Book Biz Rob Weisbach Hasn’t Become an Agent: Observer By Neal on Jul. 28, 2008 - 9:00 AM Friday morning, we told you about the book deal Rob Weisbach set up between Ecco and author Norman Ollestad. Later on in the day, Leon Neyfakh, the NY Observer publishing reporter, got Weisbach on the phone to ask if this meant th ...
Events Scene @ Shan Sa’s New York Exhibition By Neal on Jul. 28, 2008 - 8:02 AM Last Thursday night, French artist Shan Sa was at the Marlborough Gallery for the New York premiere of her latest exhbition, “Time in West, Light in East“—which doubled as the book party for the English-language ...
Awards Alan Dean Foster, Media Tie-In Grandmaster By Neal on Jul. 28, 2008 - 8:00 AM In one of the many pop culture celebrations taking place at the San Diego Comic-Con festivities this last weekend, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers held their annual awards ceremony, and in addition to the pri ...
Sponsored Content Want to Find New Readers? Try Changing Your Tune By Neal on Jul. 28, 2008 - 7:04 AM To get readers interested in her upcoming novel, Vacation, Deb Olin Unferth recruited animator Scott Bateman and actor/comedian Maria Bamford. As a fun exercise, compare this movie-trailer-style rendition of the book’s plot ...
Trends NY Times Uncovers Debate Over Online Literacy By Neal on Jul. 28, 2008 - 7:00 AM I had just started reading Motoko Rich‘s Sunday NY Times feature on the debate over whether the Internet is eroding our literary rates when GalleyCat correspondent Amanda ReCupido emailed me with her own take: “Yes, in ...
Publishing The Blame Game By Ethan on Jul. 25, 2008 - 2:29 PM When a book doesn’t sell, who is really to blame? An anonymous writer says: I work as an editor at a major house and I saw the posting about the Madonna book and its sales. At our house we have a policy called, Don’t A ...
Comic Books UnBeige: Comic Book Visionary Gets Art Book Retrospective By Neal on Jul. 25, 2008 - 1:34 PM At UnBeige, mediabistro.com’s design blog, Stephanie Murg takes a look at a Fantagraphics tribute to Steve Ditko, the co-creator of legendary Marvel Comics characters like Dr. Strange and Spider-Man who is perhaps best known ...
Authors Will Bugliosi Help Impeach Bush? By Ethan on Jul. 25, 2008 - 1:24 PM Vincent Bugliosi, author of the bestselling book The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder (Vanguard Press)is appearing today before the House Committee on the Judiciary’s Hearing – “The Imperial Presidency of ...
Digital | Publishing YA Author Sets Her Characters a’Twittering By Neal on Jul. 25, 2008 - 12:25 PM Recently, I’ve posted about Twitter can be a tool for publishers to communicate with readers and a platform for early bookbuzz. Here’s another possibilty: creating potential story hooks for readers. Jennifer Banash (ri ...
Comic Books FishbowlLA Has Your Comic-Con Coverage By Neal on Jul. 25, 2008 - 12:05 PM Tina Dupuy of mediabistro.com’s FishbowlLA may have spent six hours on the San Diego Freeway yesterday afternoon, but she did finally make it to the city for the annual Comic-Con International. So far, she hasn’t seen ...