Posted by KaraS on June 7, 2005, at 1:26:45
In reply to Re: Faulkner, Oprah... I can't believe I did this » KaraS, posted by Minnie-Haha on June 6, 2005, at 21:21:10
> It looks like they read Anna Karenina last summer! They've actually had a pretty impressive reading list: East of Eden; Cry the Beloved Country; One Hundred Years of Solitude; The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter...
OK, maybe I'm just being a snob.
> She's got such a big audience that it is a shame she's not helping the new authors much any more, but more than Oprah, I blame the growth of the mega-publishing houses and super-huge, mega book chains. (I try to buy at my local bookseller as much as possible.)
Yeah, the mega book chains make it more difficult for new writers to get started as well.
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