Trident Media Seals Deal
The folks at Trident Media Group are definitely some of the more accessible, approachable, and generous agents that I’ve come across, so I was pleased to see that Melissa Flashman and Jenny Bent signed a great deal with Houghton Mifflin in a pre-empt recently. How to Be Useful: A Beginner’s Guide to the Meritocracy by…
continue readingGreat Line
I came across a great line in Wayne Koestenbaum???s essay My 80???s: ???The world was doing it???s best to ignore the fact that I was a writer.???
continue readingBoD: A Separate Peace
An oldie-but-goodie… I know, it’s not Joyce, it’s not Pynchon. It’s a kids book and all that. But A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a classic. Plus, it’s hot as hell right now, and A Separate Peace always makes me think of cool fall nights, changing leaves, and clanking radiators as the heat begins…
continue readingImpressive Showing from Cormac
It’s easy to get overlooked in all the Harry hoopla, but an encouraging note is that Cormac McCarthy’s new novel, No Country for Old Men actually has a sales rank of #21 this morning. Officially released tomorrow, McCarthy’s novel is lagging behind 7 different Harry Potter entries, the ubiquitous Da Vinci Code, and a handful…
continue readingHarry Impacts
Now that merchants have had some time to sift through the empty boxes, vacuum the floors from foot traffic, and figure out just what Hurricane Harry did to book sales, the numbers are staggering. The Associated Press is reporting that the New Harry Potter novel sold an astonishing 6.9 million copies in its first 24…
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