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04/17/2008
Definitely a good reason to sell Florida to another country.
Newsweek's pretty excited about a children's book written by a plastic surgeon in Florida that explains to the kinderlekh why Mommy's having plastic surgery to look prettier. While this is definitely hilarious, and certainly gives me more insight into why it's always one of the ever-expanding cadre of cars with Florida license plates cutting me off or driving 90mph on the Long Island Expressway, what's far more hilarious is that the book is, as Teresa Nielsen Hayden happily notes, "published" by a vanity press.
Though I have to give the press credit (even though it charges $1995 - $2440 for a printing package) for at least presenting itself as a vanity press rather than scamming authors into believing it's a "traditional publisher" that wants to fulfill writers' hopes and dreams. (::cough cough::PublishAmerica::cough cough::).
Tip of the hat to squib, who has some good ideas for sequels.
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Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't been picked up by a real publisher. I could even picture a Disney animation along the lines of Beauty and the Beast. It's a goldmine PR!
Posted by: squib | 04/18/2008
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