Listics

We’re all familiar with the Complete Idiot’s Guides…  the range of topics is incredible, yet the series suffers from a lamentably low GQ (Grandiosity Quotient).  Rather than aim at people who want to learn a foreign language, rewire the garage, or raise lab rats and turn a profit, I’m aiming this new series at people who REALLY want to improve themselves.

I call the series "How Hard Could It Be?"  Some sample titles:  "Rocket Science… How Hard Could It Be?"  "Brain Surgery… How Hard Could It Be?"  "Large Hadron Accelerator Construction… How Hard Could It Be?"  These well written, information laden, nicely bound slim volumes are conceived as a Great Books of the 21st Century collection - something no real post-postmodern renaissance person will want to be without.

While the high volume sales are expected from wire racks near the check-out lines at finer bookstores everywhere, it should be noted that faux-leather bound sets also will be available, complete with engraved bookplates.