Get ready for a glut of books about the Iraq War, says Sheelah Kolhatkar in her New York Observer column. She says “The publishing industry has fiercely embraced Operation Iraqi Freedom, driven in roughly equal measure by profit motives, do-gooder instincts, genuine interest and herd mentality,” and there have already been several six-figure deals—to write about a war that, as is noted, is not yet over. Kolhatkar says books are coming in from soldiers “who are trying to position themselves as the next Anthony Swofford, the former Marine Corps sniper, Gulf War veteran and author of the best-selling memoir Jarhead,” and from journalists, “whose accounts include brushes with death, moments of kinship with Iraqi children, and love affairs ignited at the Palestine or Al-Hamra Hotels in Baghdad.” But even before most have appeared, she notes that for many, “it’s already too much.” One besieged editor asks, “Do people go into the war thinking, ‘Hey, maybe I can get a movie deal’?”