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Death Sells: Anthony Bourdain’s Books Zoom to Top of Best Sellers Charts, Publisher Shuts Down Imprint Within Hours of Death
Not surprisingly, Anthony Bourdain's books have zoomed to the top of the Amazon best sellers. Alas, death sells when these things happen.
The paperback of...
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Bill Clinton: Book PR Backfires, Ambushed by NBC, Today Show on Monica Lewinsky Story
The president's PR machine is missing.
Bill Clinton didn't have to write a mystery with James Patterson, but he did. And in doing publicity for...
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Great, Great Novelist and Writer Philip Roth is Dead at Age 85, End of An Era in Modern Literature
Stunning: Philip Roth is dead at age 85. Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Norman Mailer. It's sort of incredible,...
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Books: Mark Strausman’s Been Feeding the Elite at Barneys For Years, Comfort Food at the Highest Level
It's Saturday morning in Manhattan. For many that means preparing for brunch or a late lunch at Fred's at Barney's, the hottest spot in...
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Books By Celebs — Sean Penn, Rose McGowan — Thought to Have Waiting Fans Are Sales Duds
Book publishing re-learned an old lesson this winter. Books by celebrities are not automatic best sellers.
Indeed. they are flops. To wit: Sean Penn's novel,...
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Famed Playwright David Mamet Says He’s Written a Play About Harvey Weinstein
Famed playwright David Mamet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is not known for writing sympathetic parts for women. Indeed, most of his famous plays,...
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Rose McGowan’s Story Fails to Attract Audience as Book Drops Out of Amazon Top 500, TV Doc Bombs
Rose McGowan is "Brave." And as Citizen Rose, in her E! documentary, I was fascinated by her childhood, her resolve, and the path she's...
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New Trump Book Turns Washington Upside Down: Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” Hits Number 1 Days Before Publication
Wednesday was a wild day for Donald Trump. While he was busy tweeting inanities to distract the media, a ticking bomb went off that...