tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post6944330883280327200..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: Striking a Blow For Independent Bookstoresfusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-89691856951540263442006-12-24T15:25:00.000-05:002006-12-24T15:25:00.000-05:00I was looking for info on the ol’ Franzen/Oprah du...I was looking for info on the ol’ Franzen/Oprah dustup, so I turned to the always-reliable (cough, cough) Wikipedia where I found this description of a Simpson episode that had Franzen as a guest star:<br /><br />"Moe and the Simpsons finally arrive at the Wordloaf convention while being pursued by the police of every state in New England. At the convention, Moe mingles among noted authors Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon and Jonathan Franzen." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe%27N%27a_Lisa<br /> (How did I miss this one?)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-9402442431528884652006-12-23T18:56:00.000-05:002006-12-23T18:56:00.000-05:00No, no, no. Franzer was perfectly willing (or the...No, no, no. Franzer was perfectly willing (or they wouldn't have done it)to have it be an Oprah book, with all the sales that entails. But then he grizzled to everyone who commiserated about how awwwwful it was (while taking the dough.) And Oprah finally told him and all other contemporary authors to stuff it, bless her. <br /><br />Little whiner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-78490831839852411942006-12-23T16:26:00.000-05:002006-12-23T16:26:00.000-05:00Now THAT is principled. I try to buy everything a...Now THAT is principled. I try to buy everything at my local independent bookstore. But boy does Amazon make it hard. I have free 2-day shipping, and the books are nearly 2/3 the price on Amazon. For Christmas, my bookstore had run out of almost all of your well-reviewed MG books, Betsy. If I had special-ordered them, they would have been late. It's hard to be a good person.<br /><br />At the very least, if you browse, and see, and touch a book in a bookstore, you shouldn't go home and order it on Amazon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com