How to author 85,000 (or is it 200,000) books…

by | Monday, April 28, 2008

Andrea Francis just emailed me a note about Professor Phillip Parker who is the world’s fastest book author. He has over the past five years over 85,000 books to his name. He is also the most eclectic. As the article says, “He has authored some 188 books related to shoes, ten about ships, 219 books about wax, six about sour red cabbage pickles, and six about royal jelly supplements.” Check out the following article: How to write 85,000 books. A more philosophical and funnier read is the following: Dr. Parker’s Latent Library and the Death of the Author.

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