Authors Canada’s Literary Doctor Ready for US Debut By Neal on Aug. 28, 2007 - 1:03 PM “My mother thought I should be a schoolteacher,” Vincent Lam laughs, recalling the moment when he told his parents he wanted to go to medical school. Lam’s first passion was for writing, you see, and his mother t ...
Book Biz Newsroom Assistant Lands Sunday Feature, Book Deal By Neal on Aug. 28, 2007 - 12:43 PM Earlier this year, NY Times news assistant Jennifer Mascia was browsing through the online archives of the paper’s “Modern Love” column when she realized she had her own story to tell. “It just poured out o ...
Publishing How Tana French Hit the Bestseller List 3 Months Later Than Expected By Carmen on Aug. 28, 2007 - 9:29 AM How Tana French Hit the Bestseller List 3 Months Later Than Expected
Book Biz Star Reporter Catches No Breaks at B&N By Neal on Aug. 28, 2007 - 8:48 AM CNBC financial correspondent Erin Burnett gave a surprise indirect boost to French president Nicholas Sarkozy‘s Testimony on MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday, passing along an endorsement from former New York City mayor R ...
Authors Cabbing Down NYC’s Mean Streets By Carmen on Aug. 28, 2007 - 8:25 AM Cabbing Down NYC's Mean Streets
Reviews NBCC Plans Long Weekend of Self-Reflection By Neal on Aug. 28, 2007 - 8:20 AM With its usual inflationary rhetoric, the National Book Critics Circle blog is touting four panel discussions over a Thursday-Sunday cycle as “a week-long symposium” on the fate of literary criticism in the 21st centur ...
Publishing Random House Donates $1M to First Book By Carmen on Aug. 28, 2007 - 7:01 AM Random House Donates $1M to First Book
Publishing Sameday Acquisition of Countrybooks Collapses By Carmen on Aug. 28, 2007 - 6:41 AM Sameday Acquisition of Countrybooks Collapses
Revolving Door Waterstone’s Founder Named University Chancellor By Carmen on Aug. 28, 2007 - 6:23 AM Waterstone's Founder Named University Chancellor
Publishing Quarto Makes US Buy, Gets Hit By Returns By Carmen on Aug. 28, 2007 - 6:07 AM Quarto Makes US Buy, Gets Hit By Returns