Comments on: My Life with Marmite http://www.peirenepress.com/blog/2010/03/my-life-with-marmite/ The pain and passion of a small publisher Thu, 17 May 2012 14:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew Blackman http://www.peirenepress.com/blog/2010/03/my-life-with-marmite/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Andrew Blackman Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:46:21 +0000 http://www.peirenepress.com/blog/?p=517#comment-133 Hmm, men reading a book about motherhood - Freud might have an angle on that. I guess it's just early coincidence, though, and will even out in time. No book is universally liked, and I think that provoking a strong reaction is better than leaving readers indifferent. Anyway, personally I'm glad you didn't use the Marmite campaign - associating this book in any way with Marmite would have made me gag when I picked it up. Hmm, men reading a book about motherhood - Freud might have an angle on that. I guess it’s just early coincidence, though, and will even out in time. No book is universally liked, and I think that provoking a strong reaction is better than leaving readers indifferent.

Anyway, personally I’m glad you didn’t use the Marmite campaign - associating this book in any way with Marmite would have made me gag when I picked it up.

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