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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I can also see people using initials or pseudonyms if their names are not fit for the market they are writing for. If you've got an someone called "Visawenitadanaram Karishinerenamenanarar" (this fictive name might actually not be too far off where some Indian names are concerned.... :P) who is writing books for the English-speaking market, I can fully understand if the name on the book would be "V. Karishin", or "Visa Karish" or something.
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I'd certainly think you'd want a handle that would be easy for your target audience to pronounce and remember, because you want them talking about you and asking for your book, not staring glassy-eyed at a long string of, say, Polish consonants (there is never pronouncing those things right; you pronounce it Polish style and find out they've Anglicized the pronunciation beyond recognition, or you attempt it with English phonetics and find out you are very far off...)