How and why does Oprah Winfrey wield literary power?
 

Why, with a wave of her hand, can Winfrey cause any book, however shitty, to became and instant bestselling sensation?

Why, when Winfrey takes personal offense to a book she may or may not have featured in her book club, do the authors appear sniveling on her TV show and "stand trial" against the judgment and authority of Winfrey? Are they required by law? If she doesn't "pardon" them, will their careers be truly fucked? Is she that important to publishing houses, and more important, people who purchase books?

If she had a "gravy club," where every episode different recipes for gravies were compared, I would permit her some authority-- but not books. What kind of culture allows The Oprah Winfrey Show to become, in effect, the most (economically) important literary journal in the land?

you have a crush on oprah?

because she has a HUGE and rabidly loyal fan base of lonely housewives that take every word she says as absolute gospel.

She was sued by the beef guys in Texas because of a single statement she made about never eating a hamburger again.. They said she caused beef sales to drop noticably...

As stated, she has a very loyal fan base..

Have an author on her show and it's pretty much an automatic best-seller..

If she gets people to read its a good thing.

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Ironic to have a thread with "literary power" in the title and then... this. :upsidedow

its just like the "sheep; on gfy.
no difference.
sheep herding I think they call it.

fuck off, you stupid fucking idiot troll.

its very simple, really.
you are just not smart enough to figure it out.
you, like most of the idiots on here are cute and rather amusing when you try to think.
just don't hurt youself.

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I think any webmaster should know that eyeballs = power.

Oprah is the lead cunt
all the other cunts follow.
you are a webmaster and didn't know how this works?
surfer!

because she is black and can actually read unlike the rest of the race:2 cents:

:1orglaugh Says the illiterate :glugglug

says the fat, smelly, trolling loser.

go back to playing video games, douche.

That's exactly it. Her fan base is lonely and low self-esteem housewives who rely on someone to look up to and someone to tell them what to do or buy.

This can be said for the majority of the American public.

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All I need to do now is get Oprah to endorse my book and I'm pretty much a guaranteed millionaire.

because more people give a shit about what oprah has to say than you