Dragaera

vlad

Wed Mar 31 14:05:01 PST 2004

 > Humph.  I wish salesdroids would give readers more credit.
>

Hmmm...I'm really having trouble getting this across.  Maybe it's my
communication skills.  Perhaps I should consider learning to write.

It is not about the reader.  It is about the salesman for the publisher,
"taking a lunch" with the B.Dalton buyer, and showing him the new catalogue.
And saying, "And then we have the Enchantress of z...the Ench...the
thingie...a new Terry Brooks novel that I'm sure you'll love."

That's an overstatment, but, as it was explained to me, it is likely to have
a small but real effect on how excited the sales staff is about the book.  I
was told, "If this is important to you, we can keep the title.  If it isn't
important to you, consider changing it."  It isn't that important to me.