After you've written a book and found someone willing to publish it... and then discovering that you have to go out there and be a salesman ... that's the worst part of being published, I think. People who like to write are usually people who like to sit quietly by themselves and make up stories. To push youself to go out and do it, and then have hardly anyone show up... yes, it's discouraging! But after you gave him the space and found him a room, to go online and beat you up for it--doesn't he realize that any other bookseller who reads that is going to treat him like he's got a case of the plague? It isn't just mean to you, it's damned foolish.