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What Insane Message Does Glenn Beck Have for Children?
Ryan Tate · 05/04/09 08:23PMDavid Pogue Latest Victim of Twitter-Book Rage
Ryan Tate · 04/22/09 11:03PMThe Hipster Grifter Considered
T.A.N. · 04/18/09 02:30PMWhat Shall We Call Hank Paulson's Book?
Pareene · 03/27/09 02:01PMYou May Be Fat, But They Have a Book Deal
Richard Lawson · 03/20/09 02:41PMGeorge W. Bush's Sad Book Deal
Ryan Tate · 03/19/09 05:07AMHarperCollins Paid $50,000 For Book of Re-Tweets: Source
Ryan Tate · 03/17/09 10:58PMWe'll concede that former Valleywag Nick Douglas is, in our limited experience, among the wittiest Twitter users out there, and an entertaining chronicler of internet culture. But, really, $50,000 for his book of re-tweets?
That's what our New York publishing source tells us Douglas netted as an advance from his publisher, HarperCollins, for TwitterWit, his collection of other people's microblogging posts. Though he's not writing much original content for the project, Douglas assured us that slogging through submissions — want your tweets to LIVE FOREVER? click here — was pretty, uh, draining, "like watching five hours of porn: your sense of humor dies halfway through."
Wacky Tumblr Book Deals, Vol. One Three
Hamilton Nolan · 03/17/09 02:17PMBlago's Publisher Almost as Sketchy as Blago
Pareene · 03/06/09 12:31PMCelebrity-Only Book Industry Comes Dangerously Close to Publishing 'Writer'
Hamilton Nolan · 03/05/09 10:42AMRod Blagojevich Got a Book Deal
Pareene · 03/02/09 05:50PMBook Of Twitter Bookmarks Bought By HarperCollins
Ryan Tate · 02/26/09 04:06AMFormer Rich Lady Gets Deal to Write Enraging Book
Hamilton Nolan · 02/11/09 01:53PMBecause I Said So Co-Star Lands Huge Book Deal
Hamilton Nolan · 02/09/09 03:16PMDavid Plouffe Gets $2 Million Book Deal
Pareene · 02/04/09 10:06AMO'Reilly's Advance
Pareene · 09/26/08 08:48AMJourno Gets Six Figures to Write Book About How Previous Book Was Wrong
Pareene · 06/11/08 10:14AMTime's Mark Halperin, the most singularly irritating and negatively influential "reporter" in politics today, got a "mid- to high- six-fugre sum" to write a book about the ongoing presidential campaign with New York's John Heilemann. Hey, Mark already wrote a book about the 2008 campaign! It was called The Way To Win and it was about how "The Way To Win" was to emulate Karl Rove and suck Matt Drudge's cock. That book was sooo prescient and successful—remember how well that strategy worked for Hillary Clinton? Hell, remember how well that strategy worked for Mark's book sales? [NYP]
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Pareene · 05/05/08 02:36PMThree Steps To Getting A Book Deal For Your Blog
Nick Douglas · 04/30/08 04:52PMIf everyone's getting a book deal for their blog, why aren't you? Mostly because your writing hasn't gone anywhere better than a Gawker comment thread, but also because you haven't followed these three steps (note: not a joke article! Real advice inside) to getting a blog book deal. Short version: Start a blog that's short and sweet and high-concept, spread it on Tumblr and LiveJournal, send it to Gawker, and call Kate Lee.