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  • From: "Maryann Whitman" <maryannwhitman@comcast.net>
  • To: "'gardenwriters-on-gardening'" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [gwl-g] discouraged by new book
  • Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:37:29 -0500

Excellent reasoning Nan.

Maryann

Maryann Whitman
Editor-in-Chief, Wild Ones Journal
www.for-wild.org

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes: promotes environmentally sound
landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation,
restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a
not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.



-----Original Message-----
From: gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nan Sterman
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:27 PM
To: gardenwriters-on-gardening
Subject: Re: [gwl-g] discouraged by new book

Long ago I was reviewing some gardening software for a magazine and
the editor told me that he would rather comment on a poor product by
not giving it any room in his publication. Silence, he said, sends
a pretty clear message to the publisher (the software publisher
happened also to be a book publisher).

At first, I thought he was taking the chicken way out but after some
thought, I realized that he was correct. We are all dependent on
each other - book publishers, magazine publishers, writers,
photographers. If a magazine were to publish a negative review, do
you think the book publisher would take a chance on sending that
publication another book to review? Of course not. Marketing is
hard enough - I suspect that few book publishers would take that
chance.

And really, there is little need to publish a negative review. Most
of our readers are smart enough to recognize a good book from a poor
one. Sales will be the feedback that will tell the publisher how
goo the product is.

Nan

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