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The specifics of which depends upon the meaning of the word "classic."

Oprah Bringing Back the Book Club

The publishing world murmers in anticipation:

    Talk show maven Oprah Winfrey announced last night that she was reviving her hugely successful book club. But rather than feature contemporary, generally unknown authors as she did for six years, Winfrey will choose three to five classics per year.

    Winfrey’s decision to focus on classics will no doubt spark sales of noteworthy books whose primary audience is high school and college students, for whom the stuff is required reading. That’s because no one should underestimate the connection that Winfrey has with her audience. She is a bona fide celebrity but is viewed as an “Everywoman.” She’s overweight, like us.

    Her fans–viewers of her television show, readers of her magazine–are not sheep, but they tend to respect her opinions and believe that what she says speaks directly to them. People will buy the classics based on her recommendation but sales won’t reach the kind of numbers achieved in the first book club. [Forbes]

About Eric Olsen

Career media professional and serial entrepreneur Eric Olsen flung himself into the paranormal world in 2012, creating the America's Most Haunted brand and co-authoring the award-winning America's Most Haunted book, published by Berkley/Penguin in Sept, 2014. Olsen is co-host of the nationally syndicated broadcast and Internet radio talk show After Hours AM; his entertaining and informative America's Most Haunted website and social media outlets are must-reads: Twitter@amhaunted, Facebook.com/amhaunted, Pinterest America's Most Haunted. Olsen is also guitarist/singer for popular and wildly eclectic Cleveland cover band The Props.

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