Comments on: Louis Pasteur, wrinkles, missives http://www.whyioughtta.com/2007/07/23/louis-pasteur-wrinkles-missives/ How come you never call me? Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Maggie http://www.whyioughtta.com/2007/07/23/louis-pasteur-wrinkles-missives/comment-page-1/#comment-15486 Maggie Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:14:17 +0000 http://www.whyioughtta.com/2007/07/23/louis-pasteur-wrinkles-missives/#comment-15486 I am not at all surprised by #1. I ask for stuff like that all the time from foreign publishers. "Can you please put a bikini top on that one-inch high mermaid?" "Can you make that bottle say fruit juice instead of champagne?" Several reasons for this, and none of them are because we as publishers hate freedom of speech: 1) Ugh: parents. I hate hate hate being berated on the phone by absurd parents worried about the state of childhood. And trust me, it happens. 2) Bookstores. If we can't sell it to B&N, it won't make money, and B&N hates nudity and smoking and drinking even more than we do (probably cause they have to deal with more parents). It has to be something really, really awesome to go against parents and bookstores. I am not at all surprised by #1. I ask for stuff like that all the time from foreign publishers. “Can you please put a bikini top on that one-inch high mermaid?” “Can you make that bottle say fruit juice instead of champagne?” Several reasons for this, and none of them are because we as publishers hate freedom of speech: 1) Ugh: parents. I hate hate hate being berated on the phone by absurd parents worried about the state of childhood. And trust me, it happens. 2) Bookstores. If we can’t sell it to B&N, it won’t make money, and B&N hates nudity and smoking and drinking even more than we do (probably cause they have to deal with more parents).

It has to be something really, really awesome to go against parents and bookstores.

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