Attract or dissuade?
Writers are expected to do everything under their control to attract the prospective buyers of their books. That includes the print, paper, packaging, get-up, cover, catchy title, images et al. But read this different insight from the foreword by Len Deighton to his “Spy Story“:
Like all writers I always worry about titles and covers. I have always believed that the principal object of both should be to deter people who won’t enjoy the book from buying it. Only secondary is the aim of attracting the reader who will like it. My reasoning is that one disappointed customer will go round making far more noice than anyone who liked it.
Interesting, eh!
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Nehru and Edwina were in love, says her daughter!
“Love blossomed” between a “lonely” Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the last Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten’s wife, Edwina, who had other “lovers” before, says her daughter.
Pamela Mountbatten, who fondly called Nehru “Mamu” (maternal uncle), has used diary entries and extracts from family albums as documentary evidence to write India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power.
You can read a pre-release review in The Hindu here.
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This wonderdul book was written by Leo F Buscaglia.
(will be continued…………..)
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