A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: A Parallel between Human Intelligence and Book Promotion
It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's post continues the book promotion theme from last week and some previous posts but from a somewhat different perspective. At the risk of seeming a bit meshuggeneh , I believe an understanding of human intelligence can provide some insight into book promotion. Intelligence (g) Basic human intelligence is often called (g) by psychologists. So, what is (g_? Here is one definition: " The term general intelligence (g) refers to a broad mental capacity that influences performance on cognitive ability measures." There are many other definitions of (g), but they are all similar and less important than the proposal that (g) r