Book Bix Haskell Smith on Publishing’s “Broken Telephone” By Carmen on Feb. 28, 2007 - 8:30 AM When we ran an item on product placement in fiction focusing on Mark Haskell Smith‘s Lexus-sponsored short story last week, the reaction was instantaneous – and often erroneous, as Haskell Smith found out. Watching the ...
Book Biz We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful By Neal on Feb. 27, 2007 - 11:43 AM We saw the announcement in yesterday’s Publishers Weekly about mediabistro.com contributor Greg Lindsay landing a book deal with Farrar Straus Giroux for co-authoring Aerotropolis, a book about a “combination of giant ...
Publishing Appealing to the Boys’ Set By Carmen on Feb. 27, 2007 - 9:49 AM Just because it’s difficult to find books that boys want to read, doesn’t mean there aren’t initiatives to create a new market for them. So posits the Boston Globe’s David Mehegan in profiling Steven D. Hil ...
Publishing Yes, Starbucks Has Changed Ishmael Beah’s Life By Carmen on Feb. 27, 2007 - 9:25 AM Josh Getlin at the LA Times follows former child soldier Ishmael Beah around as he signs books in Manhattan, the author’s profile growing in leaps and bounds ever since Starbucks made his memoir A LONG WAY GONE its second bo ...
Awards Story Prize Finalists on Lopate Today By Neal on Feb. 27, 2007 - 7:45 AM I’ve been pretty good up until now about not using this journalistic platform to promote the Story Prize, which I’m judging this year along with Edwige Danticat and Mitchell Kaplan. But I’d be remiss if I didn ...
Comic Books Civil War Ends With a Whimper By Neal on Feb. 27, 2007 - 7:04 AM After many delays, Marvel released the final issue of its Civil War mini-series last week to an absolutely underwhelmed response from fans online. One of the best critiques came from blogger Chris Sims, who derided the comic as &# ...
Publishing S&P Cuts Borders’ Stock Value By Carmen on Feb. 27, 2007 - 7:03 AM Shelf Awareness reported this morning that Standard & Poor announced that it is recommending that Borders‘ stock value be cut from 3 stars (hold) to two stars (sell) despite the expected increase in sales generated by Ju ...
Publishing Realignment for Random House UK By Carmen on Feb. 27, 2007 - 6:55 AM In Britain, The Random House Group has announced a number of changes and promotions as part of the Group’s growth strategy as it looks to the next stage in its development. First, Board Director Richard Cable, is to develop ...
Publishing Good Quarter for S&S By Carmen on Feb. 27, 2007 - 6:31 AM As part of a statement released by parent company CBS Corporation, Simon & Schuster‘s publishing revenues increased 7% to $252.5 million from $237.0 million, while OIBDA increased 8% to $38.9 million from $36.1 million, ...
Book Biz Will Crais Take Hollywood’s Call? By Neal on Feb. 26, 2007 - 10:19 AM For years, Robert Crais has resisted selling the film rights to his most popular series, the thrillers starring private eye Elvis Cole and his ultra-tough sidekick, Joe Pike, a point that was emphasized most recently in last week& ...