On Apr 1, 2004, at 10:34 AM, Warlord wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: skzb [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:05 PM >> To: Warlord; dragaera at dragaera.info >> Subject: Re: vlad >> >> >> >>> 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. >> >> > > This concept is understood. I just don't like it. The author should > get paid for writing good works that the reader likes. The middle-its > should not be deciding/influencing what the reader likes. I know that > is not the case, but it SHOULD be. It's my opinion, and I am sticking > with it because, by Verra's flaming bouncing tits, I'm RIGHT. > > W > > "I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma." -- The > Wizard of > OZ > In today's world, marketing trumps creativity. The name needs pizzazz, and I suppose that in the minds of the marketing mavens, "Enchantress of Dzur Mountain" is less pizzazzy than Sethra Lavode. Instead of Dzur, we will probably get Tazendra' Heir (you know, the heir of the dzur that bit you...)