Shopping for See-Dub, Part One

John Bolton has a new book coming out!

They give the date as November 7th. When Bryan P ran this popsicle stand, he used to get review copies from publishers; if so, I'd sure like to get on the list for this one.

JYB Tailwag to the Corner and to Andrew Sullivan, who along with the Atlantic's Ross Douthat waxes snotty over the new conservative publishing company run by Mary Matalin.

I have absolutely never understood publisher snobbery. As long as they print a decent book, promote it, and pay you well for it, what does it matter to anyone--writer or consumer--what it says on the spine? I always thought books should stand on their own, and getting sniffy about the imprint was the height of dilettantism.

I have a friend, a smart guy who has actually written books, who once huffed that he would never read anything by Regnery. I let it slide, but wondered why a particular publisher could attract that much ire. Another friend in academia used to do this, sniping about different university presses and academic publishers. "Oh, Routledge, eh? Get out of my sight. I poop on your life's work."

Maybe published authors know something I don't. But the last thing I care about is who published a book I like. It's like caring about which brand of automobile your pizza delivery guy drives. "Hey, this pie is delicious, but can you believe the guy brought it in a Mazda? Last time I order from them."