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Ok, so I admit that I am a cynical person, and really I could lessen the cynicism a bit (if I wanted to) but I heard something on the radio today that really just sounded bull. One of my favorite local radio show host was interviewing someone who was writing on a book about Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K Stern and some other dude. Now, she claims that she wrote the book to get the truth out about the 'secret' life of Anna, but you know honestly I have to say she was writing a book to make a lot of money. I doubt she was doing it because she wanted everyone to know the truth about Anna Nicole Smith. It's all about the Benjamin's. What do you guys think?

I think that books are written so people can sell them.

It was written for money, no doubt.

They don't give a damn about Anna anymore. It's sad, really.

There are so many ways to earn money, why for example write a book? Maybe they calculated how much each job they could do would give per hour and choose to write a book only because it gave the highest pay. Why write it about for example Anna? Maybe they did market research about the various topics they where capable of writing about and that was the topic that would sell best.

I think it's more common to pick among the jobs you could take based on what you want to do then on which one gives the highest pay. If you are fortunate enough to get to pick and choose among jobs in the first place that is. Specially if you choose to write a book, then you have to choose the topic that you feel the most interested in. If you don't care about for example Anna's secrets but write a book about it anyway even though it doesn't interest you at all then you won't achieve any great results.

I don't know anything about this case but overall my guess is that it is more common that they did it for the money but the reason they choose to do it instead of any of the other things they could have done for the money was because that was the most interesting way they could earn money in.

Ok, so I admit that I am a cynical person, and really I could lessen the cynicism a bit (if I wanted to) but I heard something on the radio today that really just sounded bull. One of my favorite local radio show host was interviewing someone who was writing on a book about Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K Stern and some other dude. Now, she claims that she wrote the book to get the truth out about the 'secret' life of Anna, but you know honestly I have to say she was writing a book to make a lot of money. I doubt she was doing it because she wanted everyone to know the truth about Anna Nicole Smith. It's all about the Benjamin's. What do you guys think?

You're really overthinking this.

To quote a favorite song of mine: "Take a quaalude, relax your mind".

In short; of course its for money. Enterprising individuals (I.E., people looking for a quick buck) write shit like this to capitalize on people obsessed with the cult of celebrity.

As if the stone-like trajectory of your thread and the dismissive comments haven't made the point yet ... YOU ARE LISTENING TO TRASH RADIO.

In-depth analysis of airheads is still froth, sorry. The only way this is going anywhere is if someone mentions Alan Greenspan. I, for one, won't do that.

Who is Nicole Smith ?????

Who? And who? :confused:

Ok, so I admit that I am a cynical person, and really I could lessen the cynicism a bit (if I wanted to) but I heard something on the radio today that really just sounded bull. One of my favorite local radio show host was interviewing someone who was writing on a book about Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K Stern and some other dude. Now, she claims that she wrote the book to get the truth out about the 'secret' life of Anna, but you know honestly I have to say she was writing a book to make a lot of money. I doubt she was doing it because she wanted everyone to know the truth about Anna Nicole Smith. It's all about the Benjamin's. What do you guys think?

i think i could give a rats ass less about any of the people mentioned. i'd rather read about little furry creatures with big sharp teeth from somewhere half way accross the galaxy where they have green fur.

or things like noncombustive sources of energy and little people sized trains.

not all books are written, or at least not all stories told, to try and get someone to publish them so everyone can make a few bux off them. most probably are though. certainly 99% of tedius mainstream crap is more then likely to be. and bios about people famous primarily for little other then running off at the mouth on corporate media, it's pretty hard to immagine why anyone would want to read or write about them otherwise.

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i think i could give a rats ass less about any of the people mentioned. i'd rather read about little furry creatures with big sharp teeth from somewhere half way accross the galaxy where they have green fur.

Of course you would! 8-D

i'm a small furry green thing from alpha centauri.

... wred any good books recently? ;)

She was a very sad woman on many levels, a older,fatter Paris clone. But the truth is some people(who I pray dont breed), worshiped her. It might be one of the only books they ever read,but they will buy it.

Books in general these days are written with money foremost in their minds. Publishers seem to have more control over the titles than their authors do - they tell you how many words you should aim for writing, and how many pages you need. They tell you whether the setting/subject of your book is 'commercially sound' or not, and can ask you to change vast swathes of your creation for the sake of commercial success... the days of 'art' are gone from literature.

And to be honest, anything written about people like Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K Stern and 'some other dude' I wouldn't even consider to be a proper 'book'. More like an expanded edition of a gossip magazine. And yes, those kinds of titles are almost exclusively written with money in mind.

Pretty much everything related to Anna Nicole Smith is about making money. From her marriage to her porn to her (well publicised) death and now this book. Why does this surprise anyone?

Wilgrove, this has nothing to do with your OP, but everytime I see that Ron Paul plug in your sig, I loose my will to post.

Ok, so I admit that I am a cynical person, and really I could lessen the cynicism a bit (if I wanted to) but I heard something on the radio today that really just sounded bull. One of my favorite local radio show host was interviewing someone who was writing on a book about Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K Stern and some other dude. Now, she claims that she wrote the book to get the truth out about the 'secret' life of Anna, but you know honestly I have to say she was writing a book to make a lot of money. I doubt she was doing it because she wanted everyone to know the truth about Anna Nicole Smith. It's all about the Benjamin's. What do you guys think?


Same thing happened to Diana.

everyone does their job for the money but there is some chance that she might find the private life of anna nichole smith genuinely interesting.

i find it creepy myself but that could also be a good reason to want to write a book.

"Pfff, you transparent bastard. The only reason you keep showing up to this factory is for the money. You don't give a damn about widgets."

The thing is, that is more likely to be true. Why can't it be a little bit of both? We all do our jobs for the money, otherwise we'd volunteer. But some of us enjoy our jobs, or even believe in them, because we accept a paycheck for them now it's 'all about the Benjiman's' (or whoever is on your 100 note)? Or is it we're just projecting our soulless mercenary existence on everyone else to feel better about our own whoring?

Couldn't it be just possible that she both thinks this is a story to be told (and no, I don't care in the slightest-I don't even like personal exposes on artists I like) and she thinks it might turn a buck? Does she have to give the book out for free to 'validate' herself to you?

I doubt she was doing it because she wanted everyone to know the truth about Anna Nicole Smith. It's all about the Benjamin's. What do you guys think?

Is she giving the book away for free on the internet? Say, as a PDF file? If not, there's your answer.

Is she giving the book away for free on the internet? Say, as a PDF file? If not, there's your answer.

Why is it all or nothing with you people all the time?

EDIT: Haha, didn't realize what I just did there initially. Eggs' on my face...