Speaking of Harry Potter Pre-Orders
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…
continue readingRelease Date for New Max Barry Announced
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…
continue readingBad Writing Honored
I was never much of one for auto shop in high school, so I would have never thought to compare a woman’s anatomy to a carburetor, but that’s exactly what gearhead Dan McKay in Fargo, North Dakota did to win San Jose State University’s annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. A CNN article states “‘As he stared…
continue readingHope for the Slush Pile Afterall
There is an interesting article The Daily Telegraph that I learned about via the excellent MobyLives website. It seems that some major British publishers are returning to the slush pile with renewed interest. “Publishers are increasingly alert to sources of undiscovered gems that in the past might have slipped through the net,” the article states.…
continue readingNew York Times — Kentucky Bureau
Well, sort of. The New York Times is moving into the bookstore business and their first retail store opening not in Manhattan, not in Los Angeles, not in Chicago, and not in DC, but rather Lexington, Kentucky. My home sweet home. In October, the newspaper will open the doors to a 1,738 square-foot retail store…
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