Reviews Take That, National Book Awards! By Neal on Nov. 30, 2006 - 12:25 PM The New York Times Book Review has just released its list of 2006’s ten best books, and it’s worth noting that their fiction slate—Gary Shteyngart’s Absurdistan, The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, Claire ...
Publishing Which Celeb Reading Will You Attend Tonight? By Neal on Nov. 30, 2006 - 12:03 PM Actually, if you haven’t gotten tickets for Richard Gere & Carey Lowell reading a selection of poems and essays by writers in the American prison system, you’re probably out of luck, as that New School event has be ...
Digital What, No “Sherry for the Cook” Joke? By Neal on Nov. 30, 2006 - 11:42 AM What’s Julie and Julia author Julie Powell been up to lately? She’s making skirt steak on YouTube, as part of a feature she’s writing for Food & Wine. She also worked on a roast leg of lamb, but describes tha ...
Publishing Digital Rights still up in the air By Carmen on Nov. 30, 2006 - 10:45 AM The Bookseller’s Alison Bone reports that negotiations between agents and publishers over digital contracts, which began in January, have stalled after failing to reach agreement on which rights should be granted to publishe ...
Digital Yahoo Totally Rejects Google’s Search Terms By Neal on Nov. 30, 2006 - 9:10 AM The legal struggle between the publishing industry and Google over Google Book Search took a chilling turn yesterday as Yahoo refused Google’s request for info on how it copies books digitally. As the Associated Press notes, ...
Book Bix SF Pros Make Their Literary Selections By Neal on Nov. 30, 2006 - 8:48 AM Responding to the outbreak of public attention, the Library of America has revealed the contents of its Philip K. Dick collection, and it turns out I correctly predicted all four novels. And while I was at the computer yesterday, ...
Sponsored Content Roth to Complete Zuckerman Cycle By Carmen on Nov. 30, 2006 - 8:18 AM While it seems like just yesterday that Philip Roth‘s slim novella EVERYMAN was released, the increasingly prolific writer has another ace up his sleeve. The New York Times reports that EXIT GHOST, to be published in October ...
Bookselling Indigo + iUniverse = Pay for Play By Carmen on Nov. 30, 2006 - 7:29 AM Indigo Books & Music, the retail chain that pretty much owns every big box bookstore in Canada, has hooked up with iUniverse to feature books by self-published Canadian authors in a special display for 60 days or “longer ...
Book Biz BEA Expands Podcast Coverage By Carmen on Nov. 30, 2006 - 6:45 AM Shelf Awareness reports that Book Expo America, in a bid to make it “a year-round convention without walls,” is expanding its podcasting offerings and launching video streaming coverage of events from the show as well ...
Awards Hollingshead Surprise Bad Sex Prize Winner By Carmen on Nov. 29, 2006 - 4:50 PM With all the hype going to veterans like Thomas Pynchon, Mark Haddon & David Mitchell, the Bad Sex Prize ended up in the hands of a newbie. Iain Hollingshead took the dubious honor for TWENTY SOMETHING. The Associated Press re ...