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. :)