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November 18, 2008

What Is Likely to Be the Most Pirated Book of 2009?

JanePublishing Newsbig advances / political-books14 Comments

A:   Sarah Palin’s biography/political memoir.   Rumor is that Palin is going to get $7 million for her biography/memoir/collection of stump speeches about that terrorist loving President-Elect of ours, the Bridge to Nowhere, Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Earmarks for Eskimos.   The problem for Palin is that she is generally ... more >

November 14, 2008

My Internet Boyfriend, Nate Silver, Shopping Around 2 Books

JanePublishing Newspolitical-books8 Comments

Nate Silver, god of the political predicting, is shopping around two books. If there was one place that sad liberals could go to make yourself feel better during this eternity of an election season, it was fivethirtyeight.com.   As for why I call Nate Silver a god, it’s because it’s true ... more >

October 1, 2008

Gwen Ifil’s Soon to be Published Book Causing Tizzy

JanePublishing Newspolitical-books / politics8 Comments

The Vice Presidential debate is scheduled for tomorrow evening and with expectations low on Sarah Palin (who I think will likely do quite well in the debates due to those lower expectations), Michelle Malkin has questioned the moderator's impartiality.  Gwen Ifil, of PBS, has a book coming out called "The ... more >

July 14, 2008

Literary Satire Gone Too Far?

JanePublishing NewsLiterary Criticism / obama / political-books / Satire27 Comments

The New Yorker’s cover this month features about every Obama slur possible on its cover. It’s obviously meant to be satiric but is it? My thinking is that if you put McCain on there as a Manchurian candidate, while ironic and satirical, it would also be offensive. Of course, media ... more >

June 17, 2008

Political Books Doing the Job of Congressional Oversight?

JanePublishing Newsads / political-books / politics1 Comments

Publishers’ Weekly has an article about how the publishing industry is releasing more political books such as the Scott McLellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, and the Douglas Feith, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, ... more >

May 28, 2008

Scott McEllan’s Expose on the White House Should Have Been Given Away for Free

JanePublishing Newspolitical-books8 Comments

What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture by the third press secretary for George W. Bush will be released on June 2, 2008, but copies are popping up in stores. Politico bought a copy from a Washington bookstore and provided a review of it. Scott McClellan talks ... more >

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