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- From: garrett@Ingres.COM (TRUTH IS. BELIEF IS NOT REQUIRED.)
- Subject: Re: Book Notes (NY Times, 1/27/93)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.052748.10657@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Summary: Oh Boy!
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- References: <1993Jan27.190054.12620@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 05:27:47 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.190054.12620@news.columbia.edu>, egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy) writes...
- >_Newly unemployed Republicans start selling their memoirs._
- >
- >Robert Barnett seems to have become the fashionable literary agent for
- >alumni of hte departed Bush Administration.
- >At about the same time, Mr. Barnett started
- >representing Mary Matalin, the deputy manager of the Bush Presidential
-
- "How to lose a campaign"
-
- >Topping off the Barnett list of authorial politicians is former Vice
- >President Dan Quayle, who has agreed to write his memoirs for
- >HarperCollins, Mr. Barnett and William M. Shinker, publisher of the
- >Harper Collins adult trade groups, said yesterday. Mr. Shinker said
- >Mr. Quayle would be working with a collaborator, who has not yet been
- >selected.
-
- An "anonymous collaborator"? How come this sounds like Our Boy is about
- to do something illegal?
- >
- >_The Christian Market_
- >
- >Cryptically describinng the terms of the contract, Mr. Shinker said
- >that HarperCollins had acquired world rights, exclusive of film rights
- >["Dan Quayle: The Movie"? Guesses on who would play the title role?],
- >and that "elements of the deal make it a seven-figure deal."
-
- Oh joy! Not only do we get the memoirs, but a MOVIE TOO! Who needs
- fantasy, when you have reality like THIS? I believe that we need to
- elect a starring cast. Any suggestions? (Mr. Ed is dead, live actors only)
-
- >HarperCollins has used this strategy successfully with several
- >other authors who the publisher believed could cross over between the
- >Christian and mainstream markets. Amont the successes were Tom
- >Landry, the former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and, most recenlty,
- >Oliver North.
-
- How come I'm not surprised by North's name coming up?
- >
- >"A regular trade publisher canot penetrate the Christian book market,"
- >Mr. Shinker said. "Christian booksellers are skeptical of books
- >published by mainstream houses, even though, as in teh case of the
- >Quayle book, they may have an appropriate message for their readers.
-
- And what message is that? That an air-head, pretty-boy, rich-kid, who
- can't spell, talk, or think can rise to be vice-president? That one
- vegetable can make another vegetable a world-reknown joke? Just what
- message can this be? Enquiring minds want to know.
-
- >Given his client list, Mr. Barnett is a clear contender to represent
- >the literary fortunes of Mr. Bush, who is said to be considering
- >writing his own memoirs.
-
- Oh bliss! Will the joys never end?
- >
- >But Mr. Shinker said that even though he would be interested in Mr.
- >Bush's memoirs, "the Quayle book is more interesting to me."
- >"I think Dan Quayle has a unique perspective," he said. "It's a more
- >unconventional book."
-
- Can we say pop-up book?
- >
- It is now proved beyond a doubt Garrett Johnson
- that smoking is one of the leading Garrett@Ingres.com
- causes of statistics. Alameda, Calif.
- :^) We're making progress. Things are getting worse at a slower rate.:-)
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