The Irrational Allure of the Next Big Thing

Earlier this week, Random House shelled out more than $3.5 million for Lena Dunham’s first book, Not That Kind of Girl. She has an amazing résumé for anyone, let alone a 26-year-old, having directed two feature films and scored four Emmy nominations for her TV show, HBO’s Girls. But what makes the book advance so surprising is that Dunham doesn’t have a track record of selling a lot of books. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Fast Company | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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