Yale Dictionary of Quotations

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Baker, John wrote:

>         Is it advantageous to you to receive early orders, as opposed to
> orders after the book actually becomes available?

Thanks for your thoughtful question.  I suppose early orders are good in
that the publisher sees that "there are already x number of orders" and is
impressed and more motivated to put resources into marketing.

Fred


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