Digital Make way for the Sony Reader By Carmen on Sep. 27, 2006 - 7:04 AM Yes, the rumors are true: Sony is making available its Sony® Reader Portable Reader System as of next month at area Borders bookstores and SonyStyle stores in high-end malls (or right now at sonystyle.com, for those who just ca ...
Authors Settling the Blogger/Book Deal Confusion By Neal on Sep. 26, 2006 - 5:16 PM Pursuant to Tucker Max’s self-aggrandizing claim to be the first blogger to score a second book deal, Sarah has already corrected the record by mentioning Ana Marie Cox, and John Scalzi shared his own experiences. We’v ...
Reviews London’s Sunday Times Is a Man’s World By Neal on Sep. 26, 2006 - 12:18 PM The UK bookblog Trashionista takes a look at what the Sunday Times of London thinks will be hot this holiday season, and they’ve got a serious objection. The Times sees this Christmas shopping cycle as a multifaceted battle ...
Events Scene @ Edward Kosner’s Book Party By Neal on Sep. 26, 2006 - 11:41 AM I forgot to take my digital camera with me to the Adam Baumgold Gallery last night for the party celebrating the publication of Edward Kosner’s memoir, It’s News to Me, which covers his career as an editor at Newsweek, ...
Authors Re-Ups from Hot Young Authors By Neal on Sep. 26, 2006 - 10:58 AM Julie Buxbaum (right), Miss Hot Young Author Chick 2007, is back in the news, as Above the Law passes the word from Publishers Marketplace that the two books she sold here in the States for $500K+ just went to UK publisher Transwo ...
Authors John Scalzi Begs to Differ By Neal on Sep. 26, 2006 - 10:37 AM Tucker Max may brag about his latest book deal, but when he says he’s the first blogger who’s been able to go back to the publishing well a second time, science fiction author John Scalzi can hold his peace no longer. ...
Authors The best answer yet to the chick lit divide By Carmen on Sep. 26, 2006 - 9:31 AM Patricia Storms has been penning the “Art Imitating Lit” series for quite a while, but it’s also been a while since the last one. But thanks to a throwaway comment on Edward Champion‘s blog with regards to ...
Book Biz There may not be a more apt title By Carmen on Sep. 26, 2006 - 8:46 AM Late last night we got an email from a tipster wondering how we could mention Tucker Max in one post and “forget this gem.” Which is to say that after the success of his first book, I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL,Max h ...
Book Biz The Next Jack Reacher? By Carmen on Sep. 26, 2006 - 7:26 AM That’s how Transworld – who happens to be Lee Child‘s longtime UK publisher – is promoting the new deal made for a new thriller series by Tom Cain. The Bookseller reports that THE ACCIDENT MAN, due in July ...
Awards Murakami wins short story prize By Carmen on Sep. 26, 2006 - 7:02 AM Haruki Murakami has won the second Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award – the richest short story prize, at 35,000 Euros – for BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN, his third collection of short stories to be p ...