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Originally Posted by lashbear

Uh.... because fans will buy it !

Bit silly having to sell the concept like that... don't they think Valentino had a lot of fans, or do they think they've all died ?

I'm going to buy a copy as soon as it's released !!!

From your mouth to a publisher's ear LB!

Publishers are little automatons who have no real concept. When I was checking out catalogues of possible publishers to pitch, I figured, if Rizzoli can put out a cofee table book of Diana Ross, hell, they can do Valentino!

If this gets published, I'll send you a copy for free, just for that! SMOOCH!



Oh, and the proposal is currently at 15 pages and with my copy editor. I need to flesh out my commentary on the competing books in print (it's a slam dunk, none of the books in print are remotely anything like what I am doing. In fact, two of them don't even deal in a Valentino biography) Slam dunk to me vs. what a publisher thinks, a whole different sex! Now, I'm working on the proposed list of illustrations, picking out sample images and writing the sample chapter.