Book Biz Javits Center expansion approved By Carmen on Jul. 27, 2006 - 2:51 PM Now, you might ask, why is the news that NY state officials approved a $1.7 billion expansion of the Javits Center – the convention center located way on the West Side of Manhattan – of importance to the publishing ind ...
Digital Online Anti-DRM Parable Makes Leap to Print By Neal on Jul. 27, 2006 - 1:13 PM Remember a few weeks back I told you about the kids’ book that skewered digital rights management? It seems that reader interest has been so high Canadian writer/artist MCM is putting the story between actual covers instead ...
Authors By Tomorrow, He’ll Have Averted WWIII By Neal on Jul. 27, 2006 - 12:27 PM When I woke up this morning, I noted with mild interest an article from Reuters correspondent Mike Collett-White about the new Frederick Forsyth novel and terrorism as the new thriller-driving engine of the post-Cold War era. The ...
Publishing Da Vinci Spinning Wheel, Spinning ‘Round By Neal on Jul. 27, 2006 - 11:48 AM According to Hillel Italie, AP’s publishing industry observer, this Da Vinci Code thing may finally be played out. The book itself is “still a best seller,” he notes, “but no longer can a book simply be com ...
Events Scene at Maura Moynihan’s Book Party By Neal on Jul. 27, 2006 - 11:36 AM Maura Moynihan greets her publisher, Judith Regan, at the launch party for her new novel, Covergirl, Wednesday night. The party, held at the apartment of political journalist Nomi Prins, drew an eclectic crowd, from House of Bush, ...
Adaptation Waging war on the BRICK LANE movie By Carmen on Jul. 27, 2006 - 9:37 AM Originally, it seemed like a good idea to shoot the movie version of Monica Ali‘s bestselling debut novel where the book’s actually set – the heart of London’s Bangladeshi community. But continued protests, ...
Publishing Amazon continues to baffle, drive people crazy By Carmen on Jul. 27, 2006 - 8:16 AM So in an earlier post I mentioned that Amazon‘s profits keep falling, falling, falling. Which might explain why some of their newest projects have a ring of, I don’t know, semi-desperation about them? Or at least some ...
Publishing Lincoln Center & Wiley get together By Carmen on Jul. 27, 2006 - 7:05 AM What an interesting combination – take one of the largest performing arts centers in the world and add a highly regarded non-fiction publisher and what do you get? A new multi-year partnership to publish a co-branded series ...
Publishing Profits up, profits down: this week in actual business stuff By Carmen on Jul. 27, 2006 - 6:10 AM Since so many companies are reporting on their quarterly earnings – successful or not – it seemed a good idea to combine them all in one handy-to-use post. So in short order: Scholastic adjusts its share count, which l ...
Bookselling Just Can’t Wait to Get on the Road Again? By Neal on Jul. 26, 2006 - 1:52 PM “The traditional author book tour is dead,” declares Book Standard columnist Jessa Crispin, suggesting that today’s audiences are getting hip to literature at readings set anywhere but a bookstore. As Bella Stand ...