tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112238325573209498..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Harry Potter and the Editorial Half-WitHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1122483379074978702005-07-27T12:56:00.000-04:002005-07-27T12:56:00.000-04:00Stories like this circulate all the time in the pu...Stories like this circulate all the time in the publishing world, where I pass my working hours. They're usually just rumors, started at cocktail parties and afternoon-long lunches. Publishing, as tlaloc indicates, is an extremely subjective business, based largely in the gut feelings of flaky editors (like me!), so I have no doubt that some sorry saps out there have passed on bestsellers, probably even Harry Potter. But this particular story, derived from an NYT op-ed, seems to be an intentional parody.<BR/><BR/>http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/14/opinion/edharry.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1122388829964982392005-07-26T10:40:00.000-04:002005-07-26T10:40:00.000-04:00This ranks up there with the marketing genius at M...This ranks up there with <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/business/market/mandms.asp" REL="nofollow">the marketing genius at Mars who said "No"</A> when Steven Spielberg asked for permission to use M&Ms as alien bait in <I>ET</I>.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.com