tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post276112784524966310..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: brief noteHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-53251499610172268942007-08-19T15:13:00.000+00:002007-08-19T15:13:00.000+00:00Yes, it was good that he wanted to publish the boo...Yes, it was good that he wanted to publish the book. The problem was that, in doing so, he made it impossible to finish so many other books. Publishers put pressure on writers to change passages they think might expose them to lawsuits, because this might wipe out the profits from many other books; they should not really wipe out an author's profit from all other writing in order to present one book to the public -- or, if one wants to look at it another way, make it impossible for the public to read any other books by the author. Readers are not necessarily going to think: Well, I'd have liked to see another book by Helen DeWitt, but the publisher has brought out Bergdorf Blondes and Sammy's Hill so I can read them instead.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-84637298338679876072007-08-19T05:44:00.000+00:002007-08-19T05:44:00.000+00:00It is nice to know how much your editor helped to ...It <I>is</I> nice to know how much your editor helped to make <I>The Last Samurai</I> a book rather than a MS in your bottom drawer, a book I was then able to read and thoroughly enjoy, along with all the thousands of other readers who feel the same.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com