piggybacking

[J. M. Hall]

I do not think piggyback-ing Korean films into a database on Japanese films
makes much sense.  At least, I cannot understand the logic that leads you
there.  If the idea is to distribute information about Korean film, why not
publish a separate, smaller volume.  I certainly would be willing to buy
one were it affordable.  If you are afraid there is not enough of a market
to sustain it independently, then why not market the two volumes together. 
You must buy one to get the other.  You could even add a little band, like
the one that soldered D.A. Miller's Bringing Out Barthes to Barthes own
Incidents.  


>I'm also wondering whether to "piggyback" some of my Korean database at the 
>back.  Perhaps just 50 to 100 directors with a very strong bias towards 
>1990s cinema as an aide to festival directors, etc.  Nobody is going to buy 
>a book about Korean film, so it makes sense to smuggle it into people's 
>homes this way.  Again, I'd publish the hangul and (where available) the 
>English title, but no "romaji" equivalent.  (Hangul is pretty much phonetic 
>anyway, like hiragana and katakana.)  Just an idea.