If you want to continue reading the novel, buy the novel.
The novel buys up the land, cuts down the trees, puts up the condos.
With his name emblazoned on one in every 17 novels bought in the US, James Patterson has become the highest paid author in the world.
What would it mean to you to have the rights to one of your novels bought for a film adaptation and which novel do you think would work best as a film?
Try as I might this weekend, I could not stop myself from dwelling on the Forbes list of the highest-paid writers, and particularly on the No. 1 man, James Patterson, who last year made $70 million: One out of every 17 novels bought in the U.S. are authored by Patterson.
By Macy Halford August 22, 2010 Try as I might this weekend, I could not stop myself from dwelling on the Forbes list of the highest-paid writers, and particularly on the No. 1 man, James Patterson, who last year made $70 million: One out of every 17 novels bought in the U.S. are authored by Patterson.
At its peak, the series accounted for almost half of all novels bought in the UK.
Yet when delving into many of the novels I own — novels I bought with hard-earned money and sometimes even recommend to friends — I find they fly in the face of this definition.
The novel was bought by both Cape in the UK and Alfred Knopf in the US.
Treat it like it's a novel you bought.' " He likes to say that if he hadn't become a director he might have been a petty criminal.
A friend recently said that upon hearing good things about "A Visit From the Goon Squad", Jennifer Egan's latest novel, he bought the book on his Kindle.
