tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post116006454327172077..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: CELEBRITY BOOKS KEEP ON COMING!Blue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160280001974181022006-10-08T00:00:00.000-04:002006-10-08T00:00:00.000-04:00thanks agy. I think I will start a new crusade. Th...thanks agy. I think I will start a new crusade. The crusade for sunshine--24/7. I really don't like the rain one bit. It makes my hair all gross.<BR/><BR/>elaine--I'll have to check out those books. Hey anyone seen jane Seymour's? those weren't even grammatically correct! An ellipsis had 7 dots or so!Meghan McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117528918335897128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160256333798908682006-10-07T17:25:00.000-04:002006-10-07T17:25:00.000-04:00Meghan and others, I wouldn't have such a hard tim...Meghan and others, I wouldn't have such a hard time with celebrity books (and I confess I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it, because it could drive me the rest of insane, and in this political climate, that ain't good), if one, they didn't have such a wide percentage of the market, bookshelf and face-out space (so much for most of the midlist people making a living and growing to phenomenal talents). And they have such an ingrained PR machine. If the same PR were given to REGULAR children's book, many far much more than the 89% dribble of celebrity books, I'd have NO beef.<BR/><BR/>But here's the thing, I believe a lot of this has to do with the corporatization of the publishing industry (the bottom line will always be profit margins, and many will simply get greedier and greedier, at the expense of quality) and the fact that the PR machine is much more readily available to celebrities, via connections through the media and name recognition.<BR/><BR/>I also couldn't say my ideals would preclude me from illustrating said books. Meghan, though I absolutely agree (and truthfully, teaching is much the same way. If you have great talent, does not necessarily make you a great teacher, but many do become a teacher in all walks of celebrity. Perhaps the fallacy is about communication. Not everyone can translate a gift of one kind of communication, be it acting, painting, public office, into another, say writing, or the arts. Though there are some that can and do. I especially loved the idea of you popping around making yourself a celebrity. I absolutely agree with Libby, you have star quality, which makes it sometimes hard to understand those who do not. You so should take on Al Rocher, and I could use a few years of sunshine.Agywhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03177601025524458979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160140785333358682006-10-06T09:19:00.000-04:002006-10-06T09:19:00.000-04:00I heard Joy Behar interviewd on npr the other day ...I heard Joy Behar interviewd on npr the other day about her children's book. This makes me crazy we well, npr should know better than to promote flash in the pan celebrity books!!! What kind of world are we living in?Anna Alterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158290821419472185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160083287943755042006-10-05T17:21:00.000-04:002006-10-05T17:21:00.000-04:00I thought you were kidding about the Joy Behar boo...I thought you were kidding about the Joy Behar book. Ah, but truth IS weirder than fiction. I checked on Amazon. The actual title of her book is "Sheetzucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog."<BR/><BR/>Just think about the picture book collection a classroom teacher could start with this book and "Walter the Farting Dog." What<BR/>a delightful way to introduce young children to literature.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I could write a book called<BR/>"My Dog Comet Likes to Vomit"--or "Boogers the Beagle."<BR/><BR/>But, I guess, they wouldn't get published because I'm not a SAHLEBRITTEE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160081785017648712006-10-05T16:56:00.000-04:002006-10-05T16:56:00.000-04:00You do, Meghan! (have star potential). If only peo...You do, Meghan! (have star potential). If only people got invited onto talk shows because they were smart and funny....<BR/><BR/>Absolutely agree about effect of the celebrity books. It's debasing the English language, too, to have all this drivel being given to kids. <BR/><BR/>Does anyone know if the celebrities even write the books???Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160076269063013942006-10-05T15:24:00.000-04:002006-10-05T15:24:00.000-04:00Meghan,One of my favorite celebrity bad books is T...Meghan,<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite celebrity bad books is THE NIGHTTIME CHAUFFEUR, which was written by Carly Simon. It is a blast from the not-so- distant past. It was published in 1993. It is about a boy named Jasper who is looking forward to his seventh birthday. What is his idea of the dream gift? <BR/>A baseball glove? Nah!<BR/>A bicycle? No way!<BR/>A skateboard? Not this boy!<BR/>What Jasper wants is, get this, a ride in a horse-and-buggy around Central Park with a princess who has a long golden braid and magnolia blossoms in her hair! He wants the moon to follow them as he sings to the royal maiden.<BR/>Get that kid to a shrink. Quick!!!<BR/>Well, what do Jasper's parents--total geeks as pictured by the illustrator--give him as his surprise present? You're not going to believe this--<BR/>A ROCKING HORSE!!! To a seven year old?<BR/>Some day I'll have to tell you about Mario Cuomo's oh-so-not-inspiring book THE BLUE SPRUCE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160074053094854122006-10-05T14:47:00.000-04:002006-10-05T14:47:00.000-04:00Well, if it's any consolation, I think many publis...Well, if it's any consolation, I think many publishers have been getting feedback that EVERYONE is tired of celebrity books (especially booksellers), and so I think there will be less of them published...or I hope less BAD ones published.<BR/><BR/>Then again, here's another one in the pipeline: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6377861.html?nid=2286<BR/><BR/>Just so you know, celebrity books often are assigned to editors--most of the editors I know who have worked on celebrity books didn't have much choice in the matter. And there's often very little they can do about the text, and sometimes the illustrator choice, too.alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1160072794021362112006-10-05T14:26:00.000-04:002006-10-05T14:26:00.000-04:00You are hilarious. I can just picture you knocking...You are hilarious. I can just picture you knocking on Jay Leno's door!<BR/><BR/>I agree and would just add that another frustrating effect of the celebrity book phenomon is that it adds to the idea that making a children's book is easy, that anyone can do it if they just take enough time out of their busy schedules!Anna Alterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158290821419472185noreply@blogger.com