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Packed with Romance and Sex, here’s what readers are saying:
“If you’re looking for this year’s Fifty Shades of Grey, you’ve found it with The Publicist.” JollyBuzz
“…this book grabbed my interest from page one. I’m sure Ms. George has more than a few industry insiders chuckling at her stories and cringing at how close to home they hit.
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Can one woman change an age-old institution like publishing? Probably not, but Kate Mitchell sure wants to try. As a publicist with a large, respected New York publishing house, Kate finds herself at the mercy of a broken publishing system, books that don’t sell, and author egos that are often, well, as big as the island of Manhattan.
Enter the star editor, MacDermott Ellis: Tall, handsome, charismatic, married, and ready to save the day. Then there’s Allan Lavigne, once a revered author—now as forgotten as last year’s bestsellers and his nephew Nick: Tall, gorgeous, sweet, single, and ready to sweep Kate off her feet. Kate wants to do the right thing but her hormones seem to be driving her decisions.
As Kate tries to navigate the landmine of publicity, over-the-top author expectations, and the careful dance of “I’m sorry, your book isn’t on the bestseller list this week,” she also finds authors who are painfully overlooked by a publisher wanting more romance and sex, more celebrities, and more scandal.
Welcome to the world of publishing. The ego has landed.
- Published on: 2013-12-04
- Released on: 2013-12-04
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
"As a book publicist of 15 years, I was immediately intrigued when I heard about The Publicist by Christina George. I began reading it immediately and couldn't put it down. George combines true-to-life episodes with a delightful romantic love triangle, which made the book the perfect pleasure read for me. I'm on pins and needles to read the next installment!" -- Marika Flatt, Founder of PR by the Book
"Love, sex, books, intrigue and humor -- my favorite topics for a juicy read and The Publicist has them all. A highly enjoyable journey into the world of publishing." -- Arielle Ford, Author of Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love In Imperfect Relationships
"...I've often imagined what it must be like to work in this industry, working with so many people who put their ego on the line and those who have to stroke said ego in all the right ways. I'm sure Ms. George has more than a few industry insiders chuckling at her stories AND cringing at how close to home they hit...I think The Publicist is a nice tease of what I'm hoping will be much more to come from Ms. George." -- Scandalicious Book Reviews
"As a book reviewer, I deal with a lot of publicists - a lot!...most of them do their job, and do it well, and I appreciate them for a job done with professionalism and grace... George captures all the nuances of the job in a fast-paced, lively story that features a bit of romance, a bit of laughter, and a great deal of wonderful storytelling. "The Publicist" is listed as Book One, and I, for one, look forward to reading more in future installments! I highly recommend this book as an entertaining fiction read." -- Sharon Galligar Chance, garden-of-books.com
About the Author
I've worked in publishing for twenty years (give or take). Here's what this book isn't. It's not a slam against publishing (though it is broken) and it's not a slam against authors (though some of them are crazy). This book is not autobiographical though many of the stories are true. No you won't know which ones, hell it's more fun to guess, right? I continue to work in publicity and help authors because at the end of the day I do love books, I love publishing, and I love authors. I hope you'll enjoy this romp through Kate's world as much as I enjoyed creating it. Find our more at: thepublicistnovel.com
Most helpful customer reviews
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
The Publicist
By Amazon Customer
Ms. George writes well, but the characters are somewhat cookie cutter, tall, dark, tan, incredible hair? Kate has no obvious faults. What about Bernie? Did he or didn't he? Too many characters brought into play and going no where. But I found the most frustrating part was the fact there is no ending or conclusion. Too many plots left hanging. My fault for reading another Book 1, but this one was probably the worst of that genre, I felt like I had just watched a "season finale" i.e. "Who shot JR" Glad it was free, but then I know why, I should buy Book 2?
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
What was this story ABOUT?
By McReadsALot
No specific spoilers, but some minor, general character spoilers.
Seriously, there was so much going on and yet so LITTLE actually happened.
The book starts with The Publicist (her name is Kate, btw) getting called to the scene to talk one of her authors from jumping off a rooftop after Oprah cancels on her. Ever cool and efficient, Kate handles the situation and fumes inwardly with disgust about the shallow, idiotic author.
Unfortunately, that was the most interesting part of the book. There is way, WAY too much background info about the publishing industry and a ridiculous amount of name dropping; I found myself skipping pages frequently, and by about 40% I skipped to the end to see if I could figure out what the actual plot is supposed to be.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is supposed to be a confusing romance where a woman is hopelessly attracted to whichever of her leading men she is currently standing closest to. Seriously. (not an actual quote) "I'm definitely going to stop seeing Mac. He irritates me because he won't divorce his wife!" Mac comes over. "How could I ever be with anyone else?" Same situation with the guy she meets about 2/3 of the way in.
