ext_168146 ([identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] j_cheney 2009-01-16 09:52 pm (UTC)

Here I'm specifically addressing getting a first book published. Not a popular first book, not a good first book, just a first book.

On #3, the most obvious instance recently is that "Joe the Plumber" has already gotten a book published, despite the fact that he isn't a writer. He's simply momentarily famous, and therefore the publisher thinks "Oh, hey, a book from this guy could make us money".

Or the 3-book deal that Fabio got to write romance novels, without having written any. Only because people know who he is.

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