This is why editors and publishers make voodoo dolls of us and stick pins in them:
has anyone seen my shotgun?
[Phone rings. It is one of my authors, whose book is publishing shortly–long ago catalogued etc.]
Author: I’ve been thinking, the title of my book shouldn’t be [TITLE HERE]. It would be much more powerful if it were [HERE TITLE]. More poetic and timeless, definitely.
YT: …Yes. I saw the email you wrote to Robert the Publisher about that.
Author: Well, you said the title was out of your hands, so I thought I should explain my reasons to him.
YT: …Yes, and now you have. [Much good may it do you.]
The rest lives here http://editorialass.blogspot.com/2010/01/has-anyone-seen-my-shotgun.html