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Thoughts on books, publicity, and the media from our Cave Henricks staff.
Who’s Covering Business Books and How?

Who’s Covering Business Books and How?

As publicists who work predominantly on business books, a great deal of our time is spent researching who covers these books and how. And one big trend we’ve noticed in recent years is a decline in reviews and an increase in requests for original content. It’s not hard to see why, as often as we […]

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Media interview series: Five Questions with Lydia Dishman, contributor to Fast Company & Forbes

Media interview series: Five Questions with Lydia Dishman, contributor to Fast Company & Forbes

Lydia Dishman is a business journalist who covers a lot of ground with a lot of publications. Some of her most often covered topics include leadership, innovation, and retail, for publications such as Fast Company, Forbes, and The New York Times. At Cave Henricks Communications, we work with Lydia to provide her expert sources with […]

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Five Questions with Ted Kinni, senior editor at strategy+business

Five Questions with Ted Kinni, senior editor at strategy+business

To continue our “Five Questions with…” series, this week we spoke with Ted Kinni, senior editor for books at strategy+business. Ted reviews an array of business books for s+b, but he particularly enjoys books that emphasize the human endeavor side of business.  But not only does Ted write articles and book reviews, he has written, […]

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Five Questions with Gwen Moran, contributor to Entrepreneur & FastCompany.com

Five Questions with Gwen Moran, contributor to Entrepreneur & FastCompany.com

This week we continue our “Five Questions with…” series by speaking with Gwen Moran, award-winning small business expert and writer who contributes to Entrepreneur, FastCompany.com, LifeReimagined.org, and many others. She’s also the founder of Biziversity, which publishes insights about business, money, and life. In her writing, Gwen covers the topics of entrepreneurship, leadership, management, and […]

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What I've learned my first year on the job

What I’ve learned my first year on the job

This fall marked my one year anniversary with Cave Henricks Communications, as well as my first year as a publicist. But before I began pitching books to the media, I was on the receiving end of the pitches. I worked at local newspapers and magazines, writing blurbs, fact checking, and sorting through press releases. In […]

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Books of Pinterest

Books of Pinterest

The day I felt the boom of Pinterest was the day my inbox overflowed with repin notifications on an hourly basis. It didn’t take long to realize I’d need to change my notification settings. For me, Pinterest started out as a way to plan my unrealistic dream wedding and design the ideal Montana vacation home. […]

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Reader resources on the web

Reader resources on the web

Don’t know what to read next? Uninspired to pick up a book? The Internet is bursting with solutions, and below you’ll find some of my favorite online resources that will (re)connect you with the online literary community and a book to suit your needs. BookDrum BookDrum serves as a multimedia companion for books that offers […]

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Keeping Books Alive: An Interview with an Independent Bookseller

Keeping Books Alive: An Interview with an Independent Bookseller

Sheri Tornatore, co-owner of South Congress Books in Austin, has been buying and selling used and rare books for almost 20 years. Sheri has owned and continues to operate an online book business (yes, even on Amazon) since 2005, and has a work history that ranges from onion farming to lamp shade sales. Although she’s […]

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Returning to the Library

Returning to the Library

As someone who claims to have an infinite appreciation for books, this is hard for me to admit, but until last week, I had not stepped foot inside a library in almost four years. In my defense, my last memories in a library involved caffeine headaches, late night study sessions, and literary analysis hangovers. But […]

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Banned Books Week

It’s Banned Books Week, a terrific time to appreciate our freedom to both read and write what we choose. There was a time when booksellers feared for their livelihood at the site of law enforcement and Upton Sinclair took to selling a fig-leaf edition of Oil! on the streets of Boston.  Bookleggers smuggled Ulysses and […]

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