Father's Day is coming up. Last year, one of my son's gave me the gift of writing a book through "Storyworth." I took a year and compiled a wonderful collection of adventurous short stories of my life for my four sons. Anyone looking for a great gift for dads this June should consider this.
I was a resident of South Dakota from 2013-2018. Kristi Noem was in the state legislature during those years and was popular enough with SD voters to win the Governor seat in 2019. Most people who voice an opinion about her haven't read her books or know the amazing things she has done for the state of South Dakota. “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
The Atlantic quoted @Kathleen Schmidt’s Substack in its musings on books, factual accuracy and what the false Kristi Noem-Kim Jong Un incident in her memoir might mean for the weight we normally give to the industry: “We tend to believe a book’s contents by virtue of their vessel…Maybe this latest incident will spark a change in the publishing industry—but it probably won’t (and we’ll all start to regard books as fallible as anything else).”
Thanks for you pov. Ethics start at the top. Until the leaders of publishing houses think fact checking is part of their process we will continue to be skeptics of published work
“will also remove the passage as soon as technically possible from the e-book and audiobook editions.” - It's like when a teenager says he'll take out the garbage, like, right now, okay? Like right after I complete this Zelda level, I swear!
I was aware that there was something going on but I appreciate your break-down. Still, I'm giving a side eye to the conservatives as on one side, there are book bans and on the other, there are blatant "inaccuracies" in a book by a conservative leader.
I'm so happy to be living on an island far, far away, lol
Best line on Substack this week and it's only Monday: "I just finished rewatching every season of Sex & the City, which I consider a form of self-care."
Hoooooboy. I really do pity her editor. I've been in the position of having to make the call to remainder books in stock because of a serious error on the author's part - it is SO hard to do, and yet, like you said, it's the right thing to do.
Congratulations on your degree! That's a big accomplishment. I have read some other accounts of books written by ghostwriters that contained false information, and just as bad, that the ghostwriters had taken the credit for someone else's writing and included plagiarized work as if they wrote it. Ethics matter. Hearing a bit more about the publishing field from your perspective is appreciated. I think if someone well known uses a ghostwriter or has a book written for them, they need to be accountable and responsible to ensure they don't include anything that's not original work and the book needs to be accurate.
Father's Day is coming up. Last year, one of my son's gave me the gift of writing a book through "Storyworth." I took a year and compiled a wonderful collection of adventurous short stories of my life for my four sons. Anyone looking for a great gift for dads this June should consider this.
I was a resident of South Dakota from 2013-2018. Kristi Noem was in the state legislature during those years and was popular enough with SD voters to win the Governor seat in 2019. Most people who voice an opinion about her haven't read her books or know the amazing things she has done for the state of South Dakota. “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
The Atlantic quoted @Kathleen Schmidt’s Substack in its musings on books, factual accuracy and what the false Kristi Noem-Kim Jong Un incident in her memoir might mean for the weight we normally give to the industry: “We tend to believe a book’s contents by virtue of their vessel…Maybe this latest incident will spark a change in the publishing industry—but it probably won’t (and we’ll all start to regard books as fallible as anything else).”
Also congrats
I was honestly unaware that publishers don't have a fact checker for memoirs and political books.
Oooh, big stink! Yes to everything you've written. I guess it is naive to think that a politician would tell the truth, but still.....egg on face!
Many congratulations 🎉
Thanks as always for your insightful commentary on the publishing world. I appreciate you! And congrats on that MBA! Well done.
Congratulations on your degree what a success.
Thanks for you pov. Ethics start at the top. Until the leaders of publishing houses think fact checking is part of their process we will continue to be skeptics of published work
“will also remove the passage as soon as technically possible from the e-book and audiobook editions.” - It's like when a teenager says he'll take out the garbage, like, right now, okay? Like right after I complete this Zelda level, I swear!
Update from Politico -- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/06/kristi-noem-dog-killing-story-00156290
Mazel Tov for your massive accomplishment and graduation! Whoo hoo!
I was aware that there was something going on but I appreciate your break-down. Still, I'm giving a side eye to the conservatives as on one side, there are book bans and on the other, there are blatant "inaccuracies" in a book by a conservative leader.
I'm so happy to be living on an island far, far away, lol
Best line on Substack this week and it's only Monday: "I just finished rewatching every season of Sex & the City, which I consider a form of self-care."
Hoooooboy. I really do pity her editor. I've been in the position of having to make the call to remainder books in stock because of a serious error on the author's part - it is SO hard to do, and yet, like you said, it's the right thing to do.
Congratulations on your degree! That's a big accomplishment. I have read some other accounts of books written by ghostwriters that contained false information, and just as bad, that the ghostwriters had taken the credit for someone else's writing and included plagiarized work as if they wrote it. Ethics matter. Hearing a bit more about the publishing field from your perspective is appreciated. I think if someone well known uses a ghostwriter or has a book written for them, they need to be accountable and responsible to ensure they don't include anything that's not original work and the book needs to be accurate.
Mazel Tov on your graduation! A huge accomplishment!