|
Evidence of a Link
Quote:
Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
What a stupid business decision by HarperCollins. The only people who would have shelled out $22.95 to read a book about how the Administration was right are (1) people who were already given advance MSS to verify their (anonymous) quotes; and (2) people who we can euphemistically say are not real big readers to begin with.
|
Thanks for coming to us for guidance on this whole market thing. HarperCollins is clearly betting that there are a lot of people who will shell out $22.95 (less at Amazon or Costco!) to own a book that -- like the collected works of Stephen Hawking -- they will not read, e.g. because (1) they want to support the good works of Mr. Hayes et al., (2) owning such a book will impress visitors and passers-by, if prominently displayed, etc.
__________________
“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 06-02-2004 at 05:01 PM..
|
