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Mar. 7th, 2005
Revenge of the Bookseller
Mar. 7th, 2005 07:15 pm( Work story, in which Kelly proves that she frequently abuses her powers and position of Queen of Booksellers. )
It occurs to me that, what with the politicians paying off journalists and lobbyists buying off politicians and God Only Knows Who paying the lobbyists, there's an opportunity that's being missed.
Authors bribing booksellers.
No, no, wait. If we're going to be a country of paid-off suck-ups, then damnit, why shouldn't I get in on the game? I already pimp out my favorite writers all the time for free. Now with this new method, I could recommend books I've never read by writers I've never heard of and claim it's the greatest thing written and that the National Book Award committee were obviously biased against it and that by GOD it should win the Nobel prize for literature someday or I've lost faith in all humanity.
Not that I'm not perilously close to doing that anyway.
Oh well. If things ever do go that far, I'll still rec the writers I love and I'll do it for free.
It occurs to me that, what with the politicians paying off journalists and lobbyists buying off politicians and God Only Knows Who paying the lobbyists, there's an opportunity that's being missed.
Authors bribing booksellers.
No, no, wait. If we're going to be a country of paid-off suck-ups, then damnit, why shouldn't I get in on the game? I already pimp out my favorite writers all the time for free. Now with this new method, I could recommend books I've never read by writers I've never heard of and claim it's the greatest thing written and that the National Book Award committee were obviously biased against it and that by GOD it should win the Nobel prize for literature someday or I've lost faith in all humanity.
Not that I'm not perilously close to doing that anyway.
Oh well. If things ever do go that far, I'll still rec the writers I love and I'll do it for free.