Book Biz Lethem Controls Electric Guitar By Neal on Feb. 22, 2007 - 1:25 PM Jonathan Lethem‘s new novel, You Don’t Love Me Yet, came in the mail yesterday, and I was immediately struck by the cover image of the author in his youth. I dashed off an email to Lethem to see if he could supply some ...
Book Biz Gardiner Enjoying Her Unexpected Harvest By Neal on Feb. 22, 2007 - 11:51 AM As long as we’re on the subject of stories that Stephen King likes, let’s pause to consider the effect of last week’s endorsement of Meg Gardiner in his Entertainment Weekly column. After reading an edition of Ga ...
Awards First Best American Short Story Revealed By Neal on Feb. 22, 2007 - 11:39 AM Dzanc Books co-founder Dan Wickett leaks the news on his blog: Roy Kesey‘s “Wait” will be included in Best American Short Stories 2007. The story, which was originally published in The Kenyon Review, will also ap ...
Adaptation More Cussler/Anschutz Tidbits By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2007 - 9:45 AM The LA Times’ Glenn Bunting continues to report on developments from the Clive Cussler/Philip Anschutz dogfight over the mess that was the 2005 movie SAHARA. Karen Baldwin, executive producer of the movie, testified that a f ...
Authors Small Press Sleeper Success By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2007 - 9:01 AM The Seattle Post-Intelligencer profiles Monica Drake, whose new novel CLOWN GIRL is being touted as a worthy successor to Katherine Dunn‘s GEEK LOVE. Hawthorne Press has already sold through its first 6,000 copy printing, or ...
Trends Run For President….And Write a Book By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2007 - 8:26 AM It’s not worth the time to make anything of how Julie Bosman‘s New York Times piece is pretty well covering the same territory that USA TODAY did a while back, but she did get some fun quotes relating to the tendency o ...
Book Biz Sloan Harris Promoted at ICM By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2007 - 7:43 AM Sloan Harris Promoted at ICM
Events Scene @ Dating Up Book Party By Neal on Feb. 22, 2007 - 7:28 AM J. Courtney Sullivan hangs out at the doorway to Rouge, in the basement of Paris Commune, chatting with guests at Tuesday night’s party celebrating the publication of her relationship guide, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and F ...
Publishing Selling Proofs Not the Best Idea for Publishing Employees By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2007 - 7:11 AM The Telegraph’s Mark Sanderson reports on HarperCollins UK‘s woes with some of its employees getting Ebay-happy selling proof copies of various novels. The trouble started when it was noticed that proof copies of Conn ...
Book Bix Audiobooks for Rent in the US, too By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2007 - 7:07 AM When I wrote last Tuesday about audiobooksonline and its audiobook rental program, I wondered aloud as to why this idea hadn’t been done before. Turns out it has, as two GalleyCat readers were quick to point out. A couple of ...