Monday, March 31, 2008

Here We Go Again, Again

I have a question for Jeff Gordinier. Is it weird to get paid to write a book someone else has already written?

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What do you do Ted, Google the phrase "you're really a liberal" and then look for any new books that turn up?
You're not the only one with this concept, you know.

I reiterate, you sound bitter and it doesn't suit you.

3/31/08 3:56 PM  
Anonymous Chuck Berry said...

I have the same question for Keith Richards.

3/31/08 4:29 PM  
Blogger Ted said...

I don't own the concept that Americans are more liberal than they think. Not even hardly.

But when you write a book a few years after another one came out and present some of its structure and basic arguments as if they were your own, well, a hat tip in the introduction would probably be appropriate.

I did that in "Attitude 1." I ripped off the format from several previous titles that I mentioned in intros and in interviews.

On the other hand, Alterman's book is worse than mine. So I should probably be grateful.

3/31/08 5:39 PM  

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