Ed Williams said:
Whatever happened to:
Multi-author signings?
The Independence Books program?
The much promoted partnership with the New York Times?
POD vs. POD?
The Nightie Girl? Did she and Tonto get banned along with their good friend Shemp?
Hollywood Squares? Modernizing the PA website index page?
Those 200 to 300 book a week release rates?
Those PA author conferences?
Ed, Ed...you and I both know the answer to that, my brother. They've gone the way of all flesh, or more accurately (we
are dealing with PA here, after all) down Meiners' memory hole. (Gad, does
that put a disturbing picture in my brain! Out! OUT!)
Yep, Ed, I think you nailed it. The newbies will have no idea of what items you're talking about; and the old hands, being banned, can't tell 'em.
Ya gotta admit it and give the devil his due: The Stooges came up with one sweet scam when they invented PA.
But, alas (for them) its day is done, its had its run, and their fun is done.
I've said this before, and it bears repeating: PA is dying, children, and dying hard. God willing, we'll not see its like again.
John