Book Biz Karl Rove Chooses Threshold Over Free Press By Neal on Dec. 26, 2007 - 7:56 AM This is probably old news to most readers by now, seeing as it happened Friday afternoon, but Leon Neyfakh of the Observer followed through on his earlier reporting on Karl Rove‘s book deal negotiations by posting an item ab ...
Funny One More LOLcat & Then We’re Out of Here By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 10:00 AM That’s it for me until Boxing Day. Have a great long holiday weekend and, to all you authors and publishing industry professionals out there, don’t forget to send in your own cat and dog photos if you haven’t alr ...
Publishing Let’s Review the History of Publishing’s Decline By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 9:36 AM Mercury House publisher Tom Christensen started what looks like it might turn into a useful series of short essays on the state of independent publishing on his Right Reading blog yesterday. Actually, this entry is all set up, bas ...
Authors USA Today Dubs Sherman Alexie One of 2007’s Biggest Authors By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 9:23 AM I have a hunch that when the top twenty names on USA Today pop culture blogger Whitney Matheson‘s “Hot 100” list for 2007 come out later today, J. K. Rowling is going to be somewhere close to #1, but for now, the ...
Adaptation Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 9:02 AM I still haven’t entirely gotten over my disappointment that Tim Burton cut the lyrics from the “Ballad of Sweeney Todd” opening, but other than that I’m pretty much sold on his adaptation of the Stephen Son ...
Book Biz Nesbit: Publishers May Transform Into Distributors By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 8:56 AM If the Portfolio interview with Andrew Wylie earlier this week held your attention, you’ll also want to check out Lynn Nesbit telling all to Poets & Writers. The online version of the interview is even longer than the on ...
Funny The Cutest Video GalleyCat‘s Ever Blogged By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 8:53 AM It’s got books. It’s got a cat. As far as I’m concerned, totally on-topic. Just on the off chance that you didn’t already see this on Cute Overload yesterday afternoon.
Book Biz One More Publishing Staffer With a Band and a Book Deal, And We’ve Got an Official Trend By Neal on Dec. 21, 2007 - 8:04 AM Just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s brief post about Chip Kidd‘s band making the scene: mediabistro.com’s design blog, UnBeige, has more, better photos from the gig as well as an assessment of Artbreak‘s ...
Events Scene @ Dutton-Gotham Holiday Bakeoff By Neal on Dec. 20, 2007 - 1:07 PM “There’s one dish where I like the taste and the presentation,” said a publicist sitting at a conference table on the second floor of the Penguin Group offices, “but there’s another where I like the t ...
Comic Books Comic Book Club Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary By Neal on Dec. 20, 2007 - 12:20 PM Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker For the first anniversary of the Comic Book Club, a weekly interview show at the People’s Improv Theater, co-hosts Pete LePage, Justin Tyler & Alex Zalben brought out the ...