“You’re an impoverished author with a third novel coming out. The broadsheets aren’t reviewing it, your literary agent isn’t taking your calls and you’re paying for your own book launch… Well you could try FedEx-ing it to Brad and Jen. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are major players in the literary world.” And of course, the close connections to the type of folks who can quickly turn even a mediocre novel into a $100 million blockbuster film don’t hurt, either.