Publishing Douglas Rushkoff on Publishing Conglomeration By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 4:23 PM “Several big conglomerates seem to be gobbling up major American publishers. Should we be concerned?” Today MobyLives resurrected this 1987 NY Times article about the shifting world of publishing. More than 20 years la ...
Publishing Brett Ratner Publishes Three Books By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 3:23 PM This week producer and director Brett Ratner took a stab at publishing, releasing three books with his new company, Rat Press. The action buff director of “Rush Hour 3” published titles about actor Marlon Brando, produ ...
Bookselling Countryman Press Puts Book Catalog on Twitter By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 2:23 PM Countryman Press has managed to find a new use for Twitter, putting their entire fall catalog on the microblogging site in 140-word posts–weeks before the old-fashioned catalog is released. Literary types are obsessed with T ...
Book Biz Artist R. Crumb Completes Biblical Project By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 12:23 PM After years of speculation, R. Crumb has finished his “Genesis project.” According to his official website, the graphic novel is 201 pages and scheduled for release this fall. Here’s Crumb describing the project ...
Book Biz AvantGuild: Hast Thou Pitched the Jabberwock? By Neal on Mar. 26, 2009 - 11:00 AM Eddie Schneider (left) and Joshua Bilmes are the stars of this week’s installment of mediabistro.com’s “Pitching an Agent” series, and though they claim JABberwocky is the #1 agency for fantasy and science- ...
Revolving Door Cambridge University Press May Avoid Some Layoffs By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 10:23 AM Following union discussions, Cambridge University Press may be able to save as many as one-half of the 119 jobs the company said they would cut. The company has held talks with the union Unite, planning ways to reassign laid-off w ...
Adaptation Where the Wild Things Are Trailer Debuts By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 9:23 AM If you are having trouble getting started this cloudy morning, then this trailer for Spike Jonze’s new film, “Where the Wild Things Are,” will undoubtedly help. Embedded copies are hard to find, but you can watch ...
Bookselling How to Crack the Amazon Bestseller List for $359-an-Hour By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2009 - 8:33 AM Author Ramit Sethi sent his book “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” rocketing up the Amazon bestseller list on Monday, propelled by Workman Publishing’s unique plan–giving away a Kindle each hour. Beginning at 8 ...
People Featured Book of Color By Jeff Rivera on Mar. 26, 2009 - 7:30 AM It’s so nice to see that publishers are starting to put out books for people of color that are not only urban-esque. In Angela Benson’s Up Pops the Devil (Avon) she sucks the reader into a story entangled with drama, d ...
Publishing Salman Rushdie Launches PEN World Voices Festival By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2009 - 4:23 PM Global literati dined on Rioja and tapas in the sunny patio of the Instituto Cervantes this afternoon, celebrating the launch of the PEN World Voices Festival. In this GalleyCat video, festival chair Salman Rushdie at once praised ...