https://booksquare.com/the-title-of-this-post-has-been-used-before/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=the-title-of-this-post-has-been-used-before Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://booksquare.com/the-title-of-this-post-has-been-used-before/#comment-121182 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:30:02 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/04/14/1906/#comment-121182 Hi, I agree a moratorium sounds like a good idea, but how does the publishing industry achieve it in practice? I suppose a publisher could search for a title before confirming it, but this would not catch books in preparation or advancing through the process in other publishing companies? I imagine it would be difficult to achieve it in practice, even if all publishers would agree to do it.
I nearly added a Harlan Coben book to your “Gone” list, but I think that one was “gone for good”.
It is very difficult for the reader when books have such similar titles. I find it hard when a series has a title consisting of one simple (ie forgettable) word that is the same and one variant.
Examples: J D Robb’s “….in Death” series. (Origin, Purity, Judgement, etc). And John Sandford’s “….Prey” series (Mortal, Broken etc). I can never remember which I’ve read and which I haven’t.

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