research, three college students registered an express delivery company in the United States in June 1971 with the first letters d, h, and l of their names as the name. The Chinese translation is DHL.
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The world's largest express transportation company is still considered FedEx after its establishment with DHL. You may still have the impression that the advertisements that were rampant on TV back then, Boeing 747, the moon, and the bottom of the sea can be said to have a complete network of sea, land and air.
Although FedEx's business scope had not yet spread to China in 1978, after several years of development, FedEx has established an express transportation network covering the entire United States.
This was something that Sean didn't expect. Of course, this was because the courier company easily ignored it, especially Sean in his previous life. Even if he wanted to send a courier, he didn't even need to go out, the secretary would take care of it.
There is a saying on the Internet that goes like this: if you have something to do, the secretary will do it; if you have nothing to do, do it to the secretary. Isn’t that what it means?
Of course, the above nonsense seems like a lot, but for Sean, it is actually just a small thought that came to mind after seeing the comments about Twilight in the evening newspaper.
Apart from feeling a little emotional about the development of the express delivery service in the United States, the only thing left that excited Sean was a series of paragraphs in the Los Angeles Evening News that were once known as ny.
First of all, I want to clarify my position! I am a non-religious person, and I have a neutral attitude towards all things related to religion, because I am speaking as a book reviewer, and I am writing these words to,
Show it to my friends who are book reviewers.
First of all, let me talk about the cover: Everyone knows the importance of the cover of a book. Whenever you see a new book, the first thing you see must be the cover. Whether you want to buy this book or not,
Deny it, the cover is the first impression left on everyone. The cover of a book includes the title of the book, the name of the author, the publisher, the cover picture and the meaning that the author leaves us to ponder.
One hand is holding an apple! What does this mean?
I don't know either!
I wanted to know the answer, so I opened the book and started reading from the first page!
This is my first impression of this book!
The apple on the cover of Twilight represents the forbidden fruit on the tree of good and evil in Genesis, symbolizing the forbidden love between Bella and Edward, humans and vampires! This is the most direct and intuitive answer I got after reading the first page.
Because at the beginning of the book, page 217 of Genesis is quoted: This is the fruit of the tree of good and evil. You are not ashamed, for in the day you eat of it you will surely die!
I didn’t pause, I kept watching!
The pages under the right hand were getting smaller and smaller, and the pages on the left hand were getting thicker and thicker. Even my wife called me for dinner and I didn’t hear it. It wasn’t until the end that I suddenly realized that the first Twilight was over. Subconsciously
I looked at my watch and saw that it was already three o'clock in the afternoon...
I was wondering why my wife didn't call me to eat, but when I turned around, I found that my wife was beside me, still reminiscing about the spiritual enjoyment that the dusk had brought to her.
Only when I saw this did I realize that the content of the passage in Genesis also represents how Bella distinguishes good from evil - choosing whether to eat the forbidden fruit, because this is a metaphor for choosing to be with Edward or stay away from him.
Because people and vampires...
Looking at the signature below, Sean smiled - Richard Ives!
Yesterday afternoon, Cao Liwei said that the neutral book critics in the United States are relatively famous and belong to his own side. Unexpectedly, the evening paper had just been delivered the next day, and Charlie was highlighted by Cao Liwei.
The book critic appeared in front of Sean.
However, Sean didn't expect sales to be overwhelming the next day, because this was 1978, 1978, not the era of the Internet explosion in the future, and information transmission was far from that fast.
Of course, there is an advantage in not being in the era of the Internet explosion, that is, in this era, print media is king, especially the Los Angeles Evening News, a newspaper with sufficient circulation on the West Coast of the United States. I believe that many people can still read this paragraph of Richard's book review
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For Sean, the more of these things, the better.
You must know that Twilight was launched in 2005 and quickly won many awards, including: New York Times Editor's Choice, Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year, Amazon.com's Best Books of the Last Decade, and Library of America
The association's top ten excellent books for teenagers and the top ten best book series.
Just like Kaisun, a special film critic of Time Magazine, once commented: Edward in Twilight is the most impressive vampire in my mind. I was deeply moved by his love with Bella.
Of course, some of these honors cannot be achieved in this era, such as Amazon.com's Best Books of the Last Ten Years. This alone cannot be achieved because in Sean's era, the main network roads in the United States have not yet begun to be laid.
The world's first personal PC had to wait until August 12, 1981, when IBM showed it to the world in the conference hall of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York.
However, Sean still hopes to get those honors, such as those selected by the editor of the New York Times, because these honors represent the scope of promotion of this book. In this era before the Internet has even appeared, print media is the king.
ps: It’s the sixth day of the first lunar month, and I’ll be leaving in about a week. Let’s give it one more week, and give it a day or two to relax after leaving. The update speed will definitely keep up. By the way, brothers and sisters
Hey guys, can you give me a few more recommendation votes?