Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.
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My Tease for this week is from
The Publicist
Book Two
by Christina George
My Teasers from pages 16 and 92 in the paperback.
From page 16:
“Then you’ll be surprised to learn that we’ve found newly-released books with with no less than ninety-five, five star, raving reviews.. When we investigated further, we found that they were all set up from dummy accounts.”
“Wow, terrible; it’s amazing the lengths people will go to.”
From page 92:
“Since when do authors dictate their release date?”
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Synopsis
It’s an industry of out-of-control egos, unrealistic expectations, and unfulfilled promises.
This is publishing and it’s Kate’s world, but maybe not for long.
When one of Kate Mitchell’s star authors is carted away in handcuffs, it’s only the beginning of her troubles. As her world crumbles around her, Kate desperately looks for anyone to hold onto but finds that happy endings are truly works of fiction. With the shelf life of her career and her love affair quickly expiring, Kate sets off on a new adventure…
Starting over in California is easy but Kate soon learns that leaving her old life behind isn’t. Nick Lavigne is eager to help her forget but two things still own her heart, the dream of discovering the next great American novel, and MacDermott Ellis.
As Kate tries to rebuild her life she finds a surprising gift that reboots her career in a new and unexpected direction. Suddenly her name becomes synonymous with one of the biggest bestsellers publishing has seen in ages and she’s welcomed back with open arms.
But at the height of her success the ghosts of her past come back to remind her of the world she’d been trying to forget and the man who never let go of her heart.
Behind the book, there’s always more to the story. Welcome to Publishing, the ego has landed.
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I found both of these discussions fascinating as we’ve all heard things bounced around on the internet. Both of these scenes were rather humorous though, not ugly.
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You’ve found a winner there – how can a book-lover resist a story about the world of publishing? Here is my Tuesday post https://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/first-chapter-first-paragraph-april-14/
I know. I have all three books too!
It would be fun to take a look at publishing from the publisher’s point of view! Looks like this is Book Two in the series. I’ll look for Book One first.
My Tuesday post features AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE.
It is a lot of fun. I featured the first book last week and I’ll be reading the third book next week.
That sounds really interesting! Definitely adding that series to my TBR!
Here’s my teaser. 🙂
http://taralei.me/teaser-tuesday-apr-14/
There’s lots of laughs!
Interesting points in the teasers. Thanks for sharing. Here’s My Teaser
And some have really happened!
That is a terrible notion, if it’s true.
All kinds of weird stuff has happened:)
Sounds good. I hope you enjoy the story. Happy reading!
I’m having fun with all of the series.
Really timely and something that should interest any book blogger.
I know!
Great quotes!! These have to intrigue all of us book bloggers!
That’s why I’m featuring all three books in my Teaser Tuesdays. This series is a blast!
Great teasers! This book sounds so interesting! 🙂
I’m having fun with this series:)
Sounds good and it’s on my list to read.
It’s fun and enlightening.
LOL. Oh my goodness, this definitely sounds like something worth checking out, especially given the subject of publishing.
I know. I couldn’t resist:)
I’ve seen people do stuff like that.
Me too. That’s what drew me to this series. Can’t wait to share my reviews:)
Wow! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
I’m having fun sharing this series:)
Interesting teasers. I’m adding this book to my wishlist. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah. I hope you enjoy them as much as I am:)
Very interesting teasers! Thanks for stopping by my blog!
This is a fun series!
Hi Laura,
Any book about books or anything connected with the writing world, has to be worth a second glance, especially with such great teaser lines as those you have shared.
Having read that some of the stories in the book are true, although the author isn’t saying which ones, I am left wondering if the part about the dummy accounts opened for leaving excellent ratings and reviews, is one of those true accounts. I have often wondered if all the names you see on Goodreads, Amazon etc. are real or made-up!
Do you plan to read book three in the series? This one sounds a bit more lovey dovey than the first two parts, but I guess it does bring the series to a natural conclusion.
Great teasers 🙂
Yvonne
Oh yeah. I’ve read some of the discussions that went around about faked reviews and ambushing authors. I stayed out if it, but nothing surprises me. The scenes I mentioned were actually funny, not ugly but it made me remember true things that happened. That’s why I ry to leave longer reviews so you know I read it and why I rated it.
Dummy accounts!? Ummm, you’ve made me question the ratings I’m reading now! 😛 Great teaser nonetheless!
I’m sure most ratings are honest. Nothing is ever 100 percent!
I guess honesty gets you no where. If that part about creating dummy accounts is true, then how is a good honest author like myself to make it. That sickens me to think that someone would stoop to that level. Great tease. Skipped mine this week. Been busy.
I know. I wonder sometimes if people take any reviews as honest anymore. I hear of all kinds of shenanigans going on. That’s why I leave longer reviews and explain why I enjoyed a book. I want people to know I actually read the book and my review is honest.
Great teasers! I haven’t heard of this series, but it sounds like an interesting read (: Thanks for sharing!