Book Biz R&J Summer Promotion: best one ever By Carmen on Aug. 25, 2006 - 6:42 AM So says Publishing News‘s Claire Bott, who quotes the show’s producer (and de facto most powerful woman in publishing), Amanda Ross: “It’s also probably one of the strongest groups of books we’ve had. ...
Digital Don’t Send a Goy to Do a Mensch Job By Neal on Aug. 24, 2006 - 11:48 AM When I loaded up the Born to Kvetch website (left), I thought I recognized the voice of HarperCollins executive editor David Hirshey behind its all-encompassing sales pitch (“Don’t read this book on Shabbos! It’s ...
Comic Books The Return of the Renaissance Batman By Neal on Aug. 24, 2006 - 9:05 AM I know, I know, we’ve discussed the Grant Morrison Batman before…last time, I promise! It’s just that when Morrison spoke about his plans for the Caped Crusader with Newsarama, I was reminded all over again about ...
Book Biz Well of course they want their book deal ASAP By Carmen on Aug. 24, 2006 - 8:41 AM Though the curious case of John Mark Karr is largely outside the scope of GalleyCat – and thank god for that, because keeping up is enough to make my head hurt – the fact that his family has hired actor, author and pro ...
Digital Cyberpunk’s B Squad Fronts Sci-Fi E-zine By Neal on Aug. 24, 2006 - 7:41 AM Actually, that headline is a little too harsh—the writers involved in the first issue of Flurb, led by editor Rudy Rucker are all substantial talents in their own right, and it’s only in terms of public recognition and ...
Trends Books that are fun to read but get left behind By Carmen on Aug. 24, 2006 - 7:35 AM Say you’re on vacation, and you bring along some books to read. Chances are they’re on the fluffy side (unless you’re an author answering those “summer reading” Q&As in newspapers and you have to ...
Awards Gary Fisketjon wins Maxwell Perkins award By Carmen on Aug. 24, 2006 - 6:56 AM The Mercantile Library issued a press release yesterday that Knopf vice president and editor at large Gary Fisketjon – best known for editing authors including Bret Easton Ellis, Raymond Carver, Patricia Highsmith, Jay McIne ...
Bookselling Borders suffers the brunt of it By Carmen on Aug. 24, 2006 - 6:27 AM Let’s get right to the point: it was a lousy second quarter for Borders, as consolidated sales were $856.0 million, down 4.0% over the same period in 2005, and as projected, the company recorded a consolidated loss of $0.29 ...
Publishing Talk About Your Market-Driven Products By Neal on Aug. 23, 2006 - 2:52 PM Avon Books is letting readers shape the product with its “FanLit” promotion, which enables fans to register their opinions on just about every facet of an original romance novella from concept to publication. For examp ...
Book Bix Watch Out, Poets & Writers! By Neal on Aug. 23, 2006 - 12:14 PM When she read yesterday’s item about women and their author photos, Elizabeth Hand (right) got an idea. “It suddenly struck me that here is a great marketing niche just waiting to be filled: author makeovers!” sh ...