> -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth Gorelick [mailto:pulmon at comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:46 AM > To: Warlord > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: vlad > > > > 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...) I heir you, and dzur absolutely right. W > > >