Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.
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The publishers wanted some kind of book that lands on the best-seller list again and again. They didn't understand that it doesn't have to be a Rosemary Rogers or a Danielle Steel. It has to be more 'Gone With The Wind.'
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Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.
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