Thursday, June 16, 2005

Some people always wait for the paperback

What's it like, I wonder, to have an otherwise brilliant career in
publishing marred by the fact that I, Mark Bazer, refuse to hand over an Andrew
Jackson and an Abraham Lincoln for your precious book, or to pay for it by
check, credit card or money order?

Hee, hee, hee. Mark Bazer's response to publisher Stephen Rubin's announcement that The Da Vinci Code will not be released in paperback any time soon.
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