Publishing From one side of the desk to another By Carmen on Nov. 18, 2005 - 9:56 AM It’s not so uncommon for publishing types to turn around and write books, and Penguin UK/Michael Joseph publisher Rowland White is just the latest to make the jump, as Publishing News reports: MICHAEL JOSEPH’S PUBLISHI ...
Comic Books The Return of the Acrid Smell of Gunsmoke By Neal on Nov. 18, 2005 - 8:54 AM Knight-Ridder reporter Bill Radford checks in on the latest resuscitation of comic book westerns, focusing on two new titles from DC comics. First, there’s Loveless (left), the story of “a disillusioned Confederate sol ...
Bookselling Look What’s Talking By Neal on Nov. 18, 2005 - 8:49 AM Gregory Zura of comics publisher Fantagraphic Books writes about the imprint’s new line of shelftalkers, those “little cards with a quick reading description and maybe a couple quotes of praise” you’ll occa ...
Awards Bridges Wins Cave Canem Poetry Prize By Neal on Nov. 18, 2005 - 8:00 AM The Cave Canem Poetry Prize for “exceptional manuscripts by African American poets who have not been professionally published” has been awarded to Constance Quarterman Bridges and her collection Lions Don’t Eat U ...
Revolving Door New Exec Director for Quayside By Carmen on Nov. 17, 2005 - 3:00 PM Rockport Publishing Group (which specializes in books for professional designers and artisans) has announced that Deborah Cannarella has joined Quayside Publishing Group as an executive editor for Creative Publishing international ...
Book Biz Goodnight Moon Artist Posthumously Quits Smoking By Neal on Nov. 17, 2005 - 2:37 PM It’s been a busy morning, so I’m only now seeing Edward Wyatt’s NYT dispatch on the airbrushing away of Clement Hurd’s cigarette from his photo on the book jacket of Goodnight Moon: “HarperCollins sai ...
Adaptation The Bottom Line Is Getting Harry By Neal on Nov. 17, 2005 - 1:01 PM WSJ reporter Kate Kelly identifies the key financial issue for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: “Factoring in world-wide box-office, home-entertainment, and merchandise sales, Harry Potter has generated some $3.7 billion ...
Book Biz Elsewhere on mediabistro.com: Spunk & Bite By Neal on Nov. 17, 2005 - 12:47 PM Our editor, Aileen Gallagher, gets in a Q&A with Arthur Plotnick, the author of Spunk & Bite: A Writer’s Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language and Style. “My subject is the joy of spunky, expressive languag ...
Events NY Literati Square Off, Use Big Words By Neal on Nov. 17, 2005 - 11:15 AM Former mediabistro.com editor-in-chief Elizabeth Spiers played hooky from completing her novel Monday night to attend the CLMP’s celebrity spelling bee, and sent us this report: Monday’s spelling bee to benefit the Cou ...
Awards She said: The National Book Awards By Carmen on Nov. 17, 2005 - 9:08 AM Today has to rank as one of the busiest, and perhaps one of the most surreal, days in recent memories. First there was lunch @ Michael’s (which Ron has already spoken about) and then there was the National Book Awards held j ...