in the past there's been a fair amount of discussion here
about rumors of new [hard-boiled] paperbacks of the Old
School-type being packaged with music cds. the first i've
heard of it, outside of this list, is in today's new york
times. on page b2 there's a 1/4 page story about these books,
which are published by Syndicate Media Group (the president
of which was the editor of Old School). speaking about the
series, he says: "Our only goal is to sell books to a
readership that just hasn't had books. They are not about the
urban realism people expect. They're about style and suspense
and no more violence than a Don Westlake or an Elmore Leonard
novel...It is not our burden to be responsible. Our burden is
to make people read, even if the books tread on dangerous
ground. No one asks white kids to read responsible books."
interestingly, the article points out that the books have ads
in them, something that hasn't happened "since the early days
of paperbacks."
hope this is interesting or helpful to some. i haven't
checked to see if this article is on the times website or
not...
martha
sakana@stlnet.com <mailto:
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