ATD: "integrated communications strategy"

[Dave Monroe]

While I'm still at it ...

--- The Great Quail <quail at libyrinth.com> wrote:

> So far, there has been surprisingly little interest
> in the Internet among large publishing houses ...

As someone on every goddam e-mail list going, I can
vouce for that.  Random House seems the most
aggressive to me, but it's really the university and
"alternative" presses that have their online act
together ...

> -- as a matter of fact, in this case, Penguin Press
> feels somewhat wary of the Web....

Nary a mention of the new novel yet ...

http://us.penguingroup.com/

> From what I understand, their biggest fear right
> now lies with reviewing the book -- 

They of course COULD send one to ME, but ...
 
> > but I'll be surprised to learn the posting and
> > taking down from Amazon of the Book Description
> > was not part of the plan.
> 
> I am 95% sure it was not part of any plan. 

I hate to say I'm 100% sure of anything, but ...
 
> ... one of the hardest things for me to do lately
> was to keep quiet until the goddamn book was
> finally announced!

You knew?  And you didn't tell us?  You've been
keeping secrets?  Living a lie?   I ... I ... *sniff*
...
 
> So to conclude, while it may be tempting to see
> all of this as part of a marketing conspiracy,
> it's simply entropy at work, magnified by our out
> hothouse devotions.

Hm.  This seems a familiar theme ...

Okay, the best thing about having a new novel on the
horizon is, besides, well, having a new novel on the
horizon, is people coming out of the woodwork.  But
does anyone have any news of Michel Ryckx?  I've
become more than a bit worried ...

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