Book Bix Who Sells More Books, Sam Tanenhaus or Terry Gross? By Neal on Feb. 5, 2008 - 12:08 PM What did people in the book business think of last week’s Publishing Trends survey on the state of online marketing? “One thing really surprised me,” says literary agent Ted Weinstein. “No mention of broadc ...
Book Bix Anonymous Readers Are a Cynical and Suspicious Lot By Neal on Jan. 30, 2008 - 1:59 PM Anonymous (always anonymous) readers among you persist in believing that Sunday’s New York Times Magazine story on Charles Bock must be the result of an unholy alliance between Daniel Menaker, Katherine Boutin, and Charles M ...
Book Bix No Secret to Charles Bock’s Media Blitz By Neal on Jan. 29, 2008 - 12:08 PM After this morning’s post on all the attention the NY Times is lavishing on Charles Bock, a few of you emailed suggestions as to how the one-two punch of the long Sunday magazine profile, soon to be followed by a front-page ...
Book Bix Another Vote for Connecting to Readers with Blogs By Neal on Jan. 15, 2008 - 10:34 AM Yesterday’s item about mediabistro.com’s article on using blogs to market books prompted Dan Clements, the co-author of Escape 101: Sabbaticals Made Simple, to drop us a line telling us about his own experiences in tha ...
Book Bix The Coffeeshop Writer’s Center Is Already Go! By Neal on Jan. 11, 2008 - 1:59 PM Soon after I posted this morning with an idea for a literary center-slash-coffeeshop, a West Coast reader alerted me to the existence of theOffice in Santa Monica, which offers two levels of paid membership to their feng-shui̵ ...
Book Bix Your Cat Allergies Fail to Impress By Neal on Jan. 11, 2008 - 1:44 PM Yesterday’s suggestion from a reader that “booksellers looking to attract customers may not want to exclude the 5 to 10 percent of the population who have cat allergies” was recieved with some skepticism. “ ...
Book Bix The Seinfeld Jokes Are Already Pouring In By Neal on Jan. 8, 2008 - 11:23 AM After reading this morning’s item about Missy Chase Lapine‘s lawsuit against Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, one GalleyCat reader sent a quick note: “I believe that Seinfield bit on the three-named killers is itself ...
Book Bix For This Snowman, Sales Were Too Darn Hot By Neal on Jan. 7, 2008 - 8:52 AM Last Friday morning, Marion Gropen reminded us that all publishing is a gamble, and that the “real” publishing companies can get things wrong just as easily as self-published authors do—the difference is, they ha ...
Book Bix What’s the Key to Self-Publishing Success? By Neal on Jan. 4, 2008 - 8:24 AM “I just read your post about self publishing vs big house publishing. More please!” emails Diana Symons (right). “I am self published—my printer is sending me my first box of books today! So now I’m w ...
Book Bix How Can Self-Publishers Crack the Distribution Problem? By Neal on Jan. 4, 2008 - 8:03 AM In yesterday’s post on the question of self-publishing, I noted that “real” publishers still have an advantage in terms of being able to get their books into major bookstores, and that self-publishing authors mig ...