And of course, because it's all about serials these days, there's no closure.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Women's fantasies fulfilled?
By Dennis Littrell
George has talent and she writes carefully with some subtlety. Unfortunately there are a few problems with the novel that will keep some readers from finishing it. But let's begin with the positive.
In the Prologue George's protagonist Kate Mitchell saves Haley, one of her "authors," by talking her out of jumping off a roof to her death. The Prologue ends with this cute couplet between her and "a tall, handsome police officer":
"May I ask who you are? Her friend, sister, lover?"
"None of the above." Kate's mouth turned into a slight smile. "I'm the publicist."
The first problem is that Kate really desperately needs some flaws. She is a very boring character, always doing good and working hard and conscientiously. In Chapter Sixteen she actually does get a flaw. It turns out she can be on the bitchy side. So she's boring and bitchy. The reader wonders what Mac (who is tall, a bit dark and very handsome) sees in her. She must be a knockout, perhaps a frigid one. But we really don't see her yet. She only comes into focus gradually. Since she had struggled on her own for "a number of years" before becoming a publicist ten years ago, she has to be at least in her middle thirties. Apparently she doesn't date, has never been married, yet she is so enchanting that Mac is doing everything he can to get her into bed. And Mac! He's just a cliché of an impossibly smooth, handsome man on the make.
The next problem is the narrative. It is third person omniscient; however the author so closely identifies with her heroine that for the first several pages it appears to be "third person limited" so that we only know what Kate is thinking. So it was jarring to suddenly realize we are getting interior thoughts from Mac. I am not a narrative purist but I think George should have stuck with an exclusive focus on Kate and just show what the other characters are doing.
This leads me to the third problem which is too much telling and not enough showing. For example when Mac asks Kate why she hasn't been "snapped up yet" (p. 61) Kate replies to herself `Because I'm always attracted to the wrong men' but says "Just busy, Mac, you know, with work."
Now this is okay, even good in that it foreshadows her relationship with Mac who is clearly the "wrong man," but what George should do is give us some vivid background possibly in the form of flashbacks so that we can see exactly what those wrong men were like. As it is Kate is a character without much of a past.
The fourth problem is all the action aside from the steamy and inevitable love affair to come is quite frankly as boring as Kate herself, not to mention superficial. The great book that Kate is the publicist for, "The Continued Promise" seems from what little we know about it to be vacuous. There are a couple of mentions of "the scientific piece" (one on page 81) to come with the book, but the phrase "scientific piece" screams vacuousness. And, despite the fact that George apparently knows the publishing business, what Kate actually does lacks the nitty-gritty veracity that really exists in any business. We hear about the whining, self-absorbed authors but they just make quick appearances, characters without any depth without any real attachment to the plot.
The fifth problem is that many of the scenes are just vignettes neither furthering the plot nor integrated with people or events that move the story along. An example is the opening scene where Kate heroically talks Haley out of jumping to her death.
And finally there is the romance novel/chick lit playing out of the dark and handsome temptation that Kate will eventually yield to. I presume. I didn't stay around for the finish.
...Okay, that's the way I felt after the first twenty chapters (86 pages) But since George had sent me the book and being the conscientious person that I am (small smile) I returned to the book and began to see some subtleties that I had missed. Not only that but I began to see that maybe what I thought was superficial in the novel was really just my superficial reading of it.
I went back to my notes. There it was. A very nice line on page 2: "Her heart almost jumped out onto her desk." (The "onto" almost makes me see it wiggling on the dark wood.) And on page 9: there were evenings spent "thumb-dancing on her iPhone..." This girl can write! And guess what? On page 124 we actually do get a mention of one of the "wrong" men in her life before Mac. He was an architect, whom Kate describes as "Insane control freaks that spend much of their day trying to make up for their raging insecurities by building things."
This inspired me to tough it out to page 127. I told myself this IS chick lit., this IS a romance novel and I have to respect the traditions. Yes, he is a superb lover and she is indeed swept off her feet. (Sorry about the spoilers, but all of this is known to readers of the genre. They know what's coming they just want to live it again.) And yes we discover that he has a heart of gold and yes! he can even cook!
Okay it all plays out, but what was it that stopped me from finishing the novel? Nicholas. It turns out that Kate's kindness to old washed up author Allan is going to pay some nice dividends since in Chapter Twenty-Seven she meets Allan's nephew who is (have you read this before?) "tall, handsome and tan." The plot thickens.
Bottom line here: whether this is good chick lit or okay chick lit, great chick lit or bad, I don't know. I do know that after the 126 pages I read I need to read a spy thriller, an espionage caper tale, a football novel, "Moby Dick," or something by Cormac McCarthy!
--Dennis Littrell, author of "Novels and other Fictions," in which I say nice and nasty things about other novels, and pontificate freely
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