BASS? You mean THE BASS? Never heard of it. Sounds like "Potato Chips".
Tom Send a noteboard - 11/06/2010 05:49:37 PM
The name is terrible. It has no resonance. Why would I pick this book up at Barnes & Noble or Border's (assuming I walked into a brick-and-mortar store out of boredom while in the City or something)?
No, I'll tell you what book titles grabbed my attention when I went into stores with no intention of buying anything:
Opium: A Journey Through Time
The Great War for Civilisation
The Jesus Mysteries
The Golden Ratio
If the people who gave BASS its title had their way, these books would be called:
History of Papaver somniferum
Compiled News Articles on Recent Topics of Regional Interest in Middle East Cultural Region
Thesis regarding Early Christianity
Mathematical Applications and Harmony
No, I'll tell you what book titles grabbed my attention when I went into stores with no intention of buying anything:
Opium: A Journey Through Time
The Great War for Civilisation
The Jesus Mysteries
The Golden Ratio
If the people who gave BASS its title had their way, these books would be called:
History of Papaver somniferum
Compiled News Articles on Recent Topics of Regional Interest in Middle East Cultural Region
Thesis regarding Early Christianity
Mathematical Applications and Harmony
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 11/06/2010 at 05:51:18 PM
Fun, imaginative exercise on bookselling
- 11/06/2010 12:25:07 AM
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post it somewhere then get a lot of people to write really good reviews about it? *NM*
- 11/06/2010 12:30:54 AM
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Change the name to "Buy this Book or Die a Fiery Death in Forty Days" *NM*
- 11/06/2010 12:33:55 AM
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And then start a chain letter e-mail. But are the increased sales really worth selling your soul? *NM*
- 11/06/2010 01:06:13 AM
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*NM*
Re: Depends. How much is your soul worth? One brother? One bestseller?
- 11/06/2010 11:39:58 AM
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Not likely 
- 11/06/2010 01:07:28 AM
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- 11/06/2010 01:07:28 AM
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"Best American Fantasy" sounds like "Regular Detergent"
- 11/06/2010 02:03:57 AM
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It's based on Best American Short Stories
- 11/06/2010 03:18:47 AM
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BASS? You mean THE BASS? Never heard of it. Sounds like "Potato Chips".
- 11/06/2010 05:49:37 PM
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put the word vampire in it somewhere *NM*
- 11/06/2010 02:19:51 PM
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- 12/06/2010 08:28:12 AM
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- 12/06/2010 08:28:12 AM
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A few (probably bad) ideas.
- 11/06/2010 05:32:31 PM
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Tell everyone that this book will be what the book club is reading.
- 12/06/2010 02:33:51 PM
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Keep the authors in it a deathly secret, start an ARG for people to figure out who will be in it
- 12/06/2010 05:47:10 PM
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Put Ellen on the cover. Runs risk of suit, but probably gets you on her show either way. *NM*
- 15/06/2010 10:27:57 PM
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