The Kenyon Review posted a link to this article over at Girl Friday's. A cool $4 million advance? Just what are they thinking?
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I would venture to suggest that the publisher is thinking primarily of (a) the publicity attracted to the corporation for making the deal -- free advertising (b)the need to make short term numbers and coming in at a distant third (c) the potential market of tennis players and celebrity watchers who they hope will buy the book. I imagine that the book will rapidly be remaindered, but (a) and (b) make up for disappointing (c). Trade publishing no longer makes sense to anyone.
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