Circa 2001-Mar-28 17:01:12 +0200 dixit Rejo Zenger:
: ++ 21/03/01 14:26 +0000 - Philip Hazel:
: >start how hard it would be, I might not have started. I am flattered by
: >the interest shown, and by the fact that people are actually ordering it
: >without seeing it. I hope they are not disappointed.
:
: I guess the second thing, the fact that people are pre-ordering the book
: without having seen it before, seems to me as not very flattering - i
: guess i would experience that as frightening or disturbing rather...
I don't look on it as flattery, nor as pressure. For me, pre-ordering
is a way to give Philip money without having to deal with the hassles
of:
(1) Writing him a check in US funds from a US bank which would then
be nearly useless to him when he wants to deposit UK funds into a
UK bank;
(2) Purchasing a plane ticket to fly to the UK in order to buy Philip
a (suddenly very expensive) lager or ale or whatnot; or
(3) Trying to ship something of actual more-than-sentimental value to
Philip only to have it confiscated by some customs official who
"always wanted one of those things".
It's a way of sending thanks and support in an effective, affordable,
low-pressure, and unobtrusive way.
And i get a cool picture of a whatever-that-thing-was on the cover as
well.
It's like buying the User Friendly books---i've already read all the
comics, but hell, Illiad seems like a nice guy and i like his work.
Same thing with Philip.
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jim knoble | jmknoble@??? |
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