Saturday, May 18, 2024

Books

Sean Spicer Strikes Out: Book “The Briefing” Drops to Number 700 on Amazon After 1 Week

Sean Spicer wasn't a very good White House communications director. And he's not a best selling author. Spicey's book, "The Briefing," has dropped below number...

Exclusive: “The Other Handmaid’s Tales” Is Coming: Margaret Atwood Has Written A Sequel or Continuation of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

When Margaret Atwood published "The Handmaid's Tale" in 1985, little could she imagine the popularity it would engender in the next century. The TV version...

Sean Spicer’s New Book Has Lots of Hype, Protests, But Sales Fall Flat, Already out of Top 300

Sean Spicer's hype is bigger than his reality. Spicey, as he came to known on "Saturday Night Live," just published a memoir to cash in...

Nobel Prize in Chaos: Cancels Annual Concert for 2018 Winners Plus No Literature Prize (The One Bob Dylan Got)

The times they are a changing: the austere and respected Nobel Prizes are in a bit of chaos this year. They've just announced that...

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...

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...

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,...

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...