I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sadly, I don't think books ever sell based on your name alone - the minute we make an assumption like that is the minute it all goes horribly wrong!
One of the strangest results of having your name on a book jacket is the proliferation of people who know one narrow aspect of your life and are suddenly surprised to learn there's more.
There are many traditionally published authors who have hated the cover their publisher's decided on. Or the title or the marketing or the advertising. But there was nothing they could do about it.
Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.
I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.
I had not expected to ever be in a position to able to say, 'Hey, see the magazine with J. Lo on the cover? They reviewed my book inside.'
I never thought I'd be on the cover of the 'Atlanta Journal' unless I killed someone.
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book.