Now I’m all for keeping author’s humble, but I’m really not sure how I should be interpreting this page from the QBD bookshop advertising my recent book:
Suggestions welcome.
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jasongoroncy.com 
(*falls off chair laughing*)
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I didn’t know Brill did a Dummies series ;)
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THIS is the bit I like:People who purchased “Hallowed Be Thy Name by Jason Goroncy” also purchased… How to Study the Bible
Bringing the Prophets to Life
Did Jesus Come to Britain?
A Brief Introduction to The New Testament
RRP: $9.95
RRP: $37.95
RRP: $21.95
RRP: $103.95
The Christian World
When Young Men Are Tempted
The Institutes of Christian Religion
The Rise to Respectability
RRP: $18.95
RRP: $11.95
RRP: $21.95
RRP: $57.95
REALLY??:)
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Be humbled again, Jason: “keeping author’s humble…?” LOL
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@Tim: My book’s with T&T Clark/Bloomsbury rather than with Brill, though for that price one could be forgiven for thinking it was published by the latter. But now that you mention it, perhaps you and I could get our heads together and suggest a dummies series for Brill. I’m sure that they’d be very interested in a series that mirrored something like Bloomsbury’s ‘Guides for the Perplexed’ – ‘clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging – or indeed downright bewildering’. So, for example, something like The Dummies Guide to Reading the Essay Question Properly! Our pitch could be that our series provides illustrated guides (mainly with cartoons and pop-ups) and that each volume comes with a full smorgasbord of extra (though fairly typical) paraphernalia (t-shirts, underwear, USB sticks that don’t work, recipes, etc.) germane to each subject. Whaddayareckon?
Speaking of price, I wonder if the Dummies logo represents the kind of drongo who would pay the $255.95 price tag they are asking; i.e. ‘Hey Dummies, look here!’
@Catherine: Love it!
@Kamal and @Mike: :-)
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Jason, When this notice first caught my eye, not only did I think the QBD book must be a Folio Society edition with slip case, or maybe it’s the gold-edged edition signed by PT Forsyth and yourself! James Chaousis
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