Dragaera

Sethra Lavode vs. Enchantress of Dzur Mountain

Wed Aug 14 03:33:32 PDT 2002

Gametech wrote:
>> Anyone have any real idea what the clue percentage of SF novel
>> buyers is?  That is, of a given novel, what percentage sell to
>> people with clue and what percentage sell to people who pick up
>> the cover, say "Oooh, shiny!", and fail their saving throw vs
>> marketing?
>
> Hey now saving throw vs marketing is like 15 on two six siders, they
> cheat. I like all the titles, and I may be a bit prejudice because I
> like Sethra's character a lot. So to me naming the books after her
> propper name and not her referenced title doesn't really do any harm
> if for no other reason than the first book somone reads from Steve
> happens to be 'Sethra Lavode'(and that spurns some intrigue like who
> is this sethra and why does she have a book named after her?!)


I hate it when I think I've read all of the mailing list replies and then,
poof on last one is hanging offscreen,

Steven Brust wrote:
> At 12:38 AM 8/14/2002 -0700, Sean wrote:
>
>> Our marketing guys always assume the consumer is dumb too.  (with
>> apologies to any marketing folks on the list).
>
> The marketing guys didn't suggest the change.  Patrick suggested the
> change.  He's an editor, and someone in whose judgment I have a *lot*
> of faith.

Okay then :) I'll neatly revise me statement, heh-hum from

Marketers have jobs becuase they help make a product sell better if they
didn't they'd be out of a job.

to

Editors have jobs becuase they help make a product sell better if they
didn't they'd be out of a job. :)