CNN/PUBLISHERS

[Zoyd]

Patrick Schreuder wrote:
> 
> 
>      JULES SIEGEL WROTE:
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>      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.
i agree.
i have no doubt trp knew what he was getting into.
i just signed onto this newsgroup, i dont know what he did (but by the
response it seems certainly an unusal act for him) not having access to
cnn.
it's quite possible that after a lifetime of silence, trp actually has a
desire for public scrutiny. this apparently small step may be a start.
R.