Events Scene @ Shelf Discovery Debut Party By Neal on Jul. 27, 2009 - 9:00 AM When the feminist pop culture blog Jezebel launched, it brought a bit of synergy into Lizzie Skurnick‘s life—a high-profile outlet where she could act upon her desire to write about the novels that had had significant ...
Digital European Futurists Dream Up E-Book Applications By Neal on Jul. 27, 2009 - 8:00 AM After last Thursday morning’s post about the possible bookstore of tomorrow, a reader alerted us to recent posts at if:book, the blog of the Institute for the Future of the Book, about where book technology may be headed. As ...
People The Land of Silent Morning by Kathleen K. Washington By Jeff Rivera on Jul. 27, 2009 - 7:30 AM Author, Kathleen K. Washington has written my Book of Color Pick of the Day: The Land of Silent Morning (Aquarius Press). It sheds light through a true story about a twelve-year-old girl growing up near the Korean Demilitarized Zo ...
Bookselling Book Stock Watch: Amazon Dips By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 5:23 PM Amazon.com, Inc.’s stock dipped today, following a second quarter earnings report released yesterday. As MSN Money reports: “investors haven’t been pleased with the report, sending shares of AMZN down nearly 7% i ...
Authors Novelist E. Lynn Harris Has Died By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 3:23 PM Essence reports that Michigan-born novelist E. Lynn Harris has died, leaving behind eleven novels about the African American gay community. Before his writing career, Harris studied at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville wh ...
Book Biz Apple Tablet May Arrive in Early 2010 By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 1:23 PM In a breathless report, Apple Insider speculates that Apple will release a 10-inch Apple tablet-device in early 2010, a super-sized iPod Touch-like device that could be the fabled “Kindle-killer.” That larger screen co ...
Book Biz Hudson Street Press’ Shopping Spree By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 12:23 PM Bucking the publishing recession, Hudson Street Press’ new editor-in-chief bought four books in a single week. Last week, Hudson Street EIC Caroline Sutton bought four non-fiction titles: “Achieve,” a book about ...
Revolving Door The Post-Restructuring Shuffle By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 11:23 AM This week the publishing industry saw some serious post-restructuring shuffling as literary types leapfrogged from Henry Holt to Germany’s Suhrkamp Verlag, Penguin Press to Broadway Books, and HarperCollins to Houghton Miffl ...
Authors Author Appeals J.D. Salinger’s Legal Victory By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 10:23 AM In a 58-page brief, author Fredrik Colting and his legal team disputed that his follow-up to J.D. Salinger’s most famous novel was not a sequel, but “a critical examination.” In the new filing, the legal team ask ...
Bookselling Jeff Bezos Apologizes for Kindle Mistake By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2009 - 9:03 AM A few days after a public outcry over Amazon.com, Inc.’s digital book policies, CEO Jeff Bezos personally apologized for the mistake. Over the weekend, Amazon.com, Inc. incurred the wrath of Kindle users when they remotely d ...