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Celebrities known for sharing it all on camera have found another way to shape the narrative.
(Actual writing not required.)
The matchmaking is done by someone like Madeleine Morel, who calls herself the Tinder of the publishing world.
Not every book changes the world, but every deal earns her 15% of her clients fees.
This is perhaps not the payday it sounds like.
Its a marketing opportunity.
[The authors] face is now in Hudson News for a couple of months.
Parker says, There was a year where celebrities were saying, I can’t tour.
I can’t shoot.
I can’t market.
How do I make money?
I’m trapped inside.
And everybody was like, Well, now’s a good time to write your book.
It’s a merch drop… or the Shein of the publishing world.
Still: How do you get someone who’s a reader to take a book by a celebrity seriously?
According to Hoyt, the answer is both simple and impossible: You have to have a great book.
Coming from the right show is a good start, but its not a predictor of literary success.
For would-be authors, identifying a viable narrative is the first step.
No one wants to read the cradle-to-grave story, says Lee.
I tell clients thats actually the least interesting thing you could do.
Traditional memoirs also arent the only option.
And I think that’s because of social media.
That something is almost always adversity.
Stassi Schroeder wrote 2019sNew York TimesbestsellingNext Level Basic, about the challenges of being good at following mainstream trends.
In her wake, Kristen Doute published the definitely-not-bestselling relationships guideHes Making You Crazy, which moved 3,183 hardcovers.
Morel saw the opportunityfor behind-the-scenes matchmaking years ago.
Publishing was becoming more and more like Hollywood, she says.
Most of these people are not writers.
And if they are, they probably don’t have the time to write.
Reality-jot down people, they’re funny being themselves, Moylan says.
I find that is harder to capture [in a book].
Moylan also had to get thefamously guardedGirardi to speak freely.
We got to a point where she trusted me and would talk openly with me, Moylan says.
And then the negotiation was what would and wouldn’t make it into the book.
She could talk as much shit as she wanted about the other women, Moylan says of Girardi.
But they took out anything having to do with production they didn’t want in there.
[Bravo] would not have that.
When someone has a life change, they have toaddressit, Hoyt says.
Choosiness about collaboration goes both ways.
Nearly 20,000 people answered Prewetts prayer with a hardcover purchase.
A lot of people publish books that dont work, Hoyt says.
Being misunderstood forced Lala to evolve into a tough bitch who made her thoughts and feelings clear.
Is this a great work of literature?
Give those folks a ride and make it great.
Ultimately, the books that feel that most satisfying are the ones that let viewers in on the hang.
That’s what these books are about, Moylan says.
People just want to be around Erika.
They want to be around Margaret Josephs, or be around Bethenny Frankel.
Because they bought that person.
So no.Give Them Lalais not a literary gemstone.
But bitch, I showed up on the couch in my sweatpants to cry while I read it.
This article was originally published onMay 24, 2022
