How simple punctuation saved a publishing house

Following up on an earlier LISNews story about Eats, Shoots & Leaves, the surprise British bestseller by confessed “punctuation stickler” Lynne Truss, here’s a piece from The Independent looking at how the publishing houses are affected when these “sleeper” books sneak up on them.

February 20, 2004 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Bibliofuture says:
    February 20, 2004 at 9:22 pm

    Joke
    The title of the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves is based on a joke about a panda. “A panda walks into a cafe. The panda orders a sandwich, eats it and then fires a gun into the air. On his way out, he tosses a badly punctuated wildlife manual at the confused bartender and directs him to the entry marked “Panda.” Whereupon the bartender reads: “Panda. Large black-and-white bearlike mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”

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  2. mdoneil says:
    February 21, 2004 at 10:20 pm

    Available at Easons
    Eason’s books in Ireland has it available. I just ordered it today.

    Their URL is http://eason.ie

    24 Euro including shipping to the States.

    I couldn’t wait.

    I hope I punctuated everything correctly!

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