John Boswell (publishing-business figure)

John Boswell (born 1945) is a book packager, literary agent, and author in New York City.

He was the subject of a "New York Times" article on book packaging, which described it as coming up with the idea for a book, writing a proposal, and finding a writer. [cite web | last = McDowell | first = Edwin | date = February 15, 1985 | title = Publishing: A Specialist in Packaging Books | publisher = The New York Times | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30813F93F5D0C768DDDAB0894DD484D81 | accessdate = 2007-10-28 (preview—subscription required for full article).]

Two books he co-wrote, "French for Cats" (1992, with Henry Beard) [cite web | work = The New York Times | title = Best Sellers: April 12, 1992 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5D9123BF931A25757C0A964958260 | accessdate = 2007-10-26] and "O.J.'s Legal Pad" (1995, with Henry Beard and Ron Barrett), [cite web | work = The New York Times | title = Paperback Best Sellers: July 23, 1995 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4D91F3AF930A15754C0A963958260 | accessdate = 2007-10-26] have reached the New York Times Best Seller list. On some book jackets, he also takes credit for co-writing the number-1 bestseller "What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School," [cite book | last = Boswell | first = John | coauthors = Skenazy, Lenore | year = 2004 | title = The Dysfunctional Family Christmas Songbook | publisher = Broadway | id = ISBN 978-0767919074] although the only listed author is Mark H. McCormack. [cite book | last = McCormack | first = Mark H | title = What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School | publisher = Bantam | id = ISBN 978-0553050615]

Boswell was also a producer of "Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video" and appears in it as an "unsuspecting golfer".

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