Dragaera

vlad

Tue Mar 30 22:15:28 PST 2004


On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, skzb wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, skzb wrote:
> >
> > > Teresa, on her Web log, was just discussing this--the difficulty
> > > pronouncing the combined sounds of "Echantess" and "Dzur" close to
> > > each other.  There are two assumptions here: 1) The sales people
> > > don't know anything and can't read 2) One wants the salespeople
> > > enthusiastic about the book.
> >
> >
> > [me] What are these salespeople I hear tell of?  I don't think I've
> > ever encountered one in my life as a compulsive reader.
> >
> Uh...you woudln't.  They work for the publisher, selling the book to the
> jobbers, the chains, and the bookstores.


Ahh yes, the Great Chain Of Being In The Middle.

[snit presnipped]