I've been up for a couple days working on a big project and my brain is having trouble saying what I want to say. Hopefully this makes sense.
My only comment is with your primary quote featured right on the landing page of your site. As far as marketing goes, it feels sketchy because your book title isn't part of the direct quote.
"This revolution is just beginning, and it's exciting to have [Tragic Design] to ground the growing movement of achieving truly inclusive design in the digital era."
My guess is that John said something like "this book," or maybe you changed the book title and he called it something else. But having your primary marketing item be a quote that isn't a direct quote just feels wrong to me. It seems like he could have said something not even related to your book, and you changed it to make it work. Obviously I know you didn't, I just wanted to give you my opinion. I would suggest contacting him and seeing if he can give you a direct quote that doesn't require you to use brackets.
It was "Shariat and Savard Saucier's book..." and the quote was taken from the foreword.
Thank you for the feedback. I'm going to talk to a few more folks to see if anyone else feels that way. I definitely don't want people feeling that way. Thanks again!
Can't you just ask the permission of the person who said that, and, if they agree, drop the []'s? If it makes anyone feel better, they could speak the revised quote out loud to an empty room before you drop the []'s.
My only comment is with your primary quote featured right on the landing page of your site. As far as marketing goes, it feels sketchy because your book title isn't part of the direct quote.
"This revolution is just beginning, and it's exciting to have [Tragic Design] to ground the growing movement of achieving truly inclusive design in the digital era."
My guess is that John said something like "this book," or maybe you changed the book title and he called it something else. But having your primary marketing item be a quote that isn't a direct quote just feels wrong to me. It seems like he could have said something not even related to your book, and you changed it to make it work. Obviously I know you didn't, I just wanted to give you my opinion. I would suggest contacting him and seeing if he can give you a direct quote that doesn't require you to use brackets.
Either way, congratulations on the book!