Penguin. Worst. Marketing. Ever. via Somewhat Muchly
& this woman, who actually buys and reads books, is not likely to buy another with this imprint.
OMG
9 responses to “OMG”
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This made me smile. If I cut Penguin off the list of publishers I buy from I doubt there would be many books left…They seem almost god-like in their dominance. Odd then that they need such naff publicity. Or perhaps I’m missing something…
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Yack! I thought I’d activated some spyware for a second before I saw what the ad was about.
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might we take comfort that it’s penguin UK?
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Whoa. Sort of a “Bimbos for Books” approach… like the Mudflap Girls have taken up literacy as a hobby.
Or perhaps it is that penguin thinks that men use that other little head for reading… -
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Wie bekommt man Männer dazu, mehr zu lesen? Penguin UK meint, dies hier wäre der richtige Weg. Ich bezweifle ja den Erfolg – mit Bildern von halbnackten Frauen haben schon ganz andere versucht, mehr Leser zu bekommen. [Via Watermark]…
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“Or perhaps it is that penguin thinks that men use that other little head for reading…”
Hahahaha! HA! Ha, ha… wiping tears from eyes
That was a good one.
I don’t mean to be devil’s advocate here, but being married to a man who never reads anything but his fisherman’s magazine and the sunday paper, I would gladly give my half of the house for a man that reads. I fantasize all the time about conversations critiquing books, instead of the weather.
Happy New Year! Sorry I took so long. Just figured out how to blogroll. I’ve got you now, my pretty! And all your little pretty words, too! -
Silly!
My husband loves to read, too – so I can buy even more books, and then say that they’re for him! I do sometimes have a hard time getting them away from him, though. I don’t know what would happen if he found some time for the computer… -
“Or perhaps it is that penguin thinks that men use that other little head for reading…”
Hahahaha! HA! Ha, ha… wiping tears from eyes
via Kate S.
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