The publishing industry is one of the shallowest, dumbest and most archaic in the U.S. No one edits anything. The publishers do not care what is in their books and neither, by and large, do editors. If you want further evidence of this, listen to Nan Talese excoriate Oprah Winfrey for daring to expose a fraudulent book "edited" by Talese. Is Talese ashamed? No. Does she still have her job? Of course. It made money, and the people running the publishing industry have no other values but mercenary ones. Oh, and "buzz". And still they whine:
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Editors Excerpt: EDITORS....Andrew Sullivan vents:The publishing industry is one of the shallowest, dumbest and most archaic in the U.S. No one edits anything. The publishers do not care what is in their books and neither, by and large, do editors.Is this really... Weblog: Political Animal Tracked: Jul 31, 2007 8:50:41 PM
In Which Its Fine for Frey to Lie, But Unseemly for Oprah to DoIt Excerpt: I caught this YouTube clip over at Andrew Sullivans and it about made me have to hang my head in shame. Seriously. Listen to Nan Talese talk with such dripping contempt about how Oprah supposedly sold James Frey out because her fans&#... Weblog: Tiny Cat Pants Tracked: Aug 1, 2007 2:39:15 PM
