Pseudonyms don't really bother me at all, nor does ghostwriting. I know that's part of writing, and honestly, I can't say I read any authors who are so prolific as to have ghostwriters anyway.
I suppose what bothers me, really, is that the publisher went out of their way to create the image of a "debut" novel and first time author, when it was really, really *not* true. Making the author's publication history (or fictional lack thereof) part and parcel of how they advertised the book to me was disingenuous. It stinks of desperation and dishonesty, neither of which I like.
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Date: 2009-01-08 04:28 pm (UTC)I suppose what bothers me, really, is that the publisher went out of their way to create the image of a "debut" novel and first time author, when it was really, really *not* true. Making the author's publication history (or fictional lack thereof) part and parcel of how they advertised the book to me was disingenuous. It stinks of desperation and dishonesty, neither of which I like.