Search Results by tag: cover design

Author draws her own damn cover

Lionel Shriver, the author of the novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, is apparently publishing a new novel soon -- and she isn't too thrilled with the cover design process. In an arts column ... Read More »

August 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

HarperCollins saves this little piggy from the chopping block

By Cassandra Drudi

In this week's episode of "Meet Your Meat," HarperCollins saves a photogenic porcine pin-up from his fate at the end of an axe. Boonkinja links to an NBC story about HarperCollins' search for a fresh ... Read More »

July 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Books join the Netflix age

By Cassandra Drudi

Bookninja links to a Ledger story about a new service offered by Florida libraries that delivers your books right to your doorstep. All residents of Polk County can take advantage of Polk County Library Collective's ... Read More »

June 29, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Original soccer tell-all to hit shelves

By Cassandra Drudi

Last autumn, Melvyn Bragg, Lord of Wigton (his name makes us titter), presided over the British television series 12 Books That Changed The World, giving shout-outs to Blighty faves like the Magna Carta, the King ... Read More »

May 31, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Beckettmania

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's the 100th anniversary of Samuel Beckett's birth today, and the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating with a website called "Fathoms from Anywhere: A Samuel Beckett Centenary Exhibition." Based on a 1984 non-virtual ... Read More »

April 13, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Women and men and books

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Guardian site has the story of a survey of 500 men on "novels that changed their lives." First, the good news: Fight Club is nowhere to be found on the list, so In Other ... Read More »

April 6, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Trends in YA reading, part one

By Scott MacDonald

The CBC Arts website features a multifaceted look at marketing adult fiction to teen audiences. Although, through high school English classes and extracurricular reading, young adults have long been reading adult books, the inadvertent youth ... Read More »

March 15, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Scout's honour

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the London Book Fair imminent, the Telegraph site has recruited a literary scout, Anne Louise Fisher, to write about what the fair is like for her and her colleagues. "Our greatest fear is that ... Read More »

March 1, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Your name imprint

By Scott MacDonald

Addressing the double-edge of book publishing -- the glut of books published and the need for each book to be distinctive -- Julie Annan recently reported on the Telegraph website that now, more than ever, ... Read More »

February 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

Questioning the relevance of book reviews

By Scott MacDonald

A recently posted piece on TheBookseller.com rekindles an old and widely held contention regarding the effectiveness of reviews in selling books. Granted, the piece has its flaws: it is scattershot and far too brief to ... Read More »

February 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: cover design

Author draws her own damn cover

HarperCollins saves this little piggy from the chopping block

Books join the Netflix age

Original soccer tell-all to hit shelves

Beckettmania

Women and men and books

Trends in YA reading, part one

Scout's honour

Your name imprint

Questioning the relevance of book reviews

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