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Bones (and I don’t mean the lovely ones): Kathy Reichs pubs her 11th book 2008-08-25 10:40:10 First, let me say that if you’re interested in publishing news, get on the PW Daily mailing list. It’s the publishing industry newsletter from the publishing industry magazine, Publisher’s Weekly. Today, PW Daily reports:
Tonight on Nancy Grace, bestseller Kathy
Reichs, whose work inspired the hit TV series Bones
, discusses Devil Bones (Scribner, $25.95, S&S Audio [...]
The elusive organized cubicle 2008-08-24 18:37:45 We’re lucky enough at my company to be able to use “flexible time” to take a half day on Fridays during the summer. So that was the plan this past Friday… to leave at 2:00, but I ended staying until 6:00. Once it got to be 4:30, I just really didn’t want to deal with [...] Read more:cubicle
Explaining those silly blank pages at the end of books 2008-08-23 16:36:17 You’re only going to find this post fascinating if you really like books. Okay, you’ve been warned.
Curious about why some books have blank
pages at the end? Well, it’s not an accident. Every book that gets published goes to a printer (my company doesn’t do its own printing, although it used to long ago) [...]
Trying to get published? Do your market research. 2008-08-22 19:00:37 I had a fascinating conversation with my colleague, Meredith, who is the Submissions Editor and Editorial Coordinator at my company, regarding what to expect from submissions from authors. (But first, thank you Whitfields for a great lunch, and for having space out on the patio… really nice lunch, right Mer?)
“So what are you looking for [...] Read more:published
Get your book noticed by publishers without dealing with agents 2008-08-21 11:41:13 There are many advantages to having an agent, someone who will negotiate your book deal and serve as a liaison between you (the author) and the publisher. But having an agent also means getting an agent to take you on and involves paying an agent some of your book’s profit. You may find that it’s [...]
It’s almost like flipping REAL pages: Sony releases new Sony Reader 2008-10-03 10:50:11 For days I’ve been seeing search entries like “SonyReader
rumors” without having any idea what my blog viewers were looking for. But today, ask and you shall receive!
Sony releases its brand new Sony Reader to begin shipping in November. It still doesn’t have wireless but it does have a touch screen that let’s [...]
Connecticut publisher closes 2008-10-02 14:42:20 Despite my typical reliance on Publisher’s Weekly and my glorified reverence to everything they report on, I’m a little miffed at today’s report about Greenwood Publishing Group, a Westport, Connecticut
, publisher who has been bought by ABC-CLIO of Santa Barbara, California. Previously owned by Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt, Greenwood’s assets and imprints are being transferred
Thanks to my top 5 Entrecard droppers of September 2008-10-01 08:25:14 For those of you who also have blogs, I definitely recommend checking out Entrecard.com to help promote and advertise. It allows you to create an online business card, which you drop at other sites to let them know you visited. It is courtesy for them to drop back. You can also spend Entrecard credits (which [...] Read more:Thanks
, September
They won’t. Go. All. The. Way: Saying goodbye to football books 2008-09-30 20:02:24 Well it should have come as no surprise that our company was going to cut back on the types of books we publish. But I suppose I didn’t see it coming when one of my favorite genres would get cut: football books. You might wonder why… Football is an incredibly popular sport with hundreds of [...]
What’s missing in e-Publishing? One blogger requests a few holes to be filled 2008-09-29 13:34:25 I found an interesting blog post about what e-tailers are missing in their efforts in e-Publishing
. I think it’s excellent that this blogger, Jane over at dearauthor.com, has collected these issues together in a well-formed and easy-to-understand post about a difficult-to-maneuver retailing trend. Many people are hesitant about diving into the world of e-books, and [...]
One year anniversary at a book publisher 2008-10-22 10:37:26 So today is my one year anniversary at the book publisher where I work. It doesn’t seem like long ago that I was getting settled here and beginning to learn the ropes. It’s astounding on days like today just how much I have learned here, especially about editing techniques and facets of the book publishing [...]
The cost of being a sports fan in today’s economy 2008-10-17 10:57:16 A couple of weeks ago I wrote in this blog about my publisher’s decision to dial back on sports books. It is sad news and one of the many broad-reaching effects of the declining economy
and the rise in costs related to enjoying sports in recent years.
A USA Today article this morning talks about [...]
Your favorite book of the year? 2008-10-16 18:41:54 Yup, I need some inspiration. Although I keep picking up books, I still need to get around to reading them. Sometimes though, it takes the right book to get back into the groove.
Often I find myself re-reading books just because there’s a built-in guarantee that I’ll love it. Because there’s nothing worse than starting [...]
BookPub News & Rumors, v.8: August book sales up, Big books at Frankfurt Book Fair 2008-10-15 13:06:30 Some very welcome news today! Bookstore sales from August
are up. According to PW:
For one of the few times this year, August gains in bookstore sales outpaced increases posted by the entire retail segment. According to preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau, bookstore sales rose 5.4% in August, helped no doubt by solid sales in [...] Read more:Frankfurt
The charm of an independent bookstore 2008-10-14 21:10:13 It’s funny how rarely I buy books these days. I get so many at work that I certainly have enough floating around, but I do really enjoy walking through a real bookstore, touching the spines, reading the reviews, and smelling their lovely smell–a scent that is somehow both old and new at the same time. [...] Read more:independent
Listening to your characters 2008-11-14 12:22:02 I noticed a great discussion that began on the Creative Byline Facebook page including Joyce Carol Oates’s words on creating and listening to characters in writing:
“…[my students] say, ‘We don’t know these people.’ And I say, ‘Well, you have to listen.’”
Joyce Carol Oates says that only after hours of writing will writers discover what [...] Read more:Listening
National Outdoor Book Award winners announced 2008-11-13 09:11:05 I was very pleased this morning to be greeted with a list of winners of National
Outdoor Book Award
s (NOBA). They are:
Natural History Literature. Winner. The American Chestnut by Susan Freinkel.
Outdoor Literature. Winner. Forget Me Not: A Memoir by Jennifer Lowe-Anker.
History/Biography. Winner. Grand Obsession by Elias Butler & Tom [...]
Take a photo of an ISBN, find it in Google Book Search 2008-11-11 14:34:08 Here’s a cool new application for anyone who likes to use their cell phone in innovative ways: the Barcode Scanner application, a new searching tool available for download on Android-powered phones. When you open up the application on your phone, the screen shows your camera’s view. When you line up the camera in front of [...] Read more:Google
, Search
Holiday travel and long car rides–It’s time to choose an audiobook 2008-11-10 10:50:43 I am eagerly anticipating my trip to Washington, D.C., to visit my best friend this Thanksgiving, where we’re going to make our bravest attempt at cooking a turkey dinner for 2. I actually don’t cook at all and can’t be trusted to follow a simple recipe, so most of the cooking will probably fall on [...] Read more:Holiday
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How to be an author who promotes his own work 2008-11-07 12:41:09 So you’re one of the lucky ones who gets a book deal. You write it, survive the grueling editing process, and finally your book is shipped off to bookstores. A few months later you’re wondering what kind of effect your book actually had. Is it a bestseller? Is it selling at all? Did it sell [...]
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