There are exceptions, of course, but you don’t want those readers anyway. People who would turn a book down solely on the basis of its pedigree and nothing else are like people who would treat a person differently because of the color of her skin. You can’t please those people. One of our core tenets (and we’ll detail this later) is that you should always cultivate your tribe and not worry at all about those who don’t jibe with your style. This is simply one more example. By and large,
