Bookselling Barnes & Noble Opens Doors for Self-Published Writers By Jason Boog on Feb. 24, 2011 - 8:07 AM After years of being kept out of major bookstores, self-published writers have a new place in Barnes & Noble–the bookseller has opened its doors to authors in the PubIt! self-publishing program. The bookseller will creat ...
People | Publishing Weird Al Yankovic Hits NYT Children’s Picture Books Best Sellers List By Maryann Yin on Feb. 23, 2011 - 5:25 PM Parody musician Weird Al Yankovic has written a New York Times bestseller. His debut children’s book, When I Grow Up, hit the number four spot last week on The New York Times Children’s Picture Books Best Sellers list. ...
Book Biz | Publishing Simon & Schuster Editor Sells Debut Novel to Random House By Jason Boog on Feb. 23, 2011 - 4:34 PM Simon & Schuster editor Karen Thompson Walker has sold her first novel to the Random House Publishing Group division. The Age of Miracles will be published in 2012. Random House executive editorial director Kate Medina acquire ...
Authors | Book Biz How Charles J. Shields Ended Up Writing Kurt Vonnegut’s Biography By Maryann Yin on Feb. 23, 2011 - 2:53 PM In a recent blog post, author Charles J. Shields explained how he landed the enviable job of writing a biography for Kurt Vonnegut. It took two tries. The first time, Shields wrote a flattering, compliment-filled letter. Vonnegut ...
Bookselling | Resources 17 Questions Indie Booksellers Need To Answer on Quora By Jason Boog on Feb. 23, 2011 - 2:23 PM On the social networking site Quora, seventeen members have posted questions specifically concerning bookstores. Many of these questions remain unanswered. As Borders will close 200 stores and booksellers struggle through the rece ...
Revolving Door Amazon Seeks Savvy Rights and Licensing Leader By Nadine Cheung on Feb. 23, 2011 - 1:23 PM Calling all bookworms! Amazon Publishing is looking for an experienced senior leader of rights and licensing to oversee the development of its print, digital and audio sub-rights business, while cultivating key distribution and li ...
Book Biz Win a Free Color Nook in Sterling Publishing Twitter Contest By Jason Boog on Feb. 23, 2011 - 12:23 PM Sterling Publishing will give one lucky reader a free Color Nook to celebrate the release of Three Seconds–the publisher’s first fiction title. The New York Times Best Seller focuses on split-second life and death deci ...
Adaptation | People Elvis Presley Biography to Be Adapted By Maryann Yin on Feb. 23, 2011 - 12:00 PM Peter Guralnick‘s 1994 biography, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, will be adapted into a biopic. Screenwriter John Fusco will write the script. According to Deadline, this project has been in the works for ...
Libraries | Reviews The Importance of Marginalia By Maryann Yin on Feb. 23, 2011 - 11:23 AM Did you know that President Thomas Jefferson, novelist Mark Twain, and evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin all wrote in the margins? According to the New York Times, marginalia was denounced in the 20th century as a form of graf ...
Revolving Door Iris Blasi Joins Hilsinger-Mendelson East By Jason Boog on Feb. 23, 2011 - 9:42 AM Literary public relations firm Hilsinger-Mendelson East has hired editor Iris Blasi to serve as coordinator of digital media. Previously, Blasi worked as an associate editor at Union Square Press. Here’s more about the post: ...