Here’s an interesting article from The Book Standard about how books get attention after being published. There’s a good quote in there that we should all probably remind ourselves of from time to time. “When I finally came to peace with my novel-writing obsession was when I came to the conclusion that it is my…
You’ve used this line, or something similar, before: “Honey, it’s not smut, it’s a serious sociological examination.” But this time, it’s true. The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry by Legs McNeil and Jennifer Osbourne really is a look inside our societal fabric as much as it is a peek…
Publishers Weekly reported that “despite receiving 1.5 million advance orders for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Amazon only broke even on the title, the result of deep discounting and shpping incentives.” Many people have wondered why booksellers were discounting the Harry Potter novel at all since clearly readers would pay full price, heck, probably…
Max Barry provides some details on his website about the release date of his new book, Company. The author of Syrup and Jennifer Government says that his new novel will be out January 17, 2006. You can already pre-order it on Amazon so click here. Let’s build up Harry Potter-like pre-orders for all our favorite…