One Word Titles
Dec 28th, 2008 by MPC Press
“Rhyme” may not have been the best name for our most recent title. (And the cover of our cookbook, “No More Mac & Cheese, A Bachelor’s Guide to Cooking with Ease” was in this color green, maybe not the most appetizing for a cookbook.) But what is wrong with calling a book “Rhyme”? Rhyme is the name of the protagonist in the story, a pig who only speaks in rhyme, so it seems a fitting title. Here is the problem. When I refer people to Amazon to purchase the book, and they type “Rhyme”, our book is nowhere to be found. Instead, you may first find: “Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young” or “Nursery Rhymes, Mother Goose.” When I asked Amazon why my book would not be listed first, considering it is the only book simply titled “Rhyme”, I was told that the best selling titles on Amazon with the word “Rhyme” as part of the title would appear in order. It is possible that Rhyme becomes a best seller and it is indeed quickly moving up the Amazon list, but for now, one needs to type “Rhyme William Marks” (title and author) to find the book quickly. So, we should have gone with “Rhyme the Pig” as a title. However, I just noticed that this still may not solve our problem as there is ”Mig the Pig: A flip-the-Page Rhyme and Read Book”, that may be a better seller than our “Rhyme”.
