Digital Do We Need Three Million Books a Year? By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 10:23 AM According to Scribd CTO Jared Friedman (pictured), the solution to a healthier publishing industry is simple: increase the amount of books available from 300,000 to 3 million. Over at our sibling blog BayNewser interviewed Friedma ...
People We’d Be Better Off If Oprah Quit Last Friday By Neal on Nov. 23, 2009 - 9:00 AM It wasn’t long after talk show host Oprah Winfrey‘s announcement of her intention to retire in 2011 that publishing insiders began referring to her departure as “a blow” to the industry, one from which it w ...
Publishing Harlequin Dips Toe in Self-Publishing Waters (or Shoots Itself in the Foot) By Neal on Nov. 23, 2009 - 8:00 AM Last week, Harlequin announced the launch of Harlequin Horizons, a new division billed as “[an] opportunity for women’s fiction writers and romance authors to publish their books and achieve their dreams,” provid ...
People How to Rule the World from Your Couch by Laura Day By Jeff Rivera on Nov. 23, 2009 - 7:30 AM Today’s Featured Book of the Day is How to rule the World from Your Couch by Laura Day who, among others, has worked with movie star Brad Pitt. As a Healer,Day gives valuable lessons on how you can achieve all you want and m ...
Adaptation “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Adaptation Breaks Box Office Records By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 12:23 AM The cinematic adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has already shattered two opening weekend records, as the vampire books struck multiplex gold once again. UPDATE: Gawker reports that th ...
Resources GalleyCatnip: Edwidge Danticat Will Miss the Oprah Winfrey Show By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2009 - 6:23 PM For your weekend reading pleasure, here some publishing news briefs… Oprah Winfrey announced today that she will end her popular show in 2011, closing the televised side of the most influential book club in America. Author E ...
Bookselling Book Stock Watch: Barnes & Noble Sells Out Nook for Holidays By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2009 - 5:23 PM Today the NY Times reported a digital reading milestone for one bookseller’s upcoming device: “Barnes & Noble says customers ordering a Nook will receive their devices the week of Jan. 4. So that stockings are not ...
Digital Be Not E-fraid By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2009 - 4:23 PM In his National Book Awards acceptance speech this week, biographer T. J. Stiles thanked everyone in a book’s traditional production chain, from the agent to the bookstore clerk. Stiles concluded with an note of apprehension ...
Book Biz Regretsy Scores Latest Blog-to-Book Deal By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2009 - 2:23 PM Comic author and radio personality April Winchell is the latest author to turn a blog into a book deal. She just sold “Regretsy,” a title based on the her blog that highlights the oddest creations on Internet craft sit ...
Digital How Swine Flu and eBooks Changed Medical Publishing By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2009 - 1:23 PM Little, Brown has just released an eBook-only update of the print title, “The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child”–an instantaneous publishing response to public concerns about H1N1 flu (or Swi ...