Book Blogs, Funds, and the Future
Galley Cat raises an interesting question about the future of book marketing and the blogs that publishers are increasingly relying on to spread the word. With newspaper coverage shrinking, publishers are using more and more online outlets to provide detailed, informed discussion of their titles. However, how long can that last given the financial pressures of blogging?…
continue readingArticles into Books into Cable TV
Media Bistro has an interesting article with bestselling author Evan Wright about how he parlayed some Rolling Stone articles into a book deal which ultimately turned into an HBO miniseries. Sorry, but reading the full text of the article requires a paid membership. However, I’ve always found MB’s paid content worth the price of admission. But…
continue readingWhat Took So Long?
I gotta say that I agree with Ron at Galleycat in regards to the timing of New York Times book reviews. He points out that the newspaper just ran Walter Kirn’s critical review of James Frey’s Bright Shining Morning yesterday. “I do believe there’s a good argument to be made for being able to consider a…
continue readingKarp on Publishing Noriega
Well, actually this article is about much more than that. But in “Turning the Page on the Disposable Book,” Jonathan Karp discusses publishing Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. In a paragraph that amounts to both full-disclosure and also public confession, Karp acknowledges participating in some less than literary publishing efforts. “I too have sinned,” Karp writes.…
continue readingNew York Times Goodies
The book critics over at the New York Times have amassed an interesting collection of items authors and publishers sent when trying to get their books reviewed.
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