Michael Bloomberg to coauthor book on climate change
Given that discussion of climate change has been strangely absent from the presidential campaign, now seems a better time than ever for Michael Bloomberg to announce he’s at work on… Read more »
Marco Rubio’s An American Son is a memoir, but is it also an ethics violation?
Florida senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio published his memoir, An American Son, in 2012, a year and a half into his first (and last) Senate term. The book—for which… Read more »
1995 book reveals that Jeb Bush is a fan of shame
Books by politicians usually have two things in common: 1) they have sublimely generic titles and 2) they don’t tend to be very substantive. This is sensible. After all, the… Read more »
Can Washington, DC handle more than one superagent? A new literary agency will find out
If you’re a regular reader of MobyLives, the name Robert Barnett should ring a bell. And if it doesn’t, here are some other names that will perhaps sound more familiar:… Read more »
Ben Carson plagiarizes from SocialismSucks.net; nation really doesn’t care about politicians who plagiarize their books
Last Tuesday, reporters at BuzzFeed—a website that is either the future of journalism or the end of journalism or your home for detailed coverage of “21 Extremely Simple Curling Iron… Read more »
Leon Panetta’s memoir kind of goes after Obama, has great title
The publishing industry has many unsung heroes, but some of the most unsung, and the most heroic, are the people that have to come up with titles of political memoirs.… Read more »
Greg Abbott campaign questions legality of Wendy Davis’ book tour, wipes flopsweat from collective brow
We entered the weekend with Wendy Davis book news sure to drum up even more pre-tour publicity, and to nobody’s surprise we exit the weekend with even more; this time,… Read more »