Authors Nora Roberts Enjoys the Simple Life By Neal on Aug. 23, 2006 - 11:47 AM Just yesterday, I’d mentioned Nora Roberts’s galley disposal tips, and here she is in a NYT arts section profile, being celebrated by Ginia Bellafante for her glitz-free ways as both a homeowner and a writer: “Wh ...
Awards The Thrill of the Quills By Carmen on Aug. 23, 2006 - 9:39 AM Now the the nominations are out and the voting is open, commentary’s streaming in from an assortment of places. AP’s Hillel Italie collects quotes from publishing industry top dogs, some of which confirm an overall com ...
Authors Ambitious Author Shunned by Canadian Literati? By Neal on Aug. 23, 2006 - 9:00 AM I just got my copy of the paperback edition of Kenneth J. Harvey’s The Town That Forgot How to Breathe last week, so when his name popped up in Toronto’s Globe and Mail, I took a closer look. Turns out he’s got a ...
Adaptation Gossip Girls on TV? A perfectly trashy combination By Carmen on Aug. 23, 2006 - 8:42 AM A long time ago, I confessed that the GOSSIP GIRL series was serious guilty pleasure reading for me. So does this mean I’m going to watch the TV adaptation of the multi-book series originated by Cecily von Ziegesar? Eh… ...
Digital LibreDigital vs. Google Book Search By Carmen on Aug. 23, 2006 - 8:27 AM The headline over at Publishers Weekly reads “Who Needs Google?” It’s born out of a press release earlier this week announcing that LibreDigital, the firm behind HarperCollins’ newly launched Browse-Inside ...
Publishing Harlequin expands digital-based output By Carmen on Aug. 23, 2006 - 7:13 AM In a press release sent out yesterday, the romance and women’s fiction publisher announced the launch of four digital entertainment ventures, specifically: Harlequin Mini eBooks, Harlequin Mini Round Robin eBooks, the launch ...
Publishing Bertelsmann won’t dump German book clubs By Carmen on Aug. 23, 2006 - 6:04 AM Even though the publishing conglomerate – and parent company of Random House – is looking to excise any loss-leading commodities, they have been advised to hang onto the German book clubs, according to Reuters. Instead ...
Awards The Quills, redux By Carmen on Aug. 22, 2006 - 1:26 PM Yes, the awards ceremony launched by a consortium of companies – including Reed Business Information and NBC – rises again. Al Roker announced the nominees for a whole host of categories earlier today at the Borders Bo ...
Book Biz GalleyCat Goes to the Dogs By Neal on Aug. 22, 2006 - 11:00 AM Now that our hotties contest is over, it’s time to fulfill a promise I made back in June, when readers upset that we were devoting an entire day to cat pictures demanded equal time for their canine companions. That day is Fr ...
Publishing The MultiCulti World of Schoolbooks By Neal on Aug. 22, 2006 - 10:38 AM Daniel Golden snags the front page of this morning’s WSJ with a look at the ways textbook publishers depict minorities, making the argument that, in trying to compensate for decades of leaving ethnic minorities and the disab ...