Comic Books Peter Pan Heirs Protest Wendy’s Porn Comic By Neal on Jun. 23, 2006 - 10:24 AM Comic book writer Alan Moore has been getting plenty of attention from the mainstream press this year, what with the critical adulation for Watchmen and the release of the V for Vendetta movie. That’s drummed up publicity ...
Authors “I Don’t Want Any Spam!” By Neal on Jun. 23, 2006 - 9:44 AM Lynne Scanlon’s Publishing Contrarian had started yesterday on a celebratory note, as Scanlon announced the formal launch of a book proposal consultancy aimed at helping writers craft more effective proposals. (One author wh ...
Book Biz Openly Whoring Ourselves for Swag By Neal on Jun. 23, 2006 - 8:40 AM When a T-shirt celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Serpent’s Tail, it reminded me that Soho Press was also founded back in 1986. Both independent publishers have made a name for themselves through a combination of crime ...
Publishing Clarifying points about Bulfinch By Carmen on Jun. 23, 2006 - 8:27 AM In Wednesday’s follow-up post about the goings-on at Bulfinch Press, I closed with the following question: “if you’re going to deep-six an imprint, can’t you at least wait to tell people before firing off a ...
Trends Casinos are the new book venue By Carmen on Jun. 23, 2006 - 8:09 AM Though in truth, they really aren’t – as anyone who went to the Las Vegas World Mystery Convention (aka Bouchercon) can attest, though perhaps they don’t really want to….anyway, Motoko Rich at the NYT repor ...
Publishing Get Your Pride On, Book-Style By Neal on Jun. 23, 2006 - 7:28 AM LGBT Pride Month celebrations kick into high gear this weekend, and naturally there’s a literary component. Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., the New York Public Library’s main branch plays host to an array of contemporary ...
Publishing Random House buys BBC Books By Carmen on Jun. 23, 2006 - 7:13 AM As picked up by the Guardian, the Bookseller and Publishing News, Random House UK has announced that it has bought BBC’s Book Division. Though the Beeb will still have a stake in the company (but only about 20%), Random Hous ...
Publishing New look for Virago By Carmen on Jun. 23, 2006 - 6:20 AM Publishing News reports that Virago Modern Classics is relaunching selected backlist titles this year, with one author per month being re-jacketed and given new introductions by modern writers including Sarah Waters and Hilary Man ...
Publishing Madison Square Park Turns Literary By Neal on Jun. 22, 2006 - 5:19 PM Starting tonight, the Madison Square Park Conservancy is launching a summer reading series that will bring authors into the park (bordering Madison Avenue between 23rd and 26th) every Thursday night for the next few weeks. Granted ...
Authors What If We Give It Away? By Neal on Jun. 22, 2006 - 4:56 PM Speaking of Steve Clackson, as we were earlier this morning, it turns out that he’s added a new wrinkle to his efforts to get the espionage thriller Sand Storm published—he’s not even trying to sell it anymore. I ...