> How could *any* editor misjudge a book this good?

JT> They buy scripts based on what they think most of the market
JT> will like. "Think" being the operative word.

JT> They stuffed up royally with the Harry Potter series, though it
JT> didn't really become popular till the first movie.

JT> You can't always predict what shit the audience will suck up
JT> like chicken soup. -- 

 I can forgive the twits who rejected Harry Potter... how could
anyone predict that a 600-page book aimed at 12-year-olds would be
rushed by kids as young as 6? And then read five of them... 3,000
pages!

 BTW, the books were hugely popular, long before the movies.
Hollywood never creates success, it merely follows success. 

 My favourite dickhead-publisher example is GONE WITH THE WIND.
Margaret Mitchell was rejected 39 times. Everyone agreed that no one
wanted to read a long book abiout the Civil War! And then it sold 50
million copies.

 Of course, the movie came much later, when success was guaranted,
and took all the credit as usual.

Regards,
Bob


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