When walking into a bookshop or looking at the latest best-sellers do you ever feel annoyed or frustrated by books today? Or worry that books have become a popularity contest? They have been infested with celebrities like fleas, and typically celebrity books have become best-sellers again and again. Publisher's and Agent's love them, because it's all about money these days, they even go so far as to ask celebrities to do books, who have no writing skills whatsoever, and yet just little old you, are left trying, trying, trying to get a chance to be accepted. And so, books are no longer what they once were. No more brilliant masterpieces that illuminate the human condition. No, now it's all about fame and fortune.
Yes, publishers like celeb biogs; but they are always remaindered and turn up in stock clearance booksellers. It's a case of flogging as many as possible before the fickle public moves on to the next celeb's life-so-far. That would be about five minutes, then...
Real books are there: just don't expect them to be flaunted by high street shops that keep a small stock of fast turnover books and a lot of sweets and greetings cards.
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Thanks Jonathan ... I was too lazy to look it up. Great song :)
I agree with Jonathan. So-called biographies by twenty year old sports personalities make me sigh.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of fourth rate writers in this world, that's because there are a lot of fourth rate readers..