Events Scene @ Subway Chronicles Party By Neal on Aug. 31, 2006 - 3:24 PM Boris Fishman and Amy Holman were among the writers who dropped in at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn Heights last night to celebrate the publication of The Subway Chronicles, a collection of essays about, well, what it ...
Book Biz FSG Enters Book Trailer Arena W/Flourish By Neal on Aug. 31, 2006 - 12:52 PM Lorin Stein hasn’t just acquired, edited, and translated Gregoire Bouillier’s The Mystery Guest for Farrar Straus Giroux—he’s also produced (or conceptualized, if you prefer) a short promotional film for th ...
Awards Let’s Not Forget the Hugo Winners By Neal on Aug. 31, 2006 - 11:47 AM John Scalzi emailed last night with a slight criticism of our reporting on the groping incident at last weekend’s Hugo Awards ceremony: “You post about Harlan [Ellison] grabbing tits but not about the results of the Hu ...
Trends The lure of the series character By Carmen on Aug. 31, 2006 - 9:29 AM Why do readers crave continuing series where characters appear over and over again? (This is a question that pops up a whole lot over at my own blog, since it applies rather heavily to the mystery field.) The Telegraph’s Hel ...
Publishing Petty Larcenist Jeopardizes Literary Vanguard By Neal on Aug. 31, 2006 - 8:51 AM Shame, shame on the thief who walked off with $3,000 from an n+1 fundraiser, as reported in yesterday’s NY Sun. “It was the nicest party we’ve ever had” until the money disappeared, said founding editor Kei ...
Publishing All China all the time By Carmen on Aug. 31, 2006 - 8:19 AM The Beijing Book Fair is underway, so it’s fitting that a number of news stories are filtering out about China and its untapped market for publishing industry to tap into. First out of the gate – what a surprise – ...
Authors It’s a Known World After All By Carmen on Aug. 31, 2006 - 7:51 AM Edward Jones‘ THE KNOWN WORLD won a whole bunch of prizes when the novel was published some years back, and for good reason – it was brilliant. So no wonder he and his new collection of stories, ALL AUNT HAGAR’S ...
Book Biz Michael Tolkin is no Player Hater By Carmen on Aug. 31, 2006 - 6:21 AM Otherwise he wouldn’t have brought back Griffin Mill, star of his 1988 novel THE PLAYER, for another go-round in the sequel. And a lot has changed in Hollywood, exemplified by one throwaway line in RETURN OF THE PLAYER: R ...
Awards IPPY Nomination Season Kicks Off By Neal on Aug. 30, 2006 - 12:27 PM Nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 Independent Press Awards, which will recognize the best books of 2006 from independent, university, and other small presses, including self-publishers. Thare are 63 separate categori ...
Bookselling B&N Stock Dips As Feds Announce Probe By Neal on Aug. 30, 2006 - 11:26 AM The Forbes website has an item about Barnes & Noble’s acknowledgment of a federal inquiry into its stock option practices, with Justice Department attorneys making an official document request last Friday. “The com ...