Red Room Where the Writers Are

Pick up a newspaper or magazine or do a little channel hopping these days and you're sure to find a makeover story, some more extreme than others.

I used to work in the music business as a promoter.

When Elvis died in 1977, there were only 37 Elvis impersonators.

Today, there are more than 48,000 Elvis impersonators.

I’m not big on statistics. Industry likes 'em. There’s been a persistent stat floating around in book industry discourse that recently took a turn for the worse.