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Malkin = rabid Shi tsu

I enjoyed reading. :-)

(I think Malkin is Patient Zero for Extreme Cognitive Dissonance, if anybody cares what I think.)

Cheers.

The variance in book production schedules is enormous. Even in my relatively small experience in the industry, I have seen the time between the delivery of a final manuscript and books on shelves range from two months to eighteen. Obviously, the more care that goes into the preparation of the manuscript – the intensity of the copy-edit, the thoroughness of the proofreader, and so on – makes a book move toward the higher end of that range.

It is entirely possible that Ms. Malkin got a book deal when Obama was all but assured of victory and finished her book around March. That's being pretty generous, but assuming that the publisher had no plans of editing the book (why bother?) this is more or less a realistic schedule. She could have taken as much six or eight months "writing" this book. Still, for 376 pages at 6 x 9, I would be shocked if the book was less than 120,000 words. We're getting into Kerouac "That's not writing, that's typing" range here.

And also, the date listed as a book's publication date is basically meaningless. Books have warehouse dates, release dates, and pub dates. The release date, usually between 2 and 6 weeks before pub date, is actually when people can start seeing books on shelves and getting copies from various websites. Unless it's a Harry Potter book, nobody really cares if you get it before the official pub date. So it's not too much of a shock that people are reviewing it quickly.

And don't take that to mean I'm giving those reviewers the benefit of the doubt – I'm still sure they didn't read it. But they could have had their copies days or perhaps even weeks ago.

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Having Malkin lecture you is like taking your cues from Lenny in Of Mice and Men, with a strong touch of "justice for thee, not for me" from the woman who wants U.S. cittizenship revoked for those who were born in the U.S.A. of a non-citizen who immigrated less than nine months previously.

You know, such as her mother.