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***Well perhaps for you it is more about "selling good books" than "good selling books"? ***
Kind of you to suggest that, BOb, and I'd like to think it's true.
I must confess, though, that I learned a long, long time ago that acquisition editing -- even when commercial potential is a secondary issue -- is far from an exact science. I guess when marketability becomes key, though, the assessment job becomes a little less subjective because of the introduction of some 'givens'. Popularity of a name or genre alone, for example, can lend some assurance to an editor's choice. Sad, but true.
If BeWrite Books ever hit major league with a title, though, it will be on the story-telling and literary merit of its author rather than its near-guaranteed place on a bandwagon.
Cheers. Neil
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