Celebrity Books

You have to laugh at some of them: Katie Price (Jordan) is running at a rate of an autobiography every two years:

  • Being Jordan (2004)
  • Jordan: A Whole New World (2006)
  • Jordan: Pushed to the Limit (2008)

What's the betting there'll be another one out in 2010?...:rolleyes:
 
She's attending signings of the new one, 'Standing Out,' this week, Pyan.:rolleyes:

This could make her one of the first people in History to, 'Write,' more books than she's read.:D
 
Gods, she's down to one a year, then....:rolleyes:

Still, it must be all true, then - even the best fiction writers usually take two years for a new book.
 
Ursa major said:
I can't help think that if such a case could be made, TJ, it would have been made a long time ago. For weren't there some relatively well known series of books (e.g. The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew) that carried a single, fictional, author's name (in these cases, "Franklin W. Dixon" and "Carolyn Keene" respectively) written by a succession of unnamed ghostwriters?
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Then again this was not at all uncommon practice for series of magazine stories featuring a particular character: Doc Savage (the house name was Kenneth Robeson, but the main writer was Lester Dent, with occasional bouts by 5 or 6 other writers, if my memory serves on the number); The Shadow (house name: Maxwell Grant; but most of these -- something like 282 out of 325 -- were written by Walter Gibson); The Avenger (house name: Kenneth Robeson again; the writer here was Paul Ernst, who also created -- under his own name -- the Doctor Satan series for Weird Tales); The Spider (house name: Grant Stockbridge... this is an odd one, as the first story was written by the character's creator, R. T. M. Scott, under his own name, but the majority of the others were written under the house name by Norvell W. Page, best remembered these days for the two "Hurricane John" tales, Flame Winds and Sons of the Bear-God, written in the manner of Robert E. Howard)... The list simply goes on, and on, and on....
 
Ursa major said:
I can't help think that if such a case could be made, TJ, it would have been made a long time ago. For weren't there some relatively well known series of books (e.g. The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew) that carried a single, fictional, author's name (in these cases, "Franklin W. Dixon" and "Carolyn Keene" respectively) written by a succession of unnamed ghostwriters?
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There's your difference, Ursa. These were people writing behind a pseudonym. I have no problem with that - no matter how many were doing the actual writing. People coming to the stories were expecting 'a Nancy Drew' story and they got it. Here, people come expecting what it says on the cover, a novel by Miss Celebrity -- and they are only buying it because they believe it is written by her** -- when in fact it is written by someone else. That is misrepresentation/deception in my book.

**The test perhaps is, if this was a novel written by a relatively unknown 'X' and only endorsed by Miss Celebrity (eg like Oprah/Richard & Judy)would the public still buy it in the same numbers? If so, why don't the publishers market it that way?

What we need here is some creative thinking on the part of a lawyer, and some judicial activism. I imagine we'll have to wait for both. :rolleyes:

J
 
I think the number one defence would be that the book would have been far worse if the Sleb had actually written it. (It would be fun to see this being proved in court.)


But is the writing what it's all about? What the purchaser gets is an endorsed product. In a non-secular way, the Sleb has "blessed" the book, allowing the "faithful" to have, in their home, a "relic" (albeit one produced at rather more than arm's length).
 
The trouble is too many people follow the new religion of CELEBRITY, and have to purchase their latest symbols of faith. Some people seriously believe these people, some of whom are know only for stripping off in front of a camera and partying in nightclubs,actually produce these items and so by the act of possessing the alleged products of the celeb they are now closer to their new gods.
 
It would be difficult to prove that the book was not to some extent a collaboration, even if the actual words are those of the uncredited writer, wouldn't it? The only person who could prove it is the real writer, who is sure to be contractually bound to keep silent.
 
It was big news here (not that there's ever much significant news around here) when Ms Price had to cancel an appearance supporting "her" book, Sapphire.
KATIE Price was “devastated” she couldn’t make her book signing in Bournemouth on Saturday but will definitely be making an appearance this weekend, according to her publicist.

Hundreds of fans were left disappointed when the former glamour model cancelled the signing at Castlepoint’s WH Smith where she would have been promoting her new book, Sapphire.

Katie, also known as ‘Jordan’, had to cancel last minute due to a ‘dental emergency’ after one of her front veneers came off while chewing a piece of gum.
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(Oh, and in answer to Vlad's question: of those interviewed at the follow-up appearance, all but one were young teenaged girls; the one who wasn't was a mother who'd brought her 13-yr-old daughter with her.)
 
(Oh, and in answer to Vlad's question: of those interviewed at the follow-up appearance, all but one were young teenaged girls; the one who wasn't was a mother who'd brought her 13-yr-old daughter with her.)
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Of course as she is such a wonderful example to young girls
 
And i bet that all she did was answer a bunch of questions, and someone else wrote it. The woman couldn't even complete one speech without making a major gaffe (I will never forget the "We can see Russia from Alaska" comment in response to a question on foreign policy).

I really, really, really hope that the Republicans nominate her in 2012. I really do.
 
Clansman said:
I really, really, really hope that the Republicans nominate her in 2012. I really do.
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Be careful about what you hope for; that sort of attitude is what made Boris mayor of London**. :(







** - There was an open (pay £1 for a vote, I think, whoever you were) primary for the Conservative candidate for the post; I'm convinced lots of non-Conservatives voted for Boris in the hope that his name on the ballot would scupper the Conservatives' chance of winning.
 
Although I despise the current trend of celebrities putting their name to other's books, there is something to be said in that it allows the ghost writer to earn a lot of money that would be otherwise impossible for them to make. It could also allow them the opportunity to write their own novel and have it properly considered by the publisher they worked for, with their previous work usable as a reference of sorts.

A trend that is just as bad to me as celebrity ghost-writers is celebrity author ghost-writers, the name of dead authors turned into a brand, writers churning out new works under their old name. Robert Ludlum or Virginia Andrews, for example. It seems that not even death can stop some authors from writing...
 
Not really relevant to thread but I was left absolutely furious in Waterstones yesterday; I'd gone into pick up Erikson's Dust of Dreams, late I know normally like to get Erikson as soon as they are released. Anyway first of all the male assistant tries to sell me a Marian Keyes book that is on special offer, I politely declined not my kind of book. Then he asks if my purchase is a gift for someone else. Nope it's for me.. OH you do realise it is part of a series don't you...My reply oh do you mean that Gardens of the Moon through to Toll the Hounds are all one big story and this is the next instalment? I'd never have known.
 
nixie said:
Not really relevant to thread but I was left absolutely furious in Waterstones yesterday; I'd gone into pick up Erikson's Dust of Dreams, late I know normally like to get Erikson as soon as they are released. Anyway first of all the male assistant tries to sell me a Marian Keyes book that is on special offer, I politely declined not my kind of book. Then he asks if my purchase is a gift for someone else. Nope it's for me.. OH you do realise it is part of a series don't you...My reply oh do you mean that Gardens of the Moon through to Toll the Hounds are all one big story and this is the next instalment? I'd never have known.
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Wow. How absolutely rude.
Salespersons are supposed to help you when you seek for help, not pass unwanted judgement about whever a person is reading the 'right' kind of books for his or her age, gender, race etc.
I hope you gave him the best death-glare you could muster to your retort.
Like this: :mad:.
 
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