Writers on Writing -- Marketing Hope

My favorite example of "marketing hope" is the publishing industry's onslaught on would-be authors anxious to trade day-job cash for holy grail secrets -- how to write better, pitch editors, make a living as a writer.

My bookshelf has its share, some purchased full retail, but most bought for $2 or less at library used book sales.

Some sales are better stocked than others. Unusual and interesting titles. Popular choices.

Like the offerings at Saturday's Friends of the Lafayette Library sale.

Good news for me. But I wonder ...

Did someone give up?