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Assignment Robot
 21 Aug 2008, 12:54 #42361 Reply To Post
US: Wanted: people to sign books for lazy authors

Ed Pilkington in New York The Guardian

You have to pity the authors of bestselling books. Not only do they have to labour over the original works, sometimes aided by a mere ghostwriter or two, but then they have to spend hours of interminable boredom signing autographed copies for special promotions.

One smart publisher seems to have devised a way of easing the pain for the millionaire bestseller writer: they have posted an advert on the listing site, Craigslist, inviting a team of part-time workers to fake the signatures and get paid in cash for the privilege.

The advert says it is looking for 14 people who can do a blitz of false autograph signing on behalf of two unnamed co-authors of a newly released, and equally anonymous, book.

"You will need to be able to copy the look and style of both author's signatures," it says.

In return, the successful applicants will be paid $25 (£13) for 200 books signed.

The New York-based blog Gawker, which spotted the advert, has been unable to ascertain the identity of the publisher, or the authors involved. But they are clearly major players, judging by the scale of the operation.

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dogeared
 21 Aug 2008, 16:08 #42375 Reply To Post
I think it's only fair enough if the author happens to be:

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This post was last edited by dogeared, 21 Aug 2008, 16:09
Assignment Robot
 21 Aug 2008, 16:23 #42377 Reply To Post
Too true. And nice to see a fellow hound posting.
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