Publishing University Press Try Out New Models By Carmen on Jul. 31, 2007 - 7:25 AM University Press Try Out New Models
Authors Finally, We Get to Run a Blind Item By Neal on Jul. 31, 2007 - 6:39 AM Someone forwarded us an email that’s apparently been making the rounds lately, in which a prize-winning author notifies some of the grad students in his creative writing program that his lovely wife, also a writer, has left ...
Publishing South African Publishing Merger Questioned By Carmen on Jul. 31, 2007 - 6:19 AM South African Publishing Merger Questioned
Revolving Door Hodgman Hops from Holt to Houghton By Neal on Jul. 30, 2007 - 11:57 AM In the first sign of Houghton Mifflin‘s plans after buying Harcourt earlier this month, the company announced that it had hired Henry Holt executive editor George Hodgman as the vice-president and senior executive editor of ...
Publishing A Contracts Manager Tells All By Carmen on Jul. 30, 2007 - 10:30 AM A Contracts Manager Tells All
Reviews Birkerts Pans Blogs (Shocked, I Tell You!) By Neal on Jul. 30, 2007 - 9:05 AM In the mid-1990s, Sven Birkerts made a name for himself by suggesting that, as I once glibly summarized his position, the Internet would destroy the art of reading and kill books dead. So it’s no surprise to see him in yeste ...
Publishing Nan Talese Slams Oprah, Stands by Frey By Neal on Jul. 30, 2007 - 9:02 AM The Texas Pages blog, an online venture from the Dallas Morning News, ran a genuine scoop Sunday evening, previewing an item from the Monday morning paper about the impromptu remarks famed Doubleday editor Nan A. Talese (left) mad ...
Adaptation A Sneak Peek at 2008’s Iron Man (DENIED!) By Neal on Jul. 30, 2007 - 9:01 AM I promise not to go overboard with the San Diego Comic-Con news, especially since I wasn’t there to witness it all firsthand this year, but I couldn’t resist sharing a pirated video of a trailer for Iron Man prepared e ...
Funny Equal Opportunity: GalleyCat’s Canine Corps By Neal on Jul. 30, 2007 - 8:45 AM When former Harcourt publicity director Jennifer Gilmore left her day job earlier this year to focus on writing her second novel, she says, her springer spaniel, Maddie was “thrilled” to have her around the house all d ...