Authors Joan Didion Week at The Los Angeles Review of Books By Maryann Yin on Oct. 28, 2011 - 12:25 PM The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) dedicated an entire week of essays to Joan Didion and her new memoir Blue Nights. Six writers shared their thoughts about the new book; one essay was published each day this week. The group ...
Publishing | Reviews Animals & Chameleon Goggles: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Oct. 28, 2011 - 11:23 AM Here are some handpicked titles from our New Books section. Want to include your book? Just read our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post. Don’t forget to include your title’s exact release date and a link. The Animals by ...
Book Biz Occupy Wall Street Book Coming In December By Dianna Dilworth on Oct. 28, 2011 - 10:23 AM Writers have been joining Occupy Wall Street since the movement began in September, so books are soon to follow. OR Books has the first book on the movement slated for a December release called Occupying Wall Street: The Inside St ...
Publishing New Edition of Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book’ Omits Newbery Medal By Maryann Yin on Oct. 28, 2011 - 10:01 AM Neil Gaiman‘s The Graveyard Book has been been reprinted with a new paperback cover. One noticeable difference between the 2008 cover and the new one? The new one does not flash the Newbery Medal the book won in 2009. Accor ...
Bookselling Steve Jobs Watches Over Bookstores By Jason Boog on Oct. 27, 2011 - 5:07 PM Over at Bookshop Santa Cruz, bookseller Kat Bailey has created a Watched by Steve blog tribute to the cover of Steve Jobs‘ biography. As you can see by the photo embedded above, bookstore employees photographed Walter Isacss ...
Authors Sylvia Plath Drawings Displayed at Mayor Gallery By Maryann Yin on Oct. 27, 2011 - 4:18 PM Today would have been Sylvia Plath‘s 79th birthday. In her honor, Flavorpill has posted up sixteen images from the book Sylvia Plath: Her Drawings and Dadamaino: Volumes. With the blessing of Plath’s daughter, Frieda ...
Publishing Kobo To Publish Books By Dianna Dilworth on Oct. 27, 2011 - 3:47 PM Digital book company Kobo is reportedly getting into publishing early next year. Like a traditional publishing house, Kobo will do the book editing, design and marketing, and will sell the books. Sound familiar? Amazon has been pu ...
Bookselling Books-A-Million to Open 41 New Stores in November By Jason Boog on Oct. 27, 2011 - 3:23 PM After closing 21 stores in its third quarter this year, Books-A-Million will open 41 new bookstores next month. We’ve listed all the locations below–will your neighborhood be adding a bookstore? Many of the new stores ...
Bookselling | Videos Snooki’s Simon & Schuster Video Stokes Debate By Jason Boog on Oct. 27, 2011 - 3:07 PM In a new book video, Jersey Shore star Snooki visits Simon & Schuster and delivers tips from Confessions of a Guidette. What do you think? As you can see, the video brings Jersey Shore-style makeup and mayhem to the major publ ...
Adaptation | Authors H&M to Release ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Clothing Line By Dianna Dilworth on Oct. 27, 2011 - 1:03 PM Lisbeth Salander is one inspiring character. The fictional “girl with a dragon tattoo” in Stieg Larsson‘s The Millennium Trilogy has inspired a new fashion line at H&M. The Swedish fashion company has hired T ...