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I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights to their book.

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

The problem is Jewish-American fiction that always ends with assimilation back into the community.

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays.

I am not a total, complete nitwit when it comes to selling books. I promise you there will be unexpected things. Some of them I don't know yet. She's writing it all herself.

For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart.

I'm hot on the Jewish book club circuit. How many black authors do you know who can say that?

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.