Authorship

Since The Government Manual for New Superheroes was my co-author Matthew's idea in the first place, we agreed his name would go first on the cover (as well as on the title page and everywhere else in the book).

Over at Amazon, though, I'm listed first. I tried to persuade Matthew that this is because Amazon lists its authors in order of how staggeringly handsome they are, but he insists it has something to do with the fact that "J" comes before "M," alphabetically speaking.

But Barnes & Noble and Buy.com list only Matthew as the author, and not me. Don't they know how staggeringly handsome I am? What's the matter with them?

Fortunately, Powell's books has the right idea.