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Subject:Dummies books From:Melissa Hunter-Kilmer <mhunterk -at- BNA -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:23:33 EST
Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> wrote:
> Check out:
> _Dummies 101: HTML_
> _HTML for Dummies Quick Reference_
> by Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray
> Good thang someone knows who to give top billin' to eh?
> <giggle>
I can think of several possibilities for why Deborah's name came first:
1. D comes before E.
2. They flipped a coin.
3. The publisher wanted Deborah's name first.
4. Deborah actually contributed more to the book than Eric did and decided
herself that she should have top billing.
I don't know Deborah at all, and I know Eric only from the positive impression I
have of him from e-mail. I just think it's counterproductive to assume that he
"gave" her anything. It could just as easily be true that she "gave" him a
byline.
Melissa Hunter-Kilmer
mhunterk -at- bna -dot- com
(standard disclaimer)
