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Giving Credit where it is Due
I learned much at the hands of my former boss, Lynn Goldberg, a legendary woman in publishing who was far more than a boss to me – she was part mother/part mentor/part friend. A key lesson she imparted during the decade I spent working for her was the gracious way to give credit where it […]
800-CEO-READ 2009 Business Book Awards
Today 800-CEO-READ announced the winners of their 2009 Business Book Awards, which highlights its top business book of the year along with winners and nominees in a number of categories including Leadership, Current Interest and Finance & Economics. TOO BIG TO FAIL by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking) won Business Book of the Year and we’re […]
Book success even sweeter in tough times
The publishing and media worlds have had a tough year. With magazines folding, newspapers dying or going digital and staff cuts plaguing nearly every industry, it feels there has been little to celebrate. But while we watch our industry undergoing what is clearly a game-changing shift pushed by technological and digital innovation, watching an old […]
The Reshaped Face of Publishing
A “Shouts & Murmurs” piece in The New Yorker this week has me torn about an appropriate response to the recent upheavals in the publishing world. Have you read it? Does it make you want to laugh or cry? It’s hard not to laugh at Ellis Weiner‘s tongue-in-cheek portrayal of some poor “intern to replace […]
Publishing World Pulses with News
Feels to me like the publishing industry, like businesses everywhere, is looking for new ways to stay vital and grow in the economic downturn. Of note this week: *A month after shutting an entire division, on Thursday HarperCollins rolled out a new imprint. It Books will publish 21 hardcover and paperback titles this year. The […]
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 […]
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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