Not really. But Esquire magazine has favored us with a fascinating look at the burgeoning world of “book merch.”
“What,” you ask, “is book merch?”
It’s a LIFESTYLE!
It’s an EXPERIENCE!
It’s a Personalized BEER COZY!
It’s a bag of organically grown and harvested POMEGRANATE TEA!
Well, something’s got to distract readers from the fact that the pages they intend to explore are usually full of hogswallop.
Hmmm. I wonder if it would be profitable to glue a box of Fiddle Faddle to every smokin’ hot bestseller? Numbers will have to be crunched, I guess.
Interesting piece, all the same. Authors, have a gander.
[Look for Jonathan Kieran’s fabulous new—as yet untitled—book of hundreds of witty, cynical, zeitgeist-rocking, and knee-slappingly clever cartoons of Pure Smartassery in 2024! Stay tuned for developing news and previews.]
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