Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:43:19 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Who needs sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll when . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 02:43 PM 11/25/2002 -0500, Michael Walsh wrote:
> >From The Bookseller 8 Nov 2002:
>
>"The annual round of publishers' book presentations is usually judged on =
>the length of the spiel; the standard of the lunch; and the quality of the =
>goody bag.  My colleagues who attended a Dorling-Kindersley presentation =
>last week were more than pleasantly surprised to find in their bags some =
>sex dice (DK publishes Anne Hooper's 'Sexopedia' in January), a bottle of =
>10-year old port, and a camera. 'That's a whole evening's entertainment,' =
>one noted. 'No books though,' a slightly wiser head pointed out."

How come I never get invited to these things?  Oh, right: wrong business.

Elspeth