Book Biz Who’s Got the Best Book Covers of 2009? By Neal on Nov. 27, 2009 - 9:00 AM Amazon.com‘s Omnivoracious blog has launched a poll asking readers to choose the best book covers of 2009, in categories ranging from fiction and nonfiction to “classics reimagined” (seen above) and “famous ...
People Turn Off Oprah & Get Yourself on the Internets By Neal on Nov. 27, 2009 - 8:00 AM Earlier this week, we encouraged book publishers to get over losing Oprah Winfrey‘s book club, if that’s even what ends up happening when Oprah goes off the air in two years. (As several people pointed out to us, it ...
Events You Oughta Know How to Make Kale Salad By Neal on Nov. 25, 2009 - 1:19 PM Yes, that’s Alanis Morisette digging into a mixing bowl full of kale, as vegetarian cookbook author Anna Thomas looks on. Morissette recently hosted a party for Thomas’s Love Soup (which features 160 vegetarian recipes ...
Publishing Harlequin’s Lost Horizons: Self-Publishing Imprint Renamed By Neal on Nov. 25, 2009 - 11:00 AM After the controversy surrounding the launch of Harlequin‘s self-publishing partnership with AuthorSolutions—or, as most people dubbed it, Harlequin’s vanity press—the romance publishing behemoth has gone o ...
Authors Bad Attitude Gets Blogger Blackballed from RWA By Neal on Nov. 24, 2009 - 9:00 AM Last night, Dear Author co-editor Jane Litte posted the contents of a rather unusual letter from the Romance Writers of America, in which professional relations manager Carol Ritter informed the romance blogger that, after three y ...
People Oprah May Go, But Publishing Will Carry On By Neal on Nov. 24, 2009 - 8:00 AM Yesterday’s post suggesting publishers need to get over Oprah Winfrey‘s imminent departure from daytime TV resonated with at least one senior editor from the major houses, who emailed us to say: “Oprah picks were ...
People We’d Be Better Off If Oprah Quit Last Friday By Neal on Nov. 23, 2009 - 9:00 AM It wasn’t long after talk show host Oprah Winfrey‘s announcement of her intention to retire in 2011 that publishing insiders began referring to her departure as “a blow” to the industry, one from which it w ...
Publishing Harlequin Dips Toe in Self-Publishing Waters (or Shoots Itself in the Foot) By Neal on Nov. 23, 2009 - 8:00 AM Last week, Harlequin announced the launch of Harlequin Horizons, a new division billed as “[an] opportunity for women’s fiction writers and romance authors to publish their books and achieve their dreams,” provid ...
Authors Bainbridge Indie Hosts One Couple, Two Books By Neal on Nov. 20, 2009 - 11:27 AM Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor Bookstore hosted local authors Sharlene Martin and Anthony Flacco for a dual signing last Sunday afternoon to promote the book they collaborated on—Publish Your Nonfiction Book—an ...
Authors The Tour’s On Hold, But the Trailers Roll On By Neal on Nov. 20, 2009 - 10:58 AM When Jeff Schettler began writing a memoir about his bloodhound, and the cases they had worked on together as a K9 team, Ronin had already been diagnosed with the cancer that would end his life. Years later, there was such strong ...