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The (Un)Romantic Path of Literary Fiction: Alfred A. Knopf (Part II)

Rex Pickett | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Sideways, Alfred A. Knopf, Getting Published, Literary Agent, Random House, Writer's Block, Manuscript, Books News

I had never experienced "writer's block" in my entire life. If an idea -- screenplay or novel -- wasn't working, I just abandoned it and started on something else.

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Libraries Urge Major Publisher To Reconsider eBook Decision

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Ala, Libraries Random House, Libraries in Crisis, Libraries, Random House, Random House Pricing Decision, Ebooks, American Library Association, Books News

NEW YORK — The American Library Association is urging Random House Inc. to reconsider its steep increases in the price of e-books for library wh...

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How to Find (and Lose) a Book Title

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Amy Hatvany, Carla Buckley, Titles, Book Titles, Robin Black, Rachel Gardner, Alyson Richmond Gordon, Allie Larkin, Books, Random House, Simon and Schuster, Choosing Book Titles, Titling Your Book, Books News

For the effort most authors put into titling their book, you'd think they'd get to see it splashed across the cover -- but an overwhelming amount of us are told by our editors, "Love the book, hate the title. Find another one."

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Did I Just Hammer a Nail Into My Bookstore's Coffin?

Holly Robinson | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Social Media, Book Publicity, In Leah's Wake, Terri Giuliano Long, Breast Cancer, Eat Pray Love, Books, Writing, Independent Bookstores, Self-Publishing, Sleeping Tigers, Random House, Editors, Amazon, Createspace, Books News

Who am I to think that my novel is good enough to be published? Am I now as pathetic as those street poets I used to see in Berkeley, peddling their sappy, mistake-laden chapbooks for a dollar a copy? And how the hell does a writer act as her own publicist?

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Happy 50th Birthday, Phantom Tollbooth!

Monica Edinger | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Book Publishing, The Phantom Tollbooth, Children's Books, Madeleine L'Engle, Norton Juster, Random House, Jules Feiffer, Books News

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Lunch Lady Guy to Do Virtual Storytime to Launch New Book

Rocco Staino | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Librarians, Children's Books, Books, Jarrett-J-Krosoczka, Random House, Lunch Lady, Ollie, Storytime, Books News

To celebrate the launch of his new book, Jarrett J. Krosoczka is going to read his story, but the storytime will be viral. Each hour on the hour from 9 am to 5pm on Tuesday, October 11th, the author will read his new book to all who are logged onto his Ustream channel.

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Readers Answer: Who's Your Favorite Female Author?

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Authors, Edith Wharton, Women, Female Authors, Women in Literature, Books We Love, Random House, Women's Day, Reading, Women Authors, Books News

Happy Women's Day! In honor of the special day, Random House asked on Twitter:" Who is your favorite female author and why?" Readers used the hashtag ...

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Twitter Users Answer: What Book Did You Never Want To End?

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Timeless Books, Priceless Books, Random House, Neverending Books, Random House Twitter Ask, Favorite Books, Endless Book Love, Books News

Inspired by a Shelf Awareness blog post on Harry Potter, Random House tweeted, "Name a book you didn't want to end and haven't finished," with the has...

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'Harry Potter And The Pensioner Of Azkaban" And Other Grown-Up Harry Potter Books

Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter Books, Grown Up Harry Potter Books, Random House, Harry Potter, Books News

The long awaited "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II" was released today at the stroke of midnight. To honor the the final installment of th...

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Politico Enters eBook Venture With Random House

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Book Publishing, Random House, Politico Ebooks, Random House eBooks, Politico Random House, Politico Publishing, Random House Politico, Ebooks, Books News

Politico, an accelerant to the news cycle like wind is to brushfire, is taking on the one realm of political news that it has not yet sped up: book pu...

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Most Amazing Art Books And Their Brilliant Publishers

Lena Tabori | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Bea, Algonquin, Workman, Book Expo America, Slidepollajax, Norton, Random House, Book Expo, Babar, Books News

It was immediately clear that while certain authors, photographers and artists are truly stars, some publishers have a vision and a passion as strong as any creator. Sometimes, you can recognize their books a mile away.

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Amazon Reveals Frontlist Deal For Thriller Writer Barry Eisler At BEA

The Bookseller | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Bea, Random House, Book Expo America, Thrillers, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Offer, St. Martin's Press, Barry Eisler, Amazon, Frontlist Deal, Larry Kirshbaum, Books News

Thriller writer Barry Eisler, who turned his back on a two-book deal for half a million dollars from St Martin's Press, has decided to accept six figu...

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Guess Who’s Exhibiting At BookExpo America For The First Time?

paidContent | Laura Hazard Owen | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Bea, BookExpo America, Apple, Scholastic, Macmillan, Borders, Random House, Disney, Book Group, Bookexpo, Amazon, Books News

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), which almost never appears at industry conferences unless it is doing the hosting, will exhibit this year at BookExpo America, the...

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World eReading Congress: Date-Don’t Marry-Technology

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Book Publishing, Apple, Android, Harpercollins, Random House, World Ereading Congress, Ebooks, Amazon, Books News

ONDON: There were some choice phrases on offer at the World e-Reading Congress, held in London this week. “Apple is a walled garden; Android is an ...

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Understanding How the Traditional Publishing Model Works

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Hachette Book Group, Publishing, Book Publicity, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Online Book Publicity, Self-Publishing, Publishing Houses, Books News

In order to succeed in publishing, you must have a working knowledge of all facets of the market. Understanding traditional publishing is one of them.

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How Book Publishing Has Changed Since 1984

The Atlantic | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: The Literary Guild, Book Publishing Changes, Book Publishing, Barnes & Noble, Crown, Harpercollins, Book-of-the-Month Club, Borders, Random House, Books News

In April 1984, I arrived at Random House as a senior editor after nearly two decades at the Washington Post. Publishing is now undergoing the most sig...

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Random House Relaunches Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press

The Bookseller | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Virginia Woolf, Book Publishing, Leonard Woolf, T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland, Random House, Hogarth Press, Hogarth Press Relaunch, Books News

The spirit of Virginia and Leonard Woolf's literary imprint the Hogarth Press will be revived on both sides of the Atlantic after Random House announc...

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Random House Getting Into Video Games

mhpbooks.com | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Random House, THQ Inc, Random House Videogames, Ebooks, Books News

For a while I’ve been suggesting that publishers looking to explore the full potential of enhanced e-books would do well to look to the world of vid...

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UPDATED: Amanda Hocking Signs Four-Book Deal With St. Martin's Press

AP | By TARA BANNOW | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, St. Martin's, Amanda Hocking, St. Martins, Harpercolllins, Self Publishing, Random House, St. Martin's Press, Amanda Hocking Book Deal, Books News

AUSTIN, Minn. -- For more than five years, Amanda Hocking spent her days tending to disabled adults, making their meals and cleaning up after them. Wh...

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New Gore Book Is Meacham's First Acquisition for Random House

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Authors, Newsweek, Book Publishing, Jon Meacham, Random House, Al Gore, Literary Prizes, Nobel Prize, Books News

Now certainly feels like one of those moments when the world needs to be explained to us, and Random House believes it has found just the writer to do...

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Random House Finally Selling eBooks In iBookstore

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Apple, Random House and Apple, Ibookstore, Ebooks, Iphone, Random House, Ipad, Books News

Yesterday, at Apple's media event, Steve Jobs announced that Random House is signing on with the store, bringing 17,000 eBooks. Even before the anno...

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Where Was the Super Bowