I should have guessed the drama about IP/tie-ins was someone mad that a tie-in made the bestseller list while their work didn& #39;t.

Guess what? People like reading tie-ins! Calling it "soulless IP" while complaining about...a marker of sales... is real weird.

It& #39;s called "The NYT Bestseller List," Not "The NYT List Of The Most Original And Avant Garde Fiction Of The Week."

Also I reiterate my point that we& #39;re all making commercial products and it& #39;s real weird to try to establish tiers or artistic purity--especially when you& #39;d be delighted to "sell out" by making the list.

And to be clear my joke about the nyt bestseller list isn& #39;t that books that make the list are bad or unoriginal. My point is, tie-ins make list because they& #39;re popular. And that& #39;s literally all the list measures.

Something can be popular and not be your thing and that& #39;s fine. It& #39;s not a shopping list. And we can talk about how, for example, white guys writing other people& #39;s experiences get more praise and attention than own voices. But going after tie-ins as a category is a weird look.