Do Provocative Photos Help Sell a Book?

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been producing docs (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), reality TV (RuPaul’s Drag Race) and films (Party Monster) for 21 years. Now they have produced a new coffee table book, The World According to Wonder.

The question is: Do provocative photos help sell a book?

Photos by Mathu Andersen, Idris Rheubottom, and Tony Craig.

I don’t know what the book sales have been, but they are getting great publicity. Here are a few of the media placements they’ve gotten in the past few weeks:

PAGE SIX: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/sightings_E91BJxEKDNNlE8zUinh9nO

INDIE WIRE: http://www.indiewire.com/article/photo-gallery-from-rupauls-drag-race-to-party-monster-film-reality-tv-gurus-world-of-wonder-release-coffee-table-book

ADVOCATE: http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2013/01/04/exploring-world-wonder

CELEBRITYGOSSIP.net: http://celebrity-gossip.net/chloe-sevigny/chloe-pamela-and-tori-%E2%80%9C-world-according-wonder%E2%80%9D-photo-book-posers-806187

DAILY FREAK SHOW – VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEA_IRsMK8k

DAILY SCANDAL: http://www.dailyscandal.net/fenton-bailey-and-randy-barbato-the-world-according-to-wonder-celebrating-the-firebrands-freaks-and-nonconformists-who-queered-american-culture

DANGEROUS MINDS: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_world_according_to_wonder_saluting_the_pioneers_of_alt_and_gay_tv

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: http://shelf-life.ew.com/2013/02/12/the-world-according-to-wonder-photo-book

GOSSIP CENTER: http://gossipcenter.com/chloe-sevigny/chloe-pamela-and-tori-%E2%80%9C-world-according-wonder%E2%80%9D-photo-book-posers-806187

THE HOMO LIFE: http://thehomolife.com/from-the-producers-of-rupauls-drag-race-comes-the-gayest-coffee-table-book-the-world-has-ever-seen

HOMORAZZI: http://www.homorazzi.com/article/world-of-wonder-creators-randy-barbato-fenton-bailey-rpdr-season-5-book

THE HUFFINGTON POST: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fenton-bailey-and-randy-barbato/the-world-according-to-wonder_b_2618348.html

IN TOUCH WEEKLY: http://www.intouchweekly.com/stars/news/naked-chloe-sevigny-baring-it-all-why-photo

THE INQUISITR: http://www.inquisitr.com/520303/chloe-sevigny-poses-nude-in-the-bath-for-new-book

METROSOURCE: http://metrosource.com.s123317.gridserver.com/2013/01/28/the-world-according-to-wonder

NEW NOW NEXT: http://www.newnownext.com/the-world-according-to-wonder-the-prettiest-coffee-table-book-this-year/02/2013

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS – FEATURE: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/drag-race-creatives-release-book-article-1.1248731

NEW YORK POST: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/starr_report_ukZchxKvu7fpV9Y3EjuszN

OUT MAGAZINE: http://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2013/02/18/world-wonder-fenton-bailey-randy-barbato

PEREZ HILTON: http://perezhilton.com/2012-12-10-josh-kilmer-purchell-brent-ridge-beekman-boys-naked-hay-pile-pic

QUEERTY: http://www.queerty.com/photos-rupaul-chloe-sevigny-pam-anderson-and-more-in-the-world-acc

RADAR ONLINE: http://radaronline.com/photos/celebrity-portraits-in-the-world-according-to-wonder/photo/489800

SOCIALITE LIFE: http://socialitelife.com/10-questions-with-randy-and-fenton-from-world-of-wonder-02-2013

TREY SPEEGLE: http://treyspeegle.com/010113/2013/2/5/the-world-according-to-wonder

US WEEKLY – VIDEO: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/selena-gomez-attends-star-studded-bible-study-group-201342

V MAGAZINE: http://vmagazine.com/site/content/477/the-real-world-of-wow

VARIETY: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118063697 and
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118063398