CNN/PUBLISHERS

[Patrick Schreuder]

     JULES SIEGEL WROTE:
     
     
     It doesn't matter whether or not it originated with his press agents. 
     It was there general campaign to bring him to the attention of the 
     mass media that aroused the interest. When you advertise on national 
     radio, you are not exactly keeping a guy in the litary cocktail party 
     zone, are you? Once there's a best seller, the author become sjust 
     another celebrity. That's what I meant when I said he should have 
     stayed with Epoch. It's absurd to argue that the media should change 
     their habits to suit the interests of a
     formerly obscure but successful author, no matter how great a guy he 
     might be.
     
     
     You're right in saying that Holt can't be blamed for trying to sell as 
     much books as possible. But TRP should have known that by switching 
     from Epoch to Holt, he would be much more "visible" in the media.
     I've got this sneeking supsicion that TRP knew what he was getting 
     into when he switched to Holt. He could have stayed with them or 
     choose another smaller, less market-driven publisher.
     
     
     Patrick S.