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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Sun Feb 1, 2015, 02:51 PM Feb 2015

Best-selling author James Patterson thrills Alaska's Palmer’s Fireside Books with $7,500

AlaskaDispatch
James Patterson has written more New York Times best-sellers than anyone else. He reportedly earned $90 million last year. And now he's shared some of those earnings -- and his passion for books and independent bookstores -- with Palmer's own Fireside Books.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150131/best-selling-author-james-patterson-thrills-palmer-s-fireside-books-7500

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Best-selling author James Patterson thrills Alaska's Palmer’s Fireside Books with $7,500 (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

Zoinks! shenmue Feb 2015 #1

He lives in Palm Beach and is one of the nicest and most down-to-earth people you could meet. This monmouth4 Feb 2015 #2

AFAIK he doesn't "write" most of them Padiddle Feb 2015 #3

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

1. Zoinks!

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 02:58 PM

Feb 2015

I'm a total book addict. There's nothing better I would like to do than hit the lottery and go in there and scarf up everything.

monmouth4

(9,711 posts)

2. He lives in Palm Beach and is one of the nicest and most down-to-earth people you could meet. This

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 06:09 PM

Feb 2015

generosity does not surprise me....

Padiddle

(58 posts)

3. AFAIK he doesn't "write" most of them

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Sun Feb 1, 2015, 09:09 PM

Feb 2015

He's well known for using ghostwriters who work from an outline he hands off to a team.

http://www.thepassivevoice.com/03/2014/james-patterson-how-the-bestseller-factory-works/

But I guess in this case the ends justify the means, as long as he's supporting brick-and-mortar stores and not the greedy philistines at Amazon. Strange bedfellows of the world unite.

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