Month: September 2008

Literary Sales Figures and Success

As we’ve discussed in this space before, sales figures are one of the great mysteries of publishing. Unless you have a Neilsen BookScan account, you’re pretty much playing a guessing game about how much this person sold versus that person. Galley Cat points to this post by Moonrat on what, exactly, is a good sales…

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The Quickness of Crisis Books

We often complain about the slow pace of publishing. And while those criticisms are sometimes absolutely valid, it’s amazing at how quick the industry is to jump on a topic. Yesterday, Publishers Weekly had an article on all the financial crisis books snatched up by publishers recently. “Though the situation on Wall Street continues to…

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Wild Boy on Sirius Radio

I was flipping through the various Sirius Satellite Radio channels on Saturday and stumbled upon a special presention about Andy Taylor’s new memoir, Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran. Taylor, the guitar player for Duran Duran, the Power Station, and few solo songs, writes about his childhood, the incredible fame of Duran Duran, the…

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Free Copy of Matrimony Awarded

A lucky reader named Katie from Evansville, Indiana won the free copy of Joshua Henkin’s Matrimony. Thanks to all the great people who entered!

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Conflict, the Passover Question, and Fear of Sentimentality

Today, we wrap up our question-of-the-day from Joshua Henkin, author of the critically acclaimed novel Matrimony. Thanks for Joshua for all this time and great information this week. Slushpile: What is your single-best, most-important, can’t-live-without writing tip you would offer to aspiring authors? Henkin: First of all, I want to thank you, Scott, for having…

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