http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bookclubs Posts tagged with 'bookclubs' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:45:48 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:45:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/11774/ <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/business/media/24BOOK.html">Trouble brewing in the Oprah Book Club.</a> So Jonathan Franzen's critically-acclaimed "The Corrections" is selected by Oprah for her book club - meaning hundreds of thousands in sales, increased publicity, etc. He says "no thanks, you schmaltzy, woman-pandering, literary-wannabe hack." Well, not exactly... (nyt link) tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.11774 Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:45:48 -0800 authors bookclubs books corrections franzen oprah conquistador