breaking it down

[Paul Mackin]

On Jul 17, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Rcfchess at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 07/17/2006 9:49:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> ghetta_outta at hotmail.com writes:
> The whole description is very tougue-in-cheek, and a bit self- 
> disparaging,
> which fits just right for Pynchon's voice.  He's always playing with
> people's expectations, and does make EVERYTHING into a joke of sorts.
>
> I think it's possible - my take, anyway - that Amazon approached  
> him for a blurb to get people pre-ordering, & he came up w. this as  
> a way of getting them off his back, giving them enough of what they  
> wanted and at the same time showing that he was only half-heartedly  
> into the selling of it, as opposed to just writing it & letting it  
> sell itself. And then, after they posted it on the website, some  
> high muckety-muck at Amazon prob. looked at it & said it wasn't  
> serious enough, so they took it down. Sound like a possibility,  
> folks?!


Sounds right on the nose to me.

Pretty successful PR, whether planned or miscued.

Wonder how many copies they'll run off.

Wonder if the major chains will price discount it as much as Amazon has.



>
> RF
>
> PS - I'm still anxiously awaiting the rest of y'all to come up w.  
> possible stupid titles like I did, so we can all be proven wrong  
> together...I don't want to be the only one...

You must not of seen my brilliant suggestions. :-)


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