potboiler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

potboiler
    n 1: a literary composition of poor quality that was written
         quickly to make money (to boil the pot)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Potboiler \Pot"boil`er\, n.
   A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work,
   and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of
   living. [Cant]
   [1913 Webster]