Digital Give the Plot Away, Then Sell the Book By Neal on Jun. 22, 2006 - 11:01 AM To make the transition from having an unpublished manuscript to having a book deal, writers are increasingly turning to the Internet to call attention to themselves. Some, like Steve Clackson, set up blogs from which they can addr ...
Publishing HC’s Friedman embraces the digital age By Carmen on Jun. 22, 2006 - 10:15 AM HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman was in Sydney last week and chatted with the Australian’s Media column about her aims for the company – especially in regards to taking control of its digital content when Google’s ...
Authors This is not the way to sell books By Carmen on Jun. 22, 2006 - 9:10 AM Barry Eisler, who’s currently on tour to promote his latest John Rain thriller THE LAST ASSASSIN, engaged in a most unusual email exchange with “G”, the son (and corporate counsel) for an independent bookstore in ...
Book Biz Kate Moss is out, but Pete Doherty is in By Carmen on Jun. 22, 2006 - 8:54 AM Count me as one of the people who truly, desperately wanted to believe that the perpetually drinking, drugging and law-troubled Babyshambles rock star Pete Doherty was, in fact, a hoax perpetrated by outside parties. Because then ...
Authors Brashich Confronts the Beauty Myth By Neal on Jun. 22, 2006 - 8:09 AM Later this morning, Audrey Brashich will take the lectern at St. John’s University and speak before hundreds of parents gathered for Mind on the Media’s “Turn Beauty Inside Out“ conference, an annual series ...
Publishing When Gail Devers wants an apology, she gets it By Carmen on Jun. 22, 2006 - 7:36 AM Several lives ago, I was a track & field junkie (I still watch it occasionally during whatever Olympiad cycle is current, but it ain’t the same anymore.) One of the reasons was 1992 and 1996 100m Olympic champion (and st ...
Publishing HarperCollins teams up with DreamWorks By Carmen on Jun. 22, 2006 - 6:24 AM The Bookseller reports that HarperCollins UK and HarperEntertainment are joining forces with Dreamworks Animation SKG, signing a multi-territory licensing deal for six upcoming films – including Shrek 3, Bee Movie, the seque ...
Bookselling Thanks, We’re Not Interested By Neal on Jun. 21, 2006 - 11:39 AM Our sister site, FishbowlNY, passes along a story from a writer who got burned by William Morris Agency…or maybe “scalded” is the more appropriate verb. You see, Michael Levy told the media insider’s blog t ...
Editors Pohlman Reaps a Bountiful Literary Harvest By Neal on Jun. 21, 2006 - 10:58 AM Matt Cheney of The Mumpsimus does something I wish I’d thought of doing (or, to be honest, that I wish I’d followed up on when it crossed my mind months ago): he interviews Harvest editorial director Tina Pohlman about ...
Events Scenes from the MegaYoga Book Party By Neal on Jun. 21, 2006 - 10:02 AM Megan Garcia (top, left) greets former DK editor Jennifer Sterling at the publication party for the book they worked on together, MegaYoga, described as “the first yoga program for curvy women.” The program began when ...