Paul -- I don't mean to be trollish at all. I think of what I did as more a "debugging" exercise :)
* Yes, Time and The Economist have varied and sometimes opposite volumes. Your point just isn't meaningful.
* This re-rebuttal doesn't address your original point, which wasn't so much about patterns vs books as it was your contention that content is all treated the same. Laura Bush hasn't sold any books yet, but she has the money.
* I'm glad you didn't mean what you said. But you did say it.
* I really ought to avoid uppercase, you're right. But it's not the same point. The first is about inputs, the last about marketing and selling strategies. Quite different.
* Yes, Time and The Economist have varied and sometimes opposite volumes. Your point just isn't meaningful.
* This re-rebuttal doesn't address your original point, which wasn't so much about patterns vs books as it was your contention that content is all treated the same. Laura Bush hasn't sold any books yet, but she has the money.
* I'm glad you didn't mean what you said. But you did say it.
* I really ought to avoid uppercase, you're right. But it's not the same point. The first is about inputs, the last about marketing and selling strategies. Quite different.
best,
Howard Weaver editor.blogspot.com