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Publisher of ex-wife's A Stopover in Venice downplays a big selling point
New York Times Jul 21, 08 6:53 PM CDT
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Book-jacket fodder that could alone put a novel on the bestseller list is curiously absent from Kathryn Walker’s debut, A Stopover in Venice , Celia McGee notes in the New York Times —though it’s a fictional account of her unhappy marriage to James Taylor. The musician comes in for a “not very flattering” portrait, McGee writes, as does first ex-wife Carly Simon.
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What do you do when the villain in your ex-employee's novel seems awfully familiar?
Portfolio Nov 2, 07 12:05 PM CDT
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Lauren Weisberger's thinly veiled tell-all, The Devil Wears Prada , raked Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour over the coals. Wall Street speared Ivan Boesky. Survive an embittered underling's shenanigans with these tips from Portfolio : Request an advance copy from the author, not the publisher. Get together with your legal and PR teams. Make a joke out of it.
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