By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story discusses Barry Eisler’s effort to recruit the liberal media to help sell his novel Inside Out, a book that is heavily critical of America’s use of torture in the war on terror. So, why hasn’t someone done this before? Is it because thriller writing is largely the domain of political conservatives, folks with a …
Taking a Page from Conservatives, Barry Eisler Recruits Liberal Media to Promote New Novel
By Edward Nawotka The vocal right wing of American politics has proven a highly effective marketing machine for books. Pundit Glenn Beck has been called a “right wing Oprah” for his support of politically aligned novelists such as Brad Thor and Vince Flynn. Beck, no stranger to fiction himself -– his new novel The Overton Window was published last week …