Publishing Sold in 60 Seconds? By Neal on Oct. 28, 2005 - 11:09 AM The second floor of the Strand bookstore was packed Wednesday night with aspiring writers looking to pitch their book in front of a panel of publishing insiders that included agent James Levine, Time Warner Book Group head Larry K ...
Book Biz Bete-ing the PR Odds By Neal on Oct. 28, 2005 - 10:49 AM Tim Bete, the author of In the Beginning… There Were No Diapers, gets in this week’s final word on how authors can deal with the publicity cycle. Although he’s happy with the work his publisher, Sorin Books, has ...
Authors Even Scott Adams Has a Blog Now… By Neal on Oct. 28, 2005 - 8:51 AM …and it’s kind of refreshing that, rather than be bothered by having to deal with the technical side of things himself, he just signed up for a Typepad account. And he’s opened it up for comments. “My blog ...
Trends Another Round of Holden Poker By Neal on Oct. 28, 2005 - 8:46 AM From Publishers Marketplace comes word that Anthony Holden has resold the rights to his 1990 poker memoir, Big Deal, to Simon & Schuster—along with a sequel, to be called Bigger Deal, in which he essentially repeats his ...
Publishing U. of GA Press Recalls Stories, Revokes Prize By Neal on Oct. 27, 2005 - 1:52 PM Brad Vice’s short story collection, The Bear Bryant Funeral Train, earned a fairly complimentary review in last Sunday’s SF Chronicle. It may well be the last review the book will get, as the University of Georgia Pres ...
Publishing Ex-Prez Clinton Webcasts from NYPL By Neal on Oct. 27, 2005 - 1:12 PM Tonight’s New York Public Library conversation between Bill Clinton and John Hope Franklin is sold out, but you’ll be able to catch the webcast starting at 7 p.m. Clinton and Franklin go way back; in 1997, the presiden ...
Authors Hodgman’s Hoboes Come Alive On Flickr By Neal on Oct. 27, 2005 - 12:13 PM Former “PROFESSIONAL LITERARY AGENT and high-powered media insider” Hodgman has been tirelessly promoting his first book, The Areas of My Expertise, for some time now; just last night, we hear, he was working the room ...
Authors Stephen King, Comic Book Writer? By Neal on Oct. 27, 2005 - 10:05 AM Did anybody really believe Stephen King’s announcement a few years back that he’d be retiring after the conclusion of the Dark Tower saga? His current bestseller, the paperback original The Colorado Kid, might conceiva ...
Bookselling More on the joys of your in-house publicist By Carmen on Oct. 27, 2005 - 8:58 AM Building on the series of posts Ron has had over the course of the week to follow up on Elizabeth Royte’s NYTBR article, Bev Marshall writes in with her experiences before and after publication of her new novel, HOT FUDGE SU ...
Sponsored Content Liberals Just Love to Play With Words By Neal on Oct. 27, 2005 - 8:52 AM Ig Publishing will be taking over the Small Press Center tonight at 7 p.m. for a beer bash—free Pabst Blue Ribbon, while supplies last!—to celebrate, among other things, the publication of The Real Republican Dictionar ...