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Does the title of a book make a deifference in sales?
ABSOLUTELY!!
So how would you rate the following titles for a chess book:
Think Like a Grandmaster
Play Like a Girl
Winning Chess Strategy For Kids
Logical Chess Move by Move
Ideas Behind the Chess Openings
I don't fancy reading either of her books, but I can well imagine they would relate well to some segment of the chess playing population... Of those titles, I think the best titles are "Think Like a Grandmaster" and "Logical Chess Move by Move" (as far as I recall, those are the only ones I already own...)
I read Chess Bitch and it was pretty amateurish, even for a chess book. She seems like the type of writer who wants to write things that sound controversial to get herself noticed, but I don't think the quality backs it up.
I think that both of her books' titles are positioned to get her attention which is not a bad thing. "How to Cheat at Chess" is actually somewhat entertaining if recall though its been some years since I read it. "Chess for Tigers" is also a well named book which is entertaining. I don't have either of the Shahade books in my collection at the moment.
Best chess book titles
-The Sniper
-The Black Lion
-Wojo's Weapons
Stupidest titles
-Chess Bitch
-Play Like a Girl
Ideas for (more)Stupid Titles
-Bitch like a Chess Bitch
-How to *uck Your Opponent Up
-Avoiding Chess *uck-ups
-How to Get Your (Chess)Parents off Your Back
Ideas for Serious Books
-How to Manage Your Chess Data
-Select Your Openings to Maximize Results
-The Queenless Middlegame
-Unforced Errors-How to Induce Them and How to Avoid Them
-Maneuvering in Closed Positions
-Exploiting Symmetrical Pawn Structures
-The Extra Tempo
-The Extra Square
-Getting Over Your Chess Skill Plateau
-Concrete Play
Best chess book titles
-The Sniper
-The Black Lion
-Wojo's Weapons
Stupidest titles
-Chess Bitch
-Play Like a Girl
Ideas for (more)Stupid Titles
-Bitch like a Chess Bitch
-How to *uck Your Opponent Up
-Avoiding Chess *uck-ups
-How to Get Your (Chess)Parents off Your Back
It may be coming. I saw a couple of books with variations on the word with **'s strategically placed. The full word showed up without **'s inside the text. Wojo's Weapons is a cool title and a nice book. The Black Lion didn't convince me to buy it.
Ideas for Serious Books
-How to Manage Your Chess Data
-Select Your Openings to Maximize Results
-The Queenless Middlegame
-Unforced Errors-How to Induce Them and How to Avoid Them
-Maneuvering in Closed Positions
-Exploiting Symmetrical Pawn Structures
-The Extra Tempo
-The Extra Square
-Getting Over Your Chess Skill Plateau
-Concrete Play
I might buy a few of those if they were published.
For my teaching i just pulled from my library" How NOT to play Chess" by Eugene Znoska-Borovsky-a classic,little instructional book absolutely great for average to intermediate players.I love the title....read the reviews on amazon.com John J Henry,Senior Instructor Chess & Math,Toronto.
A favourite title: Soft Pawn by Bill Hartston ("The Uncensored Sequel to How to Cheat at Chess")
Incidentally, Play Like a Girl is a handsome, hardcover collection of tactics taken from the games of women players, also very modestly priced - review at ChessVibes.
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