More on the blurb brouhaha

[Dave Monroe]

Just so I understand, is anyone here BEGRUDGING
Pynchon and/or Penguin any sales here?  And why?  I've
yet to see the point, beyond, say, assuaging boredom
and/or simply having nothing better to do, of all the
speculation on that blurb (beyond its contents), the
title (in terms of its desirability or lack thereof),
amazon, Penguin, reporters, bloggers, marketing, what
have you, esp. given that even doing a little basic
boning up on what's been hinted at already (basic
research being not just my bag, but one of the most
useful things we do here, if I say so myself, and I
don't, not by myself, so ...) has been pooh-poohed by,
well, again, flame off, I promised, but ...

And this is coming from a guy who'll drop some Turkish
knock-off cinema science at the drop of a fez, so ...

--- jbor at bigpond.com wrote:

> Marketing 101....

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