Why the book industry needs Oprah

IMAGINE this, says Johan Jaafar: Authors can’t get by without Oprah Winfrey. They “begged” her to resume picking up novels for her Book Club. To quote a spokesperson for Word of Mouth, a loose alliance of women authors, “there’s a widely-held belief that the landscape of literary fiction is now a gloomy place”. Please!

Pos Malaysia Let’s get real. The book industry today badly needs celebrities to sell its wares.