Book Biz Lit Agent, Paige Wheeler: Think Strategically By Jeff Rivera on Mar. 25, 2010 - 7:19 PM In our interview today with literary agent, Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management she shares with us why she says certain negotiations over certain rights with publishers have become even more intense, why she’s looking ...
Bookselling President Barack Obama Celebrates Bookstore in Healthcare Speech By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 5:23 PM Today President Barack Obama spoke at a health care rally in Iowa City, Iowa– mixing some bookseller love with his political message. Over the course of his speech, the President singled out Prairie Lights Bookstore (picture ...
Reviews Twitter Book Club Seeks “A Zillion” Readers By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 4:23 PM Recently Crowdsourcing author Jeff Howe decided to create the largest book club possible on Twitter–a place where “a zillion” Twitter users could read the same book at once. Today, he asked GalleyCat Reviews read ...
Book Biz Gossip Girl Producer Lands Book Deal for YA Trilogy By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 4:23 PM Taking a break from his role as executive producer on television’s Gossip Girl, writer John Stephens has sold his middle-grade fantasy trilogy to Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. The trilogy “charts the tale of ...
Authors Todd Bridges — Diff’rent Strokes By Jeff Rivera on Mar. 25, 2010 - 4:14 PM PRESS “PLAY” TO LISTEN Actor, Todd Bridges is best known for the 80’s mantra said by his co-star Gary Coleman, “Whatchu talkin’ about Willis” from the mega-successful television show, Diff’ ...
Book Biz Real Housewives of New York City Book Cover Shoot By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 3:23 PM Two Jersey Shore castmates landed a book deal yesterday and we joked: In this celebrity-obsessed publishing environment, could reality TV shows replace creative writing MFA programs? Then, we uncovered the sobering video clip embe ...
Bookselling What Will Bookstores Look Like in 10 Years? By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 2:23 PM What will the bookstore look like in 10 years? In 1999, one writer came up with a vision that is close to our print-on-demand fantasies. In Robert J. Sawyer’s science fiction novel, FlashForward, everyone on earth received a ...
Awards RWA Announces Finalists for the 2010 RITA & Golden Heart Awards By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 12:23 PM Today the Romance Writers of America (RWA) announced the finalists for both the 2010 RITA Awards and the 2010 Golden Heart Awards. The RITA nominees were drawn from romance fiction published in 2009, selected from more than 1,000 ...
Book Biz Why Novelist Carrie Vaughn Left Her Publisher By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 10:23 AM Earlier this week, novelist Carrie Vaughn (the author who published seven novels in the Kitty Norville Series with Grand Central) wrote a thoughtful essay about why she chose not to extend her publishing contract Grand Central. Ac ...
Publishing Publishing Executive Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Has Died By Jason Boog on Mar. 25, 2010 - 9:23 AM Harold W. McGraw, Jr., chairman emeritus and former CEO of the McGraw-Hill Companies, has passed away at 92-years-old. McGraw began his career at his grandfather’s company as a sales rep. During his tenure at the helm of the ...