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The New York magazine takes a look inside Random House, which publishes 67 books every day. Its 33,000-book backlist provides 80% of the publisher’s profits - that’s Chris Anderson’s Long Tail theory in action.
Oprah interviewed Cormac McCarthy yesterday, the AP has the details. It’s only the 73-year-old’s third interview in his entire career.
In the past three weeks, I’ve done a crash course in Chuck Palahniuk in order to prepare for an interview with the author. I read Rant (his latest book) along with Choke and I’m just about to finish Survivor tonight.
The interview is now live on AbeBooks.com and the writer, famous for Fight Club, has much to say. Rabies, car crashing for fun, minimalist writing and why people faint at his readings are all covered. I found him to be an interesting man - very quietly spoken, but extremely measured and thoughtful in his answers.
As usual our bestselling books on AbeBooks.com during May were a mixed bunch. The Great Gatsby still in demand after all these years…..
1 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
2 The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
3 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4 The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien
5 Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth by Peter Kelder
6 Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart
7 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
8 The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden
9 The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
10 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Ray Bradbury says Fahrenheit 451 is not about censorship, according to LA Weekly.
Oprah hasn’t said so yet but apparently her latest book club pick is Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex. It’s a book I haven’t read by my colleague Julie, who sits two yards away from me, says: “It’s a tough book to get into at the start but is good.”
There then followed an office debate about what defines a weird book since Middlesex concerns a hermaphrodite in the 1970s.
Were announced this past weekend at the Book Expo America. Five nominees in each of the 18 categories were listed for this years Quills
Betting on Harry Potter is no new concept but one London-based bookie is so convinced that Harry will be one of the characters to snuff it in the Deathly Hallows that he has stopped accepting wagers for Harry and has shifted betting to the possible killers.
For those keeping tabs Lord Voldemort is at 2-1 odds, followed by Professor Snape at 5-2.
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