Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica for Dummies

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 6, 2009, at 6:02 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> Thanks for the great review, Richard.
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> I want everyone to know that space was my only reason for not  
> including a mention of your CD. Late in the editing process we had  
> to make cuts to keep the book within the required length.

Something I always wondered. Why does a publisher get to determine  
what is in a book and how thick it should be. Just another way 'tha  
man' controls our lives. No need to answer. Just fodder for thought.

keyser sosa

> Originally I had two chapters with lists of artists and CDs. I very  
> much regretted cutting down this information, as I wanted to give  
> people a broad variety of listening. In the end I was forced to  
> pare down the list of CDs to only the all-time "greats" while  
> trying to keep some semblance of stylistic variety and pick CDs  
> that readers had a good chance of finding in major retail outlets.
>
> Winslow
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> Winslow Yerxa
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> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
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