Post #343033 by Mo-Eye on Fri, Nov 9, 2007 4:21 PM

Aloha Bigbro!

I can be impartial to Witco, sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't, but I would like to speak more about the book itself. I think TM will have a profound effect on Witco, it's just way too early yet. I agree with the one post above that most of the TM books are probably in the hands of BOT owners and people on this board, who already know Witco and have made up their minds about it. TM has yet to reach the masses, some who may not even know tiki yet. I know that the BOT is how I got into the world of tiki, and embarrassingly enough, guess were I found my hard cover edition when it first came out... a Pottery Barn in Northern Virginia!

As a retailer, we get dozens of people everyday who walk into the Thor Stor and ask, "what is tiki?" Most then leave with half a dozen tiki mugs or more. I even met a young girl recently who just bought her first chainsaw to teach herself how to carve a tiki, and she had never heard of Tiki Central, Book of Tiki, or even Trader Vic's and Don the Beachcomber. TM just needs more circulation time.

However, on a similar note, your books, along with most other tiki books, are very hard, as a retailer, to find. I have always tried to carry the BOT, TM, and even the Icons Tiki Style, and the only reliable wholesaler I could find is Last Gasp, and they are usually out of stock 95% of the time. I have contacted Taschen a couple times, but never got a response.

Anyway, I think the "magic" you created with Book of Tiki is present and alive in Tiki Modern, and it will be grasped by the public eventually.

Mahalo!