question for academic twitter:

I might be misremembering, but I feel like someone told me that I shouldn’t waste a potentially good title on my dissertation bc I wouldn’t be able to use it for the eventual book? is that true?

okay this is basically the gist of what I was told. but now I’m hearing that this isn’t a thing. any ideas why is this advice being given to us? what am I missing? https://twitter.com/thiamm/status/1318364292215754753?s=20

aha!! okay, this explains why I was given this advice. I wonder if this is a thing some presses care about more than others? https://twitter.com/SueWeinstein1/status/1318367305626255360?s=20

some solid intel here, for anyone following this thread! https://twitter.com/tanyaboza/status/1318407768777216000?s=20