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Originally Posted by Dejibo
There seems to be a trend in hollywood lately. Book writing! It seems that everyone is announcing theirs coming out. Nicole Richie, and Jenny McCarthy and several others. Most of their books do nothing more than chronicle their own days, lives, or traumas. Wouldnt it be nice to get MY journal made into a book?
Is it just that easy? it seems that everyone is doing it. Didnt once upon a time it take time, talent, and knowledge to write a book? Now everyone has the book stores covered in "look at me" style stuff.
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The book deals originate from publishers and agents and not so much from the celebrity him or herself. They churn these things out knowing that most of these well known personalities have a built in fan base who will undoubtably pick up the book. So there is a bit of a guaranteed profit no matter how horrible the book is. Once the deal is signed they hardly care what is written.
A friend of mine (a comedian) is actually trying to write a good book and has gotten no support from the editor and publisher. It is another symptom of the confused publishing industry which is adapting poorly to modern technologies.
Maire