Guilty of Profiling

I’ve done a bad thing. I won’t name names, but I assumed that a certain person who’s other work I like, who published a specific book with a particularly reputable publisher would turn out gold. I was sadly wrong.

Now I admit that this other person’s work that I like was not a book. I haven’t read another book by this person ever, though I don’t think that was an option (I’m fairly certain this was his or her first book). But when I saw this on the bargain table, I thought to myself, “Score!!” How wrong I turned out….

Again, I won’t name names, but my excitement to see this person at BEA has dwindled. I still appreciate his or her other work, outside the literary arena, but it doesn’t seem right that I should seek this person out at BEA for his or her work in other areas of entertainment.

This is a lesson to be learned, and luckily for me it only cost $5. While I’ve been the naysayer of celebrity crossovers into books before, this person isn’t a particularly large celebrity, and I’ve never had a bad experience with a comedian’s book before (ok, that’s all the info I’ll give on identity). This is certainly a blow to my confidence

Posted by : Seth | 05/08/2008 08:05 AM

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