Actress Diane Keaton has no idea why she is included in the acknowledgments of Jonathan Santlofer's book, The Killing Art. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the ever growing page of thank yous that now even grace novels.
“Across the publishing world, acknowledgments sections are exploding, as authors cite the names -- particularly famous names -- of anyone who had a passing interest in the work or, in some cases, didn't even know about it. One new 248-page novel lists 96 people in the acknowledgments, roughly the equivalent of one name for every 2½ pages of text.”
Frankly, acknowledgements are the first things I turn to.
3 comments:
First thing you turn to? I totally relate. Thanks, your post inspired me to confess my own experience of strange things that made it into my acknowledgments. (genre: computer how-to books, written under pressing deadline).
This is funny! I do the same thing, but I always thought it wierd. I even try to be discreet about reading that page in bookstores...as if anyone cares.
Wow. I sooooo don't do that. In the first book I "wrote" (actually I edited an anthology, but I was responsible for the acknowledgments page), I had a hard time coming up with a respectable number of names to acknowledge. I believe I came up with 7 or 8 people, most of whom had nothing to do with the book at all.
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