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The Biggest Show of all for Book Lovers

May 22, 2011 | Barbara Henricks

That headline could easily be disputed – even among book lovers. But after twenty years of walking the floors, manning booths, attending panels and hitting the after parties with my publishing colleagues, I cop to still being ready to pack a bag and head to where the action is come the end of May. BookExpo […]

The Way We’re Reading

March 7, 2011 | Barbara Henricks

The recent demise of Borders, the record Christmas sales of ereaders, and the introduction of iPad 2, have morphed the way we all read. From preschoolers some of whom call Apple’s ereader a “mypad” to corporate executives, the way we consume information has changed forever. Below is an informal sample from our circle of friends, avid […]

Five Quick Questions with Publishing’s Top Leaders: Susan Williams, Executive Editor, Jossey-Bass

February 18, 2011 | Barbara Henricks

In our weekly blog, we’ve been checking in with industry leaders from all facets of the business – editorial to marketing to sales, to find out how the shift to digital platforms, the weakened economy, and the diminishing number of brick and mortar stores is affecting how they do their jobs. This week, we spoke […]

Changing Minds

February 16, 2011 | Dennis Welch

It has been said that everyone has at least one book that they are destined to write. I’m not sure I believe that exactly, but I hear an awful lot of people talk about the book they plan to write someday. In practice most people never get to the really hard part of that process-the […]

Five Quick Questions With Publishing’s Top Leaders: Gloria McDonough-Taub

February 5, 2011 | Dennis Welch

Gloria McDonough-Taub is Editor of Blogs at CNBC.com and the author of the CNBC.com blog, Bullish On Books. She reviews the (numerous) books that come in to CNBC and works with the shows to decide which author has a good enough story to be featured on the website or on air. Gloria is at the […]

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December 13, 2010 | Barbara Henricks

I will resist the urge to say that it’s never been tougher to get attention in the media, although it is true, as media fractures, merges and, to some extent, dwindles. In reality, though, it’s always been tough. I was a journalist 20 years ago, and when in the producing studios chasing news, we were […]

800-CEO-REcap

December 8, 2010 | Rusty Shelton

Barbara, Dennis and I spent the week trading ideas with some of business book publishing’s brightest stars in Milwaukee at the 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow. We watched Sally Hogshead convince Jack Covert to take a shot of Jagermeister before noon, played Personality Poker and were reminded of how wonderful Austin, TX is in the winter […]

Five Quick Questions With Publishing’s Top Leaders: Ben Loehnen

November 17, 2010 | Barbara Henricks

Ben Loehnen, Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint, has worked on a number of successful business titles, including Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath, The Myth of the Rational Market by Justin Fox and What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis. We asked him about the working relationship between author and […]

Working with Your Editor

November 15, 2010 | Barbara Henricks

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to hear Larry Kirshbaum, formerly the Publisher of Warner Books and now an agent, discuss the process of publishing. The entire crowd of authors in attendance noticeably moved forward in their chairs when he boldly urged everyone to “become the CEO of your own book.” His reasoning […]

What Makes a Great Business Book?

November 10, 2010 | Kaila Nickel

Fall is typically a hectic time for those of us in the publishing world. This year is certainly no exception. We’ve attended book festivals, gone through our acquisitions process for our spring 2011 books, finished our work on our summer books, begun work on our fall titles, and all while balancing personal and professional time […]

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