Dear Author noted that one of the things the bestseller list appearances reminded them of was that more shorter books are being sold in the digital age.
Dear Author noted on this post at The Digital Reader with reports to that effect, and links to further reading on the matter.
Not exact matches
(When it does, it leads to cringeworthy train wrecks on
Dear Author that leave me
noting to myself that I will never, ever under any circumstances work for a publishing house where managers tell
authors to shut up or sue.)
The first
note of apparent discrepancy came when a
dear friend of the
author ordered three copies of the book from Amazon in June.
Whether it is making eye contact, sharing toys or writing thank - you
notes, the
authors contend «manners express in action the values we hold
dear» and should be an outgrowth of «the higher values of respect for others, integrity, loyalty, self - sacrifice, and honesty.»
In addition, and as a side
note: Please,
dear authors, don't listen to people who have learned how to sell their books.
[
Dear Author's
note: sac jokes now terminated.]
Note that this was before the
Dear Author article and thus the lawsuit.
Earlier Documents of
Note Dear Author's blog post, The Curious Case of Ellora's Cave.