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Article: 'Stuff White People Like' Book Sold to Random House For At Least $350,000.
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2008
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You know that funny Web site Stuff White People Like, the one with the jokes? The Canadian guy who runs it just sold a book to Random House for an advance that publishing insiders said had reached at least $350,000 when it was at auction last week. Unclear how high it ended up climbing, but frankly, $350,000 is already a staggering sum for a paperback inspired by a faddish blog that launched just over two months ago.
The book, sold by William Morris literary agent Erin Malone, will be edited by Random House editor Jill Schwartzman, but according to a source familiar with the situation, Kurt Andersen-who serves at Random as editor at large-has taken an active interest ...