I can see how that might be the case for more pulp type books (Men are from Mars...), but it would not necessarily be the case for the sort of authors/books that Doug features.
Having said this I'd add that both Robin and Graeber were great interviews; they really gave you a sense of the depth/originality/sensibility of the authors and the importance of the book. Not all interviews are like that. No fault of Doug's: you can't hit a home run every time, and some people are just not all that good at interviews.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com>
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Mike Beggs wrote:
> When I picked up Corey Robin's book after Doug's interview, the Amazon
> 'others who bought this also bought...' list was a string of other
> Behind the News interviewees. I wonder just how much book moving muscle
> BtN has...
I've often wondered the same thing. I've bought literally dozens of books in the last decade because Doug interviewed the authors.
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