Michael Perelman wrote:
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> . . . much success in communicating with a broader audience.
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"Broader audience" is too vague -- it seems usually to mean large,
nondescript, miscellanmeous audience consisting of isolated individuals
sitting at home. There is such an audience, and reaching it may at times
be of marginal use. But the only 'broader' audience that counts in the
long run are those reached by leaflets or word of mouth, so the main
task of authors of books and articles is not to reach a broader audience
but to provide ammunition (information, tactical and strategic training,
perspective, etc.) to those who write the leaflets or who talk with the
readers of those leaflets.
At one time I was a superb leaflet writer -- leaflets I wrote got people
talking to each other. I don't know if I could do it now or not.
CArrol
Carrol
