trp biz

[kelber at mindspring.com]

If Pynchon's sold any film rights, it's an extremely well-kept secret.  No info whatsoever on any Hollywood subscription sites.  

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net>
>Sent: Jul 22, 2009 4:05 PM
>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: trp biz
>
>Since they all appear to have achieved perennial backlist bestseller  
>status - in print continuously, steady sales, foreign language  
>versions, reprints with new covers, taught in college lit courses &  
>etc., I imagine that Pynchon receives generous advances for his books  
>and otherwise manages to profit from them and live the NYC life to  
>which he's grown accustomed on Manhattan's Upper West Side if that's  
>where he still lives.  If the publisher hasn't yet earned back the ATD  
>advances, chances are very good that over time it will be a money  
>maker, imo.  I'd also be surprised to learn that he hasn't earned $  
>over the years via film rights options.  But I don't know of any TRP  
>endorsement deals, unless that's how you might interpret some or all  
>of the book cover support quotes he has supplied over the years.
>
>