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The Crass Rigors of Promoting Your Book

A book advance is no free lunch! Authors who actually sell lots of their books find that the promotion song-and-dance is eating up more of their time—and possibly, their dignity! When will they find time to write—instead of, say, appearing in a Bloomingdale's advert or making a cameo on a soap opera?
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2:39 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Sheila
2,131 views, 26 comments

the chick lit wars

Jennifer Weiner Wants To Have Her Cake And Eat It Too

One of the things about being a stay-at-home writer is that you have perhaps a little bit too much time to peruse and write blogs! We were reminded of this by chick lit author Jennifer Weiner's rant in the comments of the Times' 'Paper Cuts' blog, which she continued on over at her own blog 'Snark Spot' (really). She has a bone to pick with an author who'd yearningly mentioned her books' consistent presence on bookstore shelves. "Be careful what you wish for, oh shelfmate o' mine! If you wrote chick lit—provided it was any good—you would indeed find your books on the shelf of most every store. But your books would not be reviewed twice by the Times." More »

12:00 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Emily Gould
6,722 views, 64 comments

Latest by gawkimo: Um, Franzen IS a populachero writer. That was one of the most annoying books written by a member of my generation: a loosely based memoir of a guy from the midwest who goes to New York and then is embarrassed more »

Chick lit queen Jennifer Weiner's husband promotes her new book in an email sent around his law firm. Sometimes being married sounds nice! [Philebrity]

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