From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:44:35 -0400, Brenda   
    wrote   
   in in   
   rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > The book title is exactly similar to the book cover. It   
   > is a signal, to the reader, about the type of book this   
   > is. So the reader can immediately know if this is a book   
   > she will enjoy. An extremely literary title "Where Late   
   > the Sweet Birds Sang" comes to mind -- attracts a very   
   > different audience than "Debbie Does Dallas."   
      
   Heh.  With the right cover _Where Late the Sweet Birds   
   Sang_ could be a noir detective story, urban fantasy   
   optional.   
      
   Come to think of it, the Toby Daye titles are all   
   quotations from Shakespeare.   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
   --   
   It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their   
   holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered   
   rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,   
   haggisss.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)