Publishing is a mess. Here’s proof. Kanye West is writing a book. It is 52 pages, some of which are blank, some of which say things like “I hate the word hate!” Personally, *I* hate the trend of letting every celebrity write a book as part of their brand expansion, but this time it’s extra insulting. You see, Kanye West doesn’t even like to read.

“Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed,” West said. “I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph.

“I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life,” he said.

Great. So the dude is writing a book–or “writing” it, most likely–but he doesn’t read books and is even proud of his ignorance. This is depressing. I don’t blame this stupid guy for wanting to promote himself through writing. I blame the publishers for putting out his book. Back in the day, people had to at least pretend at literacy to write, but apparently that’s gone out the window now.

Bleh.