For anyone who’s received a rejection letter in the mail, it’s good to know that plenty of famously successful people have had the same experience. In the new book Other People’s Rejection Letters: Relationship Enders, Career Killers, and 150 Other Letters You’ll Be Glad You Didn’t Receive, author Bill Shapiro includes copies of the Museum of Modern Art’s rejection of Andy Warhol’s entries and the U.S. Army discharge letter sent to Jimi Hendrix because he was unable to “carry on an intelligent conversation,” among many others. Shapiro discusses the upside of rejection with ABC News’ John Berman:
I gave myself a Christmas present of the Kindle e-reader so that I could read books and manuscripts on an overseas research trip; overall it worked really well and cut down on the weight of my luggage tremendously. It does have drawbacks, such as not being able to read when planes are in the “no electronic devices” stages of flight, and it’s not suitable at all for illustrated books. I’m afraid it’s not great for magazines either, but the lengthy profile of Andy Warhol in the current edition of 