Book Biz The Art of Handmade Book Promotion By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 5:23 PM The Chronicle Books Blog is featuring some of the artsy-craftsy mailings they’ve received over the last year–the publisher of singular books highlighted some singular book promotional tools. Above is a “pribery&# ...
Authors Anthony Hopkins May Play Ernest Hemingway By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 3:23 PM Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening are on the shortlist to star in a film about the last years of novelist Ernest Hemingway and his relationship with his fishing boat captain. Andy Garcia will direct, and he is co-writing the scri ...
Bookselling NY Times Lost Early Amazon Opportunity By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 2:23 PM Former NY Times CFO Diane Baker dished about a failed partnership between her paper and Amazon.com during the rise of Internet bookselling giant–a lost opportunity to earn money off the thousands of books sales generated by ...
Book Biz Foundry Sells Three Books in Three Days By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 12:23 PM Last week agents at the growing Foundry Literary + Media agency sold three books in three days, bucking the odds during an industry slow-down. According to Publishers Weekly, McGuigan sold North American rights for Economist journ ...
Bookselling Authors Lead NYC Indie Bookstore Tour By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 11:23 AM As independent bookstores struggle through the toughest retail market in years, one literary blog has organized a walking tour of New York City’s indie bookstore scene–The First Annual Millions Walking Tour of NYC Indi ...
Digital High Profile Authors Find Piracy on Scribd By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 10:23 AM Yesterday a British newspaper discovered pirated copies of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Ken Follett’s World without End on the popular file-sharing site, Scribd, stoking fears of digital p ...
Bookselling Barron’s Declares Amazon “The World’s Best Retailer” By Jason Boog on Mar. 30, 2009 - 9:26 AM Despite a difficult environment for booksellers and recent closures at three distribution centers, the financial reporters at Barron’s have dubbed Amazon “The World’s Best Retailer” in a subscription-only c ...
Digital Dear Author Giving Preference to DigiARCs By Neal on Mar. 30, 2009 - 8:00 AM Remember a few weeks back when we agitated for more digital ARCs for book reviewers? Jane Litte of Dear Author emailed us recently to discuss her blog’s new policy: “In an effort to encourage publishers to make cost ef ...
Digital Tina Pohlman Creates Her Own New Publishing Gig By Neal on Mar. 30, 2009 - 8:00 AM Tina Pohlman was one of the editors who lost her position in Doubleday‘s pre-re-organization layoffs last fall, but she’s bounced back—teaming up with a friend who develops games for mobile phones to launch Mouli ...
People Featured Book of Color By Jeff Rivera on Mar. 30, 2009 - 7:30 AM Sujata Massey’s mystery Shimura Trouble (Severn House) is my Featured “Book of Color” Pick of the Day. This tenth book in Massey’s Rei Shimura series gives you a glimpse into Japanese culture, keeping you i ...