Yet More Proof of Oprah’s Bookselling Omnipotence
As if we needed any more reasons to either kiss Oprah’s feet or to kneel in fear of her power… The New York Times reported in yesterday’s business section that Oprah’s bookselling influence affects just about any text she mentions on her show, not just the lucky few selected for her book club. The article,…
continue readingBook Deals In da Club and On the Trail
A couple of interesting book deals recently reported by the fine folks at Publishers Marketplace… First 50 Cent sold a line of “street fiction” that includes both novellas and graphic novels to Louise Burke at Pocket and Jacob Hoye at MTV Books/Pocket. The series, G-Unit Books, will be kicked off in 2007 with a hip…
continue readingInteresting Interview with William T. Vollman
Bookslut has an interesting interview with William T. Vollman, famous for his immersion in the cultures he writes about, and after this piece, soon to be famous for writing screenplays in five or six hours. Good stuff here so be sure to check it out.
continue readingPornified Review Misses One Key Criticism
Megan Rosenfeld’s The Trouble with Smut review in Sunday’s Washington Post examined two recent books about the way pornography and exhibitionism are changing the way men and women interact. The review focused on Pamela Paul’s Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families and Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise…
continue readingKudos to Akashic
There are few things about being an aspiring author that I hate more than when I do everything I’m “supposed to do” and order back copies of a journal, read them cover to cover, examine the submission guidelines, examine the website and online submission guidelines, put together my manuscript properly, send in my SASE, only…
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