~V~ Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 That's briliant!I can't wait for Michael Jackson's Child care books, Paris Hiltons "This many fingers" advanced math guidebook and Britney Spreas' "How to make right decisions with a bald head". You could have a whole new thread on suggestions for other books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 That's a good idea ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. A. Haag Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I'm kind of late to the discussion, but this is something I love to talk about. I think that as long as people are going to buy these celebrity's books en mass then the industry will keep publishing them because they have no reason not to. If the publishing industry is making a lot of money off of those books they might be able to also take on new authors on a smaller scale because they know they can cover the cost. An epidemic going on now is youtuber books. Every single big youtuber is coming out with their own life story, but I think that most of them are doing quite a bit of writing. None of their books seem particularly long, and they're probably padded with photos, so it's just my assumption. Finally, going back to the original topic, I would rather have a ghostwriter write a celebrity's novel than the celebrities themselves because they probably don't have the time or the talent to do it themselves. If someone else is hired to write it than chances are they are going to be pretty good. People will always want to know more about celebrities so if, in this case, it is giving the publishing industry more money to support smaller authors, and giving ghostwriters (who might be struggling new authors as well) some exposure, then I am all for it. As long as they're being honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 You make a good point Haag; these might not be the type of books I want to read, but if they bring in money for publishers then that can't be a bad thing. Hopefully, these books also entice people into bookshops - and that definitely isn't a bad thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Blogger Zoella now has her own book group in W H Smith's (large Uk bookseller), still I suppose if it gets more young people reading it must be a good thing. But a lot of celeb written books seem to end up in the bargain bin pretty quickly - and all those trees died for nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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