Events Scene @ mediabistro.com’s Chick Lit Celebration By Neal on Jun. 26, 2008 - 9:00 AM mediabistro.com threw a party Tuesday night for Brenda Janowitz (left) and her second novel, Jack With a Twist, and fellow author Lynda Curnyn was one of what seemed like at least 100 people packed into Katra for the occasion. Cur ...
Revolving Door Promotions at Grand Central and Beaufort Books By Neal on Jun. 26, 2008 - 8:01 AM Grand Central Publishing executive editor Rick Wolff has been given a new job as publisher and editor-in-chief of the Business Plus imprint, while retaining his current position within GCP along with its attendant responsibilities ...
Publishing Want Media Attention? What Can You Give Back? By Neal on Jun. 26, 2008 - 8:00 AM So my panel at the Writers League of Texas conference in Austin last weekend went really well—one of the most fun moments came early on, when Dallas Morning News book review editor Michael Merschel plopped that plastic USPS ...
Sponsored Content Can E-Book Giveaways Give Series Writers More Audience? By Neal on Jun. 26, 2008 - 8:00 AM Remember the online Julia Spencer-Fleming giveaway two weeks ago? St. Martin’s was providing new subscribers to its mystery newsletter with PDF downloads of the first two novels in Spencer-Fleming’s series on the eve o ...
Book Biz UnBeige: Chronicle’s Design Fellows Speak Out By Neal on Jun. 26, 2008 - 7:01 AM Steve Delahoyde of mediabistro.com’s design blog, UnBeige, checks in on this year’s Chronicle Books design fellows and how they spent their time with the company, as reported on the publisher’s blog. Be sure to c ...
Authors VanderMeer Likes the Ladies By Ethan on Jun. 25, 2008 - 2:47 PM Jeff VanderMeer, who was recently named Assistant Director of Wofford College’s Shared Worlds Creative Writing Program writes on his Ecstatic Days blog “most of the short fiction I’ve read recently that I’v ...
Digital New Lit Blog By Ethan on Jun. 25, 2008 - 10:22 AM Abbeville Press, an NYC independent publisher of art and illustrated books, has a cool blog they launched back in February: The Abbeville Manual of Style. I like that although this is a company blog, it has no qualms with promotin ...
Digital Random Blips from the World of Online Promotion By Neal on Jun. 25, 2008 - 10:00 AM ⇒You’ve seen me complain about book trailers that string a bunch of photographs and captions together—but I’ve also explained how that format can be successful if you apply a consistent visual aesthetic tow ...
Book Biz Thirty-Some Years Later, E-Book Blogger Sells His Novel By Neal on Jun. 25, 2008 - 10:00 AM If you’re looking for the most up-to-date developments in the e-book sector, even I’d tell you that the blog you want to be reading is TeleRead. Now the site’s coordinator, David Rothman, reports that he’s ...
Book Biz Getting to the Bottom of the Black/Sedaris Feud By Ethan on Jun. 25, 2008 - 9:15 AM When Michael Ian Black, author of My Custom Van, announced his feud with David Sedaris, I wanted to get to the bottom of things and asked him for the reasons behind it. Here’s what he had to say: David Sedaris has spent the ...