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Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

Marcus — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:23:09 -0000

So, Eve, are you suggesting that "classics" only sell well because the educational system has functioned as a marketing vehicle to force students to buy books they never read? : )

I actually like some of them. Pride and Prejudice, for instance.

Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

Eve — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:32:08 -0000

Probably because it used to speak to so many people, but no longer does.

Why?
I think because
a)many no longer read them
b)the language is difficult for many to wade through and
c)there are so many new books out there that are enticing all of us.

Just a thought, of course. :)

Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

Marcus — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:34:18 -0000

The thing about a classic is that it speaks to people in many different contexts, though. Right? Why is that so hard to market, though?

Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

Every Square Inch — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:53:13 -0000

Rather than defend the acq. editors, I would hope that they and anyone in a position of critic or evaluator would be sobered and humbled.

LL's point is also spot on...context - historical, cultural, circumstantial all matter in our evaluation.

Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

Real Live Preacher — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:07:12 -0000

Well, that's always the situation with classics, isn't it? You have to go back into their worldview to enjoy them. And that's fun, but probably not something I want to do with everything I read. Our best stuff will one day be classic, and it probably won't fit either.

Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

Marcus — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:37:43 -0000

L.L., you are the master of the two sentence comment. Awesome.

Re: How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

L.L. Barkat — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:39:48 -0000

It shows the power of context, doesn't it? And that in itself is an interesting topic to consider.