Book Biz Why Should We Care About Your Story? By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2008 - 12:24 PM If you took all the book queries generated during our Millennial Memoir Boom, you could probably build a paper bridge between the houses of James Frey and Margaret B. Jones. But there are undoubtedly more beautiful memoirs to be w ...
Comic Books The End of MINX By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2008 - 11:31 AM The comic book world lost an innovative voice today as DC Comics announced that they will close the MINX graphic novel line in January. The line began in 2007, catering exclusively to teenage girls. Titles ranged from art-focused ...
Book Biz Crowdsourcing the Book Cover By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2008 - 11:23 AM Earlier this year, Penguin challenged 300 illustrators, designers, photographers, and painters to create a book cover for Sam Taylor ‘s new novel, The Island at the End of the World. The editors whittled down the entries int ...
Awards The Plates Are Cleared, It’s Time for the Group Photo! By Neal on Sep. 25, 2008 - 11:05 AM The New England Independent Booksellers Association presented its annual book awards during a luncheon at last week’s trade show up in Boston—this year’s winners include (from left) Nathaniel Philbrick for non-fi ...
Sponsored Content FBNY Knew About That Sharon Bush Memoir Ages Ago By Neal on Sep. 25, 2008 - 10:34 AM FishbowlNY “Lunch at Michael’s” columnist Diane Clehane felt a distinct case of déjà vu when she saw the Page Six item earlier this week about Sharon Bush‘s plans for a memoir, tentatively called ...
Trends Hey, Wait: The Book Industry Just Slipped Into Chaos! By Neal on Sep. 25, 2008 - 12:57 AM It took nearly twelve hours after yesterday’s blind item about speculation that the major commercial imprint which lost two franchise authors this month might be secretly relieved by the lightening of its ledgers, but the th ...
Authors Ten Years in the Making, and a Big Impression on the Right Editor By Neal on Sep. 24, 2008 - 4:53 PM Ann Patty (left) has a simple acquisition strategy: “If I don’t stop reading a book,” the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt executive editor explained, “I buy it. If I stop in the middle, I don’t buy it.̶ ...
Authors “Reading Burma” in Pictures By Jason Boog on Sep. 24, 2008 - 4:03 PM An international cast of writers celebrated the work of persecuted Burmese authors last night at Cooper Union. The audience included exiled monks, United Nations dignitaries, and scores of readers–raising $13,500 for Burmese ...
Book Biz Jumping Off the Carousel Before It Slows Down By Neal on Sep. 24, 2008 - 3:40 PM There’s a new prediction of the book industry’s collapse every financial quarter, it seems, and one recurring phenomenon that comes up when those premature obituaries are filed is the tendency of big houses to overpay ...
Adaptation Like Mama Mia!, Except with Yuppies and Chainsaws By Jason Boog on Sep. 24, 2008 - 2:44 PM You’ve come a long way, baby. Bret Easton Ellis’ controversial novel American Psycho–once banned and restricted by shocked readers around the world–is headed to Broadway. Variety reports that the Johnson-Ro ...