Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Judging by your description they are far more likely to return with something by Asimov anyway, so that's a bonus.  |
Hah, true.
Hopefully they end up buying both books (Asimov & Scalzi).
Quote:
|
Really stretching now, so if you were buying a book for someone, you would go off a vague memory of how it looked rather than the author and title?
|
No, I'd probably ask them to mail me the title and name.
What I tried to suggest is that unless you have very specific instructions, you're likely to get it wrong.
The human mind is NOT precise. The opposite rather.
Which is why there are laws against too closely copying designs, because it can and will fool consumers.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNefario
Every time someone posts in this thread, the man's name and the name of his publishing (out)house get pushed to the top of the forum and give him a nice little publicity boost, and I sigh.
|
Hrm.
True enough. Fortunately the title isn't really positive, but good point nonetheless.