Skip the overpriced coffee today and treat yourself to the entire Hunger Games trilogy (on Kindle) for the low, low price of $5.
Hunger Games on a Lean Budget
Writing the Godfather of Soul
“Kill ‘Em and Leave is [James] McBride’s own testament to [James] Brown’s philosophy. It’s a stunningly unorthodox book, indifferent to the conventions of biographical nonfiction … The book is a hybrid of forms, largely a telling of Brown’s life story and partly a telling of McBride’s search for that story, with digressions about the author’s own life, essayistic ruminations on Brown and his music, and free, looping riffs that have the energy of improvisation.” On James McBride’s unusual, unorthodox biography of the unusual, unorthodox James Brown.
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Virginia Woolf on the Runway
From Ann Demeulemeester and Christopher Bailey to Rei Kawakubo, Virginia Woolf's Orlando has inspired many a fashion designer.
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Billy Joel Gets Cold Feet
Could this be the start of a trend? HarperCollins paid the singer Billy Joel $3 million for a memoir back in 2008. Joel wrote The Book of Joel, the publisher edited it, and a June publication date was set. Last week, however, Joel abruptly backed out of the deal and apparently will return the portion of the advance he’s been paid. His reason? He told the Associated Press he “was not all that interested in talking about the past.”
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Amazon or perish?
ICYMI: After Hachette writers banded together behind their publisher (piles of tweets, an author petition (pdf), a perplexing Malcolm Gladwell YouTube clip, and of course our own Edan Lepucki in Stephen Colbert’s pre-order campaign), Amazon proposed giving authors “100% of proceeds” from ebooks — that’s including Hachette’s share — while they hashed things out. You gotta admire that gumption. Halfway around the world, a French court order just banned free delivery for discounted book orders–so Amazon now charges one cent. Also: they’ve got drones. The Times concludes that if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
The Chance of a Lifetime
It’s famously easy to get scammed on OkCupid. Sarah Hepola (of Salon) knew as much when she joined. But when someone who claimed to be Joseph Gordon-Levitt sent her a flirty message, she figured… what could she do?
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Why would you shill for this garbage? Aren’t there are enough people shilling for it already? You need to get in and help?
You must be a joy at parties, David.
You must be too.
“Hey, Nick, how are you?”
“Great, great. Hey, David, did you know you can buy the entire Hunger Games trilogy for $5?”
“Uh, no.”
“Yeah, yeah, $5 bucks! Can you believe it?”
“Sounds great.”
“So are you guys going to do it?”
“Do what?”
“Buy the Hunger Games trilogy? For only $5?”
“I don’t know. Maybe. First I was thinking about getting a beer.”
“Fuck beer! I’m talking about the Hunger Games trilogy, man! For only $5!”
“I’ll check that out when I get home.”
“But why? You can check it out now.”
“I don’t know.”
“What, you don’t like the Hunger Games?”
“I’ve never read it.”
“You’ve never read the Hunger Games? Are you too good for the Hunger Games?”
“No.”
“You think it’s only for tweeners?”
“Well.”
“It’s not. It’s for everyone.”
“Okay.”
“Don’t be snob.”
“I’m not.”
“Yes you are.”
“I’m really not trying to be a snob. I swear.”
“Then buy the Hunger Games trilogy for only $5.”
“I will.”
“Now.”
“Now?”
“Do it right now. Elitist.”
“But I already have a lot of books at home that I haven’t read. My nightstand is about to collapse.”
“This is for the Kindle, man.”
“I don’t have a Kindle.”
“You don’t?”
“No.”
“What the fuck is wrong with you?”
“I just, I don’t know, I haven’t had the extra cash.”
“You go to Starbucks every morning, right?”
“Well, yes.”
“How much you spend?”
“$5.”
“If you stopped going to Starbucks for a month you could not only afford a Kindle, but probably the Hunger Games trilogy, too.”
“But I like my coffee, Nick.”
“Fuck your coffee!”
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