Search Results by tag: publicity

Dying is easy, launching a small press is hard

Editor and author John Warner has a lengthy post on Maud Newton's blog about the non-success of his fledgling publishing enterprise, TOW Books, a humour imprint that was supposed to make him the Judd Apatow ... Read More »

September 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Opinion

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

By Scott MacDonald

In a move that should have people talking at the upcoming London Book Fair, HarperCollins U.S. has announced plans to launch a new-style publishing program. The man in charge is publishing veteran Robert S. Miller, ... Read More »

April 4, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Shocker: Bush lied

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's probably one of the more effective advance publicity efforts in recent memory: former White House press secretary Scott McClellan now says Bush, Cheney, and other high-ranking White House officials knowingly had him lie about ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks – Poe mystery solved, and more

By Leigh Anne Williams

You know that mysterious figure who visited Edgar Allan Poe's grave every year? Nevermore. And it turns out it was all a publicity stunt cooked up by the guy "who led the fight to preserve ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Craig Davidson: still fighting

By Leigh Anne Williams

You might remember a certain boxing match last fall between Craig Davidson, author of The Fighter, and poet Michael Knox. Well, Davidson's book was just published in the U.S., and this week he fought again ... Read More »

July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Great moments in Canadian publishing

By Leigh Anne Williams

A little-known Canadian publisher has made news by announcing that it, ah, might be interested in publishing the confessional O.J. Simpson book that HarperCollins canned last fall. The company in question is the entertainment firm ... Read More »

February 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Raging bull

By Leigh Anne Williams

The most talked-about book launch of the season has apparently left a rather sour taste in the mouth of Craig Davidson. The Penguin Canada author, you'll remember, stepped into the boxing ring early this month, ... Read More »

October 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

By Scott MacDonald

What's the best way to sell a book? Recent events surrounding Mark Tushingham's book, Hotter Than Hell, suggest that a little controversy can't hurt. In Other Media linked last week to coverage of the Harper ... Read More »

April 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian literary fiction: undersold and under-publicized

By Scott MacDonald

The Globe and Mail's books editor, Martin Levin, outlines the predicament surrounding Canadian literary fiction: under-publicized and therefore undersold. The roots of the publicity problem, he claims, are in the ever-decreasing number of Canadian book-talk ... Read More »

September 19, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: publicity

Dying is easy, launching a small press is hard

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

Shocker: Bush lied

Bookmarks – Poe mystery solved, and more

Craig Davidson: still fighting

Great moments in Canadian publishing

Raging bull

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

Canadian literary fiction: undersold and under-publicized

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