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    The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal

    The Gossip Gangs of New York

    Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!

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    Image of Nick Douglas Nick Douglas
    09/04/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    "Shit My Dad Says" is a Twitter account. (And the author is a professional writer who's been collecting the stuff for years and definitely deserves a deal.)

    Plus the LA Times said he's being *approached* -- not that he's already signed.

    I'd think publishing was dead too, if I couldn't even be bothered to read an article.
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    09/03/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    Not just book publicists but any job in publishing will get you in. Sales, editorial prole, production. Keep track of the names of everyone you come in contact with. Friends of friends and family members of friends of friends trump a query letter every time.
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    Image of hollygirl hollygirl
    09/03/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    I finally took a look at the famous " cake', it was SO BORING. " I was told there'd be good writing." !
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    Image of WordyNinja WordyNinja
    09/03/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    And here I am pursuing "quality" in writing a la Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, with my MFA and submissions to lit journals. I think we all know what I should do...

    Fuck Eliot Spitzer on a bed of puppies while simultaneously debating health care reform, posting press releases on Tumblr for Jill Abramson's book, and shooting a reality TV show.
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    09/03/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    I just threw up all over my platform.
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    Image of EverettCurvus EverettCurvus
    09/03/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    Or...you could just pitch a solid, well-researched piece of journalism. Or have a good timely novel. Publishing and book deals are by no means over. I know lots of people who have been signed in the last year-- with real advances, too.

    It's just too bad that some publishers think the way into the future is by reducing the quality of the product (see your five suggestions). People go to the internet for blather, they buy books for content.
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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    09/03/09

    @EverettCurvus: I totally agree. People are too busy crafting the perfect Facebook status to sit down and write something meaningful. I can't believe more people are taking advantage of the current literary snoozefest and churning out something worthwhile.
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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    09/03/09

    @StonedAndDethroned: aren't, not are.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    09/03/09

    @EverettCurvus: Lots of "solid, well-researched" books of journalism end up, within two weeks, on the discount rack. People would much rather read sloppy, poorly researched books of fiction, like The Da Vinci Code.
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    Image of Monte Wooley Monte Wooley
    09/03/09

    In reply to The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
    Have you never heard the shortest route to bestsellerdom? I Had Sex with Obama's Dog and Posted it on the Internets
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    WHAT'S A DIORAMA? I ATE MINE.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    Building a diorama to promote one's book is even more useless and egotistical than building a website to promote one's book. In both cases, a waste of time and space.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    04/01/09

    @MrInBetween: but on the precious scale these rate an 11.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    Was that a good book? nobody talked about it whatsoever.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    04/01/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: All hat, no cattle, as they say in Texas.
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    Image of Mary Mouse Mary Mouse
    04/01/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: It was OK. I guess now we know that she sounds like Julia Allison when she talks. Eh.
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    Image of TurtleWexlerKickedMe TurtleWexlerKickedMe
    04/01/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I actually really liked it. I don't want a diorama, though.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    04/01/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Who's this woman Joan Cosby? Is she the one who had an awful assistant job at a magazine or something?
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    Back in my day we called that a dollhouse.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    04/01/09

    @Lizawithazee: Right?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    Doesn't she know any five-year-old girls she can just GIVE these dioramas to? All quiet-like, so we don't have to hear about her anymore?
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    04/01/09

    @BookishLookish: They can turn them in as an A+ book report.
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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    Meanwhile, in other news, Chuck Klausterman is selling a collection of Cindarella records with pictures of Winona Ryder inscribed on their dust jackets.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    How does one use a diorama? Is it inflatable?
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    04/01/09

    @Mount_Prion: yes, please over-inflate these until they blow up. Thank you.
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    Image of Kari's Favorite Mark Kari's Favorite Mark
    04/01/09

    In reply to Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
    Will Emily be selling her tattoos after she's done promoting her book?
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    04/01/09

    @formerly it takes a lot to laugh: Horrifying.
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