From: Meghan McCarthy <meghanmccarthy007>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:38:28 -0700 (PDT)

 Third -- to Meghan's note, this doesn't mean that I
> think that we should
> print boring books. But I question how "boring" is
> being defined. I've
> seen a number of dramatically styled books that are
> confusing to the
> reader, lack substance, and feel as if the author
> was ADD.


Well, I am an author and I do have ADD! Seriously though, what I meant by "boring" is books that read like textbooks... books that are so verbose and ramble on that I wonder why anyone would bother buying them when the kids already get the same thing from school. I can't get through some of the nonfiction books in the bookstore. Snore! Please note that I said SOME and certainly not ALL!

This does not mean that the books need to have a million colored pictures and one sentence per page
(unless we're talking about PBs!) but I think the topics need to be more varied. I aim to put more books in the store that I would have liked to read?maybe even a nonfiction graphic novel at some point. Of course, I was a weirdo so it's possible only I would have liked to read what I currently write... although I hope not!

meghan




       
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Received on Wed 13 Jun 2007 04:38:28 PM CDT