Now I'll be honest I'm not a huge James Patterson fan. I've read a few of his books and I've enjoyed them, but I'm not reaching for his novels first. I know he's very popular, his books are in constant circulation at the library and the holds list for his new book is always incredibly long. That being said I don't think he should be considered for this list because of this co-author deal with his novels.
I know authors use ghost writers and I'm fairly certain that some of my favorite authors use them too, but they still have novels coming out at a normal pace of one or two a year, sometimes three. But in this one year span James Patterson is credited with 10 books. He released 9 in 2010 and has currently 6 books out in 2011.
I just question how involved he is in the writing of all these books and how much is the co-author and how much is him. I kind of want to be cynical and think that it's the co-author writing the book and he just approves that it's written in his style and slaps his name on the cover.
Putting all that aside it's an impressive list and I guess it's a good sign that people are still reading, no matter what format they chose.
James Patterson Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Authors List: "
This week Forbes published their annual list of the highest paid writers. Novelist James Patterson leads the pack with $84 million–a $14 million increase from last year.
Here’s more from the article: “The jump comes courtesy of a 17-book, $150 million deal Patterson signed with his publisher, Hachette Book Group, in 2009. The peerlessly prolific Patterson, who works with a team of co-authors to boost his output, published 10 of those books during this period. All told, including his backlist, he had an astonishing 20 titles on PW’s year-end lists of bestsellers, comprising more than 10 million copies.”
Like Patterson, Stephenie Meyer and John Grisham write both children’s and adult books; they both made the cut raking in $21 million and $18 million respectively. The authors on the list who write exclusively for children include Rick Riordan, Jeff Kinney, Suzanne Collins and J.K. Rowling. The list included three members of the Kindle Million Club. Below, you can check out the top five authors.
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I know authors use ghost writers and I'm fairly certain that some of my favorite authors use them too, but they still have novels coming out at a normal pace of one or two a year, sometimes three. But in this one year span James Patterson is credited with 10 books. He released 9 in 2010 and has currently 6 books out in 2011.
I just question how involved he is in the writing of all these books and how much is the co-author and how much is him. I kind of want to be cynical and think that it's the co-author writing the book and he just approves that it's written in his style and slaps his name on the cover.
Putting all that aside it's an impressive list and I guess it's a good sign that people are still reading, no matter what format they chose.
James Patterson Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Authors List: "
This week Forbes published their annual list of the highest paid writers. Novelist James Patterson leads the pack with $84 million–a $14 million increase from last year.Here’s more from the article: “The jump comes courtesy of a 17-book, $150 million deal Patterson signed with his publisher, Hachette Book Group, in 2009. The peerlessly prolific Patterson, who works with a team of co-authors to boost his output, published 10 of those books during this period. All told, including his backlist, he had an astonishing 20 titles on PW’s year-end lists of bestsellers, comprising more than 10 million copies.”
Like Patterson, Stephenie Meyer and John Grisham write both children’s and adult books; they both made the cut raking in $21 million and $18 million respectively. The authors on the list who write exclusively for children include Rick Riordan, Jeff Kinney, Suzanne Collins and J.K. Rowling. The list included three members of the Kindle Million Club. Below, you can check out the top five authors.
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