Both! Want an interesting story (care of the Weekly Dig)? How's this? A guy in Provincetown self-publishes through iUniverse a novella entitled Crossed Paths. Set in 1976, it's a gay love story. Sales aren't going well. The guy decides to tell the world that Oprah chose the book for her famed book club. A lie. The lie gets more interesting. He states that he went on Oprah's show in May to talk about the book and then fabricated a five page transcript of the "show". For instance...
Oprah: Bill, I must tell you that I immediately fell in love with this book when I first read it.
Schneider: Thank you. Thanks very much.
Oprah: Crossed Paths is truly a gem of story. Tell me how you came to write this very poignant book ...
Oprah: I was very impressed with how well you developed the characters in Crossed Paths.
Schneider: Thanks.
Oprah's team isn't pleased, as you might imagine, particularly after getting burned with the whole James Frey fiasco.
1 comment:
Interesting- oprah must be steamed! What happened to the guy? Is the book doing better or worse? Have you read the book?
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