Frankfurt and Bookselling
The Frankfurt book fair is going on this week, and there's lot of news being reported, none of it perky and joyful. Book trade faces threats The book fair is where the US publishers go to sell their foreign rights. What are foreign rights, are they similar to civil rights? Uh, no. When an author sells a book to a publisher in the U.S, they can negotiate to keep the rights to resell the book to other publishers overseas. Foreign rights in the right hands can produce an extra chunk of change for no extra work. That's my kind of system.
There was an article in the NY Times today as well about the new hit shows on TV. Reality shows? Nah. These are pure drama. Lost. Desperate Housewives. Hollywood writers are sobbing with joy as the American television dilettantes have begun to eschew the less desireable offerings. As someone who had thought reality TV has already had its 1,093,283 minutes of fame, I'm glad to see the new trend. There is no replacement for a good story.
P.S. Lost is really, really good.
There was an article in the NY Times today as well about the new hit shows on TV. Reality shows? Nah. These are pure drama. Lost. Desperate Housewives. Hollywood writers are sobbing with joy as the American television dilettantes have begun to eschew the less desireable offerings. As someone who had thought reality TV has already had its 1,093,283 minutes of fame, I'm glad to see the new trend. There is no replacement for a good story.
P.S. Lost is really, really good.
posted by Kathleen at 3:37 PM
3 Comments:
Lost is utterly amazing. Real drama, real adventure; I am hooked.
I'm really loving the show. I like the return to the serial type dramas, where you tune in each week to see what's next. Can't wait for this week. I bet they knock off someone else..... (cue creepy music)
A reality show with a script? Hmmm... Interesting observation, and very astute. I think you're right. Anyway, I'm glad they saw the opportunity and went with it, because I like seeing the character's stories played out. The writers are very good at surprising the viewers with who the characters actually are, IMHO.
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