Help Me Name My New Book
 

Okay, so I recently received the first sales report for my second book, "Old Ghosts of New England," and the results were impressive - a lot better than expected, actually. I now feel completely justified in pitching a follow-up volume to the publisher.

"Old Ghosts" was a travel guide to (supposedly) haunted places in the New England states; the logical next step would be a similar book about a different region. I am thinking I might want to do a travel guide to the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania region - I think such a book would sell well.

My only hang-up right now is coming up with a title. "Old Ghosts of New England" came pretty naturally - the states-in-question had a pretty widely-used name (New England), and the Old/New balances out nicely. I would like to use a similar title for the new book, but this New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania region doesn't have the same kind of catchall name as New England.

So, I'm open to suggestions: "Old Ghosts of the New World" seems a little too broad, "Old Ghosts of New Amsterdam (or York or Jersey)" seems too narrow. I don't have to use the "Old Ghosts..." lead-in, but I do like it. I'm totally open to suggestions here.

If any of you DO, in fact, help me out here, you would obviously get a "thank you" on the acknowledgements page. A slight reward, I know, but at least it's something... :)

Beasts o' the nor'east? :)

howz bout "freaky stories about freaky people from the freeking east coast"

howz bout "they AINT DEAD YET!"


howz bout " THE GHOSTS RUN THE ASYLUM!"


howz bout " GHOSTLY CHOWDERHEADS!"

howz bout " DEAD MEN TELL ALL!"

howz bout "GOOFY GHASTLY GHOST TALES!"

howz bout " he aint heavy.......he's DEAD!"

howz bout "TIGER WOODS and the GHOSTLY WOMEN!" that will haunt him FOREVER!


howz bout "SCARED AS HELL IN NEW ENGLAND!"

howz bout " I WASN'T AFEARED.........UNTIL NOW!"


after that it will cost a 12-pak for more..................

Old Ghosts a Little Further South

Haunt Jaunt

WinnAr! lol


"Old Ghosts" looked like a very good book. I didn't read through the whole thing but I read a few of the stories in the autographed copy I got from CJ for my scoutmaster that grew up in that area.

The Dopplegangs of New York

"The kinky sex life's of old ghosts"

;)

They Came to Stay - A History of Hauntings in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas.


Spirits of the New World


Old Ghosts - New World


Restless Spirits - A History of Hauntings in the blah blah blah


Hauntings of the New World

Old Ghosts from the Big Apple to the Quaker State

Haunting the Tri-States.

Boo-rough Ghosts

New York: If you can haunt here, you can haunt Anywhere:cool:

Congratulations, btw, well done.

Old Ghosts and their Mid-Atlantic Hosts?

I think continuing the "Old Ghosts" is a good idea, to tie into the success of the first book.

How about "Old Ghosts of the Eastern Seaboard"

or "Old Ghosts of the Northeast" maybe flows better.

Old Ghosts Gone Wild

sorry I can't help. I don't believe in ghosts.

Good luck with your book(s) though, that's great news!

I like the gone south sound though;
perhaps "Old Ghosts, Southern Version"

Cheers!

I like this one!

SO CJ, have you seen/experienced any 'other-worldly' things?

I think you should stick with (and copyright) the "old ghosts" motif. How about "Old Ghosts of the Mid-Atlantic?"

This Old Ghost

(but "the dopplegangs of new york" is the winner AFAIC

Shades of New York, Pennsylvania & New Jersey

Old Haunts Of The Mid Alantic States

BTW did U include the Montepellier Inn in VT in your 1st book?

Old Ghosts On Vacation
Old Ghosts That Couldn't Take The Cold
Old ghosts that Used To Live in New England
Old Ghosts That Say Neeh
Old Ghosts-A Travel Guide

"post ghost toasties!"

Old Ghosts, Yankees Most

Tri-State Poltergeists

If you come to NJ I know of a haunted grave site.

you should keep reference to the original title if it is selling well. People who bought the first might buy the subsequent books. I would also suggest broadening your horizons. Let me know if you need a research assistant for the following suggestions;

Old Ghosts - New Zealand
Old Ghosts - Paupu New guinea

Do a Jersey Shore version -

call it Horrors and Whores.

Thanks for all the great ideas. I want to keep the "Old Ghosts" part of the title if possible; so far, something like "Old Ghosts of the Mid-Atlantic" is probably the closest to being accurate, although I'd like it to have the kind of Old/New balance that the original book's title had. I also liked "They Came to Stay"... although I feel like I've seen that used as a book title before.

I haven't really personally encountered any paranormal happenings during my travels, but encountered some weird stuff in the past. I go over this stuff in the intro to "Old Ghosts of New England" ;)

Keep 'em comin' - I'm getting some good ideas. Be aware, too, that I always give credit where credit is due.

Witch hunter's guide to the Galaxy: Old Ghosts of the mid-atlantic

Soldiers, Sailors and Settlers - The Old Ghosts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Yankee Ghosts

Hey man if you're in Philly(there are some seriously haunted spots here), drop me a PM here on Pelican.

In Pa we very much DO NOT consider ourselves yankees. That word has been seriously blemished to us by that NY baseball team.

Philadelphians and Pittsburghians hate new york, and new yorkers.

Ghosts With the Wind

Ghosts R Us

Hmmm, sounds like Rural Oregon & Portland...

Based on some fading memory of a mid-atlantic college sports conference, I was thinking that if you went with that title, you might need to expand your coverage a bit... I checked Wiki and got this:

"The Mid-Atlantic States (also called Middle Atlantic States or simply the Mid Atlantic) form a region of the United States generally located between New England and the South. Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region often includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and sometimes Virginia and West Virginia."
Mid-Atlantic States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Other than that, how about...

More Old Ghosts
A New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Spooktacular

Ya never know... it could work. :D

"Old Ghosts down the shore"

"More Mooks and Spooks"