If They Asked You, What Would You Say?
Publisher, Richard Nash, guest-blogging on Ecstatic Days, admits that the industry doesn’t hold readers in very high regard. You think?
…there is a real tendency in our business to treat the customer as this perverse, mysterious, gullible, arrogant, narrow-minded, slightly thick, imperceptive lug. We largely talk down to him, dumb down for her, expect the least, fear the worst, and generally leave it up to the retailer to figure out how to reach him or her…
So he asked (on his own blog) the grubby, punk readers for their opinion on the matter of a book cover he was considering. Impressed with the answers he received, Mr. Nash - sort of thinking out loud during his stint as guest blogger - wonders how publishing could be improved by asking those who’d care enough to answer: what do you want to read?
So, you tell me and I’ll pass it on. Or hunt him down yourself. Couldn’t hurt.
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