Book Biz The Most Award-Nominated Story You’ve Never Heard Of By Neal on Feb. 26, 2008 - 8:00 AM ⇒OK, one more twist on the “nominated for an Edgar and a Nebula” meme, and then I swear we’re done: I told you about Michael Chabon‘s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, then I learned about Jeffrey ...
Bookselling Dutton’s, LA Literary Fixture, to Close in April By Neal on Feb. 25, 2008 - 1:37 PM Last year, this blog posted frequent updates on the status of Los Angeles indie Dutton’s Brentwood Bookstore, beginning with property owner Charles T. Munger‘s plans to redevelop the location to the efforts to save the ...
Awards Another Fantasy-Mystery Double Literary Threat By Neal on Feb. 25, 2008 - 8:00 AM When I said Friday that Michael Chabon was the first writer nominated for a Nebula and Edgar for the same novel, I was wrong: While The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is the first book nominated in the “best novel” ca ...
Publishing PW, Other RBI Mags on Market: Your Thoughts? By Neal on Feb. 25, 2008 - 8:00 AM So last week, while announcing a $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint, Reed Elsevier revealed its intention to divest itself of Reed Business Information, which you don’t need me to tell you should be of particular intere ...
Awards Michael Chabon Wows Peers Across Two Genres By Neal on Feb. 22, 2008 - 3:01 PM Last April, I suggested Michael Chabon‘s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union “had an equal chance of winning… the Hugo AND the Edgar,” and, well, it’s getting a lot closer to happening. The novel is a ...
Book Biz Elsewhere on mediabistro.com: JT Leroy, Bugs, Kristin Harmel By Neal on Feb. 22, 2008 - 1:00 PM FishbowlLA checks out the LA Weekly cover story on Laura Albert, and gets a quote from reporter Nancy Rommelmann about how it came together: “It was easy not to judge her; harder, was to take all this information and let it ...
Comic Books DC Unveils Sandman Anniversary Bookends (& Lots of Action Figures) @ Toy Fair By Neal on Feb. 22, 2008 - 9:00 AM Technically, the 20th anniversary of Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman isn’t until 2009, but DC Comics is jumping the gun with a set of matching bookends depicting Dream (above) and his sister Death set to go on sale in early ...
Authors Beth Lisick Puts Her Life In the Hands of 10 Strangers By Neal on Feb. 21, 2008 - 1:00 PM When Beth Lisick came to New York last month to promote her new book, Helping Me Help Myself, I brought my friend Gretchen Rubin along to the interview: After all, I figured, Lisick’s book is about a year spent following the ...
Events Scene @ Jacob Weisberg’s Book Party in LA By Neal on Feb. 21, 2008 - 12:50 PM FishbowlLA blogger Kate Coe got to go to the book party for Jacob Weisberg, held last night at Arianna Huffington‘s Brentwood estate, with plenty more of the photos that Stefanie Keenan shot for Patrick McMullan. Celebs on h ...
Publishing The Mediabistro Circus Is Coming to Town By Neal on Feb. 21, 2008 - 12:21 PM The “Mediabistro Circus,” a two-day conference on “the digital platforms and trends that are changing media,” will be held in New York City on May 20-21, with passes starting at $495. The “unconventio ...