Book Bix Everybody Needs a Vacation By Jason Boog on Oct. 16, 2009 - 12:23 PM “The water was that clear turquoise color you get with a white sand bottom. I had never seen such a place. I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again,” wrote Hunter S. Thompson about a particularly b ...
Book Bix Book Pros Put Biz School Observer in the Corner By Neal on Jan. 6, 2009 - 9:00 AM After we started poking holes in Anita Elberse‘s rationale for why publishers aren’t going to stop chasing “blockbuster” manuscripts any time soon, we heard from other people in the industry who disagreed w ...
Book Bix We Want No Part of Your Death Culture By Neal on Dec. 17, 2008 - 9:02 AM We weren’t the only ones who felt zero sympathy after reading yesterday’s iteration of the constant wallowing in publishing doom-and-gloom from an industry veteran—and our rejection of her pessimistic mindset tur ...
Book Bix Mailbag Trick-or-Treat By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2008 - 2:03 PM Thank goodness for GalleyCat readers. You’ve filled our mailbag with goodies. Following our 2008 Whiting Writers’ Awards coverage, one reader sent us a copy of Barry Lopez’s keynote address at the awards–do ...
Book Bix Then Again, It Could Be Dan Brown’s Fault… Or Could It? By Neal on Oct. 30, 2008 - 2:00 PM We indulged ourselves in a bit of sarcasm yesterday when the NY Times raised the possibility that the recent layoffs at Doubleday might be Dan Brown‘s fault; our exact words being “Yes, we’re so sure Doubleday ha ...
Book Bix Literary Mixology By Jason Boog on Oct. 29, 2008 - 3:03 PM As news of publishing and media cuts mount, GalleyCat readers have prescribed different kinds of alcoholic solace. Following Bookninja’s lead, readers submitted their favorite author and drink pairings–popping the cork ...
Book Bix Readers Imagine a Digital Book Review By Jason Boog on Oct. 24, 2008 - 11:23 AM Earlier this week, GalleyCat pondered the future of digital book review sites. A number of readers weighed in with commentary, sketching out an opportunity for bookish web designers with some free time. Patmcell wanted more ways f ...
Book Bix In This High-Stakes Game, The (Publishing) House Doesn’t Always Win By Neal on Oct. 16, 2008 - 9:00 AM Yesterday’s warnings in the New York Observer about the seemingly inevitable publishing crunch prompted a counter-argument from a reader named Luke Myers, who says his experiences as a book editor lead him to an unsettling c ...
Book Bix Now America’s Literati Know What Scorn Feels Like By Neal on Oct. 2, 2008 - 2:32 PM Here’s another take on Horace Engdahl‘s condemnation of American literature: Novelist Barbara Caridad Ferrer zeroes in on what National Book Foundation head Harold Augenbraum said when he learned that the secretary of ...
Book Bix Disgruntled Reader Joins in Literary America-Bashing By Neal on Oct. 2, 2008 - 1:30 PM In response to yesterday’s item about some arrogant Swede dismissing American literature, a reader named “Kerstin” commented that it was “a pity that your misdirected patriotism makes it hard to take in [Ho ...