Banned from the NYT bestseller list
I am a big fan of lists.
I have one for snack foods; one for hamburgers; one for newspaper movies. You get the picture.
The New York Times has a thing for lists too. Their best sellers list is one of the most prestigious in the world. And "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" won't be on it.
Apparently, the book is too immature to be included with more serious works of literature.
What a bunch of hooey.
Michael Glitz, if that is his real name, has more about it on the huffingtonpost.com web site. I for one could care less if Harry Potter makes the NYT's stupid list. It won't take away from its popularity or place in literary history. But Glitz makes a good point about the NYT's policy about keeping children's books off the best seller list. It's a stupid policy because it keeps some well-written, entertaining books out of the public eye. Being on the NYT best seller list has its benefits, even if it is flawed in its compilation.
To read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/why-harry-potter_b_57099.html
Comments
Who decides which books get press (Harry Potter) and which get censored? After all, censorship is becoming America's favorite past-time. The US gov't (and their corporate friends), already detain protesters, ban books like "America Deceived" from Amazon and Wikipedia, shut down Imus and fire 21-year tenured, BYU physics professor Steven Jones because he proved explosives, thermite in particular, took down the WTC buildings. Free Speech forever (especially for books).
Last link (before Google Books caves to pressure and drops the title):
America Deceived (Book)
Posted by: Sal | July 26, 2007 1:26 PM