Chapter 203 opens with a message from the publisher to the audience: "I'm sorry, but we're not going to advertise your book. We're just going to let you know what's going on." The publisher tells the audience that he's sorry, too, but that the editor knew he wouldn't be able to stand it. The publisher apologizes, but he doesn't want the audience to know that he didn't do anything wrong. He's also sorry that the book isn't selling well. He wants to know why the audience keeps reading about the book, and the publisher tells him that it's because the book is still about his book, which means that people are still reading about it. He apologizes again, saying that the publisher should have tried to talk to the publisher before publishing the book. He also apologizes for not being able to tell the audience about the publisher's involvement in the book's promotion. He feels bad for the protagonist, who's worked so hard to get the book out there. He says that if he were the protagonist himself, he'd be happy to see the book get picked up by people, and he would be stoked to see that people picked up his book. But the publisher says that they're still reading the book because it still has to do with the protagonist's book, so they don't care what people think about it anymore. He tells the publisher that he can't blame the publisher for letting the protagonist down, since the publisher is responsible for the whole thing. He admits that he wishes the publisher had tried to speak to the protagonist before publishing, but the editor knows that the protagonist would be against it.