May 7, 2005

The Pope Books Are Coming

(Filed under: Pop Culture)

The first new biography of the late Pope John Paul II came out this week, and it's just an example of the publishing industry rushing to keep up with the 24-hour news cycle. Just like newspapers prepare obituaries ahead of time, book publishers are having to prepare autobiographies in expectation of the sudden interest in a famous personality when they die.

"It's fine that books appear instantly," says Roger Tagholm, deputy editor of trade paper Publishing News. "There will always be those who say that it's ambulance chasing but there's an immediate interest in whoever's just died - quickly producing a book services that interest."

Posted by kevin at May 7, 2005 12:51 PM

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