Another Year, Another Round of Da Vinci Contenders
As the days of 2005 fade away and we prepare to launch into 2006, CNN features an AP report on what surely will become a New Year’s tradition… picking the next batch of contenders to The Da Vinci Code crown. The article, Next ‘Da Vinci Code’? Plenty of choices, highlights three new novels that are…
continue readingThe Importance of Cover Art
According to a Times Online article, the story you slaved over for years, and then waited two years for it to be published and hit the shelves, has about the same time it takes to sneeze once or twice to make an impression. The article, You Can Tell a Book By Its Cover, points out…
continue readingNY Times Book Review Selection Process
Several of the book blogs recently pointed out the number of New York Times notable books that were written by staffers and even editors of the Grey Lady. For example, Paul McLeary wrote in CJR Daily, that “six of the 61 books on the nonfiction portion of the list were authored by Times staffers, and…
continue readingBlogs and Authors
Pamela Paul, author of Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships and Our Families, wrote an interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times. Entitled What Are the Blogs Saying About Me?, Paul’s article examines the way authors approach blogosphere discussion of their work. Some, like Maureen Dowd, avoid spending too much time looking…
continue readingCapital Punishment for Literary Critics
Philip Roth sat down for a cantankerous interview with with the Guardian and it’s a fascinating piece. In the interview, he explains why he doesn’t smile, how the Jewish-writer tag irritates him, and that he would love “a 100-year moratorium on literature talk, if you shut down all literature departments, close the book reviews, ban…
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