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Thankful for Teamwork this Thanksgiving
It’s been a tough week for publishing, along with the rest of the nation. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, publishers of literary giants such as Philip Roth and J.R. Tolkien, announced that it has put a freeze on acquiring new titles, an extreme move that has sent shock waves through an industry already battling weak sales report […]
Kirshbaum offers cogent advice for publishing in lean times
Legendary publisher turned literary agent Larry Kirshbaum was recently interviewed by the 26th Story, HarperStudio’s publishing blog. I found his take on the state of the book industry a welcome break from the dearth of stories reporting on its imminent demise. I also liked Kirshbaum’s focus on what can be done to better give books […]
Reports of Publishing World’s Death May be Greatly Exaggerated
New York reported last week that the book business isn’t going to get a storybook ending and, in fact, may be in line for an untimely demise. Reporter Boris Kachka’s piece cites stagnant book sales, big name authors playing musical chairs, and Amazon posing as some sort of sales “boogeyman.” Finally, he suggests that publishing […]
Best Selling Christian Books
If books and their ideas are about influence and making a difference, then sales must matter, right?Books like Rick Warren‘s The Purpose Driven Life and Joel Osteen‘s Your Best Life Now are revered in the Christian market. There is a magical quality about them, one that every publisher would like to replicate more often. I […]
Hefty tomes lose their appeal
Like millions of others, I’m headed for the beach next week. My favorite part of the ritual, other than packing a suitcase full of shorts and flip flops, is finding the perfect books to accompany me on the flight and at the water’s edge. This year, my traveling companion is pushing hard for the work […]
Book Blog gig widens at CHC
My new mantra about blogging comes from the phrase Hillary Clinton made so popular — it takes a village. Or, I guess the truth is, in my case it does. After nearly a year of guilt in which I struggled to post twice a month, I’ve decided to take the advice we give our clients […]
Media, media, media
Our authors have been getting some great media coverage recently and we wanted to start sharing it on our blog. We (primarily I, Sara, aka the CHC digital maven) are going to be doing this a couple of times a month, but will post more frequently with big hits come in. Last Friday night Stall […]
Connecting with our community
I’ve been attending BEA, the annual book convention, for more years than I care to admit — I remember when it was the ABA, recall the year it rained through all the outdoor parties in Miami, and even recollect the year that Oprah announced her own book, a deal she famously pulled out of before […]
Kindle boasts success; Reader gets my Nod
Jeff Bezos is welcoming customers to the homepage today of Amazon today with news that the Kindle is back in stock. His cover note (.pdf) on the online seller’s site links not only to the company’s annual letter to shareholders, which is all about the electronic reader, but also boasts of the product’s more than […]
Publishers Do Their Part to Save the Planet
The publishing industry is doing its part to go green with two major publishers now equipping its staff with Sony Readers. New York magazine reported that The Hachette Book Group has distributed the electronic gadgets to its editors and sent out the word to agents that it wanted digital files and not paper submissions. Publisher […]
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