Chark Blog - Courtney Love and Lisa Scottoline

Monday, November 20, 2006

I see from my calendar that the Picador publicity department is organising events for this week's visit to the UK of rock legend Courtney Love whose 'official' site doesn't seem to have been updated since 1975. So maybe better to check out the Wikipedia entry which reminds me that she has been described as 'the most controversial woman in the history of rock.' That's quite a reputation to live up to - what about Marianne Faithfull?

Picador has published Dirty Blonde and it's attracting enormous media coverage. If you want to meet Courtney in person she'll be signing copies at Watersone's in Piccadilly on Friday at 6pm. In addition do have a look at this poignant extract.

By an extraordinary coincidence another Macmillan author, Lisa Scottoline, has also published Dirty Blonde in September. There is of course no copyright in the title of a book and I don't suppose there could be much confusion - except in our order processing department. I'll be tracking the sales of both these titles to see whether they each help sell the other and to see which one wins in the long run.

On a commercial note you may be interested to know that our earnings from Google ads on this blog has now reached the dizzying heights of $65.44. However, the money is not remitted until we reach $100 - get clicking on those ads.

And for a bit of literary reviewing shenanigans I commend Susan Hill's blog today.

11/20/2006 9:08:20 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Hi Richard,
You added Google ads to your site just a little after I added them to mine. As you've overtaken me in terms of revenue (I've only made about $45 dollars so far), I thought I'd point out that you're breaking one of the rules. I quote: 'Web pages may not include incentives of any kind for users to click on ads. This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers' sites as well as drawing any undue attention to the ads.'
I suppose I won't tell on you, though. :-)

Malcolm Mann

11/20/2006 9:29:29 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

I read the poignant extract - which is a handwritten note to John Peel. I may be just a fading old archivist- but I don't believe it is genuine for one moment.

Tim Coates

11/20/2006 10:01:39 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Yikes, I've committed an offence. Sorry, Google. I won't do it again. Please don't sue me.

richard charkin

11/20/2006 10:21:17 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

It's understandable that some of the details of Courtney Love's extraordinary life may seem stranger than fiction, but as the publisher of her diary in the UK I can assure you the John Peel letter is as genuine as every other artefact – be it letter, photograph, scrap of paper or back-of-envelope doodle – that appears in this amazing book.

Andrew Kidd

11/20/2006 11:25:33 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

I ,for one, firmly believe that the offending email which Susan Hill received re Literary Reviews is a hoax, and am very surprised that the subject has received so much mileage.

Clive Keeble

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