Events Scene @ German Library’s 25th Anniversary By Neal on Feb. 23, 2007 - 11:45 AM Werner Linz (left), the founder of the German Library, poses with current series editor Evander Lomke at the reception earlier this week celebrating both the imprint’s 25th anniversary and the imminent publication of the fin ...
Publishing This Week in AMS: Recovery for Freese, NBN Still in the Hunt By Carmen on Feb. 23, 2007 - 10:15 AM The dust may be settling on Perseus winning the auction to take over PGW publisher contracts, but the turmoil hasn’t stopped. Before getting to that, let’s wish PGW President Rich Freese a speedy recovery after he fell ...
Authors Author Told to Get Insurance Against…Paper Cuts?? By Carmen on Feb. 23, 2007 - 9:48 AM Author Told to Get Insurance Against...Paper Cuts??
Sponsored Content Algonquin Announces Stories from the South By Neal on Feb. 23, 2007 - 9:37 AM After tipping us off to some of the year’s best short stories yesterday, Dan Wickett was one of the first with the news that Algonquin Books had revealed the contents of this year’s edition of New Stories from the Sout ...
Publishing Could Starbucks Trump B&N as Publishing Power Brokers? By Carmen on Feb. 23, 2007 - 8:49 AM Could Starbucks Trump B&N as Publishing Power Brokers?
Libraries Scrotum Brouhaha Gets Second Round By Neal on Feb. 23, 2007 - 8:32 AM Hillel Italie finds a new wrinkle to the “scrotum” controversy* surrounding Susan Patron‘s The Higher Power of Lucky, which has become Amazon.com‘s #2 top seller among currently published children’s b ...
Authors Online Unbinding Bound to Paper By Neal on Feb. 23, 2007 - 8:04 AM I’ll admit it: When Slate began serializing The Unbinding last year, I took a quick glance, then proceeded to let the boat sail out of the harbor without me. My loss; I wound up inhaling the entire novel in about three hours ...
Publishing Your Response to S&G’s Advances By Neal on Feb. 23, 2007 - 7:41 AM When I commented on the large advances Spiegel & Grau is paying out, I asked for your thoughts on the subject. “There’s something to be said for the buzz factor,” suggested one anonymous reader, who even poin ...
Publishing Random House UK CEO Talks of Tough Markets By Carmen on Feb. 23, 2007 - 6:42 AM Publishing News reports on Random House UK CEO Gail Rebuck‘s recent “state of the union” address to around 40 literary agents in the Random House boardroom last Friday, spelling out just how tough the market is f ...
Publishing Ernst & Young Quits as Riverdeep Auditor By Carmen on Feb. 23, 2007 - 6:17 AM Brokerage firm Ernst & Young resigned last week as auditors of Riverdeep, the private equity company that recently bought out Houghton Mifflin (and is rumored to be in the running to buy Reed Elsevier). The move may hamper pro ...