{"id":4145,"date":"2011-02-07T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2011-02-07T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:00:31","slug":"from-the-floor-a-bookselling-vignette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"From the Floor: A Bookselling Video Vignette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if we could share our bookselling experiences in video form? Show handselling techniques, craft a snappy booktalk, or just vent about difficult customers?  Well, guess what? (And guess which type I started with?)<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve probably seen one or two of the little movies people have made on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\">Xtranormal<\/a> website (slogan: if you can type, you can make movies). I was inspired by a hilarious one about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9fc-crEFDw\">wannabe-novelist<\/a> speaking to a seasoned, rational writer. (In fact, re-watching it now, I see that I stole a joke. Apologies! Watch mine first.)<br \/>\nFrontline booksellers, this one&#8217;s for you! Everyone else &#8212; this happens, more often than you&#8217;d like to think. (ETA: Not sure why only half the screen is showing up, but if you click on the tiny black arrow instead of on the image, you&#8217;ll be taken <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/watch\/8321237\/\">right to the movie<\/a> (it really should be called a movini, it&#8217;s so short).<br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/site_media\/players\/jwplayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\"value=\"height=301&#038;width=499&#038;file=http:\/\/newvideos.xtranormal.com\/web_final_lo\/280e7e7c-1b59-11e0-971c-003048d69c21_38.mp4&#038;image=http:\/\/newvideos.xtranormal.com\/web_final_lo\/280e7e7c-1b59-11e0-971c-003048d69c21_38.jpg&#038;link=http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/watch\/8321237&#038;searchbar=false&#038;autostart=false\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/site_media\/players\/jwplayer.swf\" width=\"499\" height=\"301\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"height=301&#038;width=499&#038;file=http:\/\/newvideos.xtranormal.com\/web_final_lo\/280e7e7c-1b59-11e0-971c-003048d69c21_38.mp4&#038;image=http:\/\/newvideos.xtranormal.com\/web_final_lo\/280e7e7c-1b59-11e0-971c-003048d69c21_38.jpg&#038;link=http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/watch\/8321237&#038;searchbar=false&#038;autostart=false\"><\/embed><\/object><object width=\"480\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/site_media\/players\/embedded-xnl-stats.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/site_media\/players\/embedded-xnl-stats.swf\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if we could share our bookselling experiences in video form? Show handselling techniques, craft a snappy booktalk, or just vent? Well, guess what? 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