It's one of those publishing rites of passage. A galley of Harry, Revised has found its way to Ebay.
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In his recent TEV guest review of Home Land, Jim Ruland called Sam Lipsyte the "funniest writer of his generation," and we're quite inclined to agree. We tore through Home Land in two joyful sittings and can't remember the last time we've laughed so hard. Lipsyte's constellation of oddly sympathetic losers is rendered with a sparkling, inspired prose style that's sent us off in search of all his prior work. In Lewis Miner's (a.k.a Teabag) woeful epistolary dispatches to his high school alumni newsletter ("I did not pan out."), we find an anti-hero for the age. Highly, highly recommended.
Damn, I had to buy mine on ABE...
Posted by: Drew | February 16, 2008 at 07:02 AM
Damn, I had to buy mine on ABE...
Posted by: Drew | February 16, 2008 at 07:02 AM
I had no idea this was happening. Wouldn't it be possible to trace the seller? Or does the publishing industry simply not care?
Jeez. I wonder if the same thing is happening with screenplays.
Posted by: Kit Stolz | February 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Not to cast aspersions, but doesn't MOTEV live in NY (where the sale is)?
Sorry, bad joke. It couldn't be her.
Posted by: Jim H. | February 16, 2008 at 02:19 PM
Actually, (a) it's a hilarious joke and (b) given my comments about her driving, and her new online status, I wouldn't put it past her. Hmm. I'll have to inquire ...
Posted by: TEV | February 16, 2008 at 03:24 PM
The Strand in New York has shelves and shelves filled with galleys for sale; copies appear within 24 hours after they are sent out.
Posted by: Brady Westwater | February 16, 2008 at 09:08 PM
No joke, my mother sold signed arcs of my second novel on ebay.
Posted by: tod goldberg | February 16, 2008 at 09:19 PM
Well, at least it was your second, and not your debut ...
Posted by: TEV | February 16, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Even she knew that one sucked.
Posted by: tod goldberg | February 17, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Sold! To the woman in the black cashmere Prada sweater!
[APPLAUSE]
Posted by: C- | February 17, 2008 at 11:56 PM