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Largehearted Boy: Shorties (Chuck Klosterman, R.E.M., and more)
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"...bestseller lists are so dominated by memoirs & novels “written” by celebrities that genuine talent is squeezed out" http://bit.ly/2MGTW3 27 days ago |
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Celebridades e Ghost Writers: RT @jafurtado: Celebrity novels? I'm lost for words, by Nigel Farndale (Telegraph) http://is.gd/4CnUZ 27 days ago |
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The dregs that publishers serve up in place of literature: RT @TelegraphNews Celebrity novels? I'm lost for words http://bit.ly/45YU21 27 days ago |
Shorties (Chuck Klosterman, R.E.M., and more)
Largehearted Boy —
... The Telegraph examines the fad of celebrity novels (and why this is a boom time for ghostwriters).
Publishers have to make a profit, and novels by celebrities sell. Indeed, they might shift around 100,000 in hardback, compared with less than 1,000 for the average hardback literary novel. And, in theory, for every celebrity book that makes money, the publisher is given the chance to take a risk on a dozen literary novels which deserve publication, but which may well make a loss. ...
Morning Shots: 'Arrested Development,' Women In Film, And More 'Top Chef'
NPR Blogs: Monkey See —
... • Eager to hear, for once, a complaint from the UK about a lowbrow-culture issue U.S. residents are not yet facing on the same level? Check out this controversy over celebrity-penned novels. ...
