Interview: Mark Cuban, Businessman
Mark Cuban is an extremely successful businessman, a popular sports franchise owner, and someone who isn’t afraid to question the status quo. Although his criticisms of the National Basketball Association and its referees attract the most attention, the fact is that Cuban seems like the type to question any authority and any convention if it can be improved. Beyond…
continue readingLeading Economic Indicators Point to an Advance Hike
Edward Wyatt has an interesting article in the New York Times that not only details a mammoth book deal, but reveals some economic facts of publishing. In Greenspan’s Book Deal Is Said to Be Among the Richest, Wyatt reports on the $8.5 million advance that will be paid to Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the…
continue readingHow Much You Wanna Bet She Doesn’t Go Through With It?
Publishers Marketplace reported that former Bachelor and Bachelorette star Jenn Schefft signed a book deal with William Morrow. Entitled Better Single Than Sorry, Schefft plans to explain that there is more to enjoy in life than just being in a relationship for the sake of avoiding loneliness. Schefft was originally introduced to America in the third season…
continue readingThe Kindest Rejection of All
Just when stories of decapitations, corporate executive malfeasance, doping tennis dads, stolen prosthetic limbs, and firebombed homeless men make you think there is no hope for mankind, something always pops up to restore a bit of mankind’s dignity. Maybe it’s chicken soup for the soul kind of item. A stranger rescues a cat or…
continue readingIf TS Eliot Lived in a Frat House
I found this item from the wonderful Bookninja who noticed it on the informative Bookslut. Before that, it was probably on Booknanny, Bookdentist, and Bookprude. Maybe Bookforestranger. It’s a hilarious item… The Closest Jay Comes to a Love Song by Lauren Frey gives us an idea of what Prufrock would have said had he worn Abercrombie…
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