Being right ...

... is an awful burden that, as you know, I bear in humble silence.

See below, the entry "Why have any editors choosing books at all?" -- the one concerning Simon & Schuster developing an online contest called First Chapters for would-be novelists to win a publishing contract. In this world of me-too American Idol! promotional ballyhoo, I noted that "the publishing industry is playing catch-up, coming to the game late, long after the gimmick has gone lame ... after even Broadway has broadcast its audition-the-nobody-to-play-the-lead-in-Grease folderol."

Now comes a New York Post story that reports the Broadway-reality-publicity TV show, You're the One That I Want has been trashed by critics, theater insiders and even viewers. Ticket sales are not taking off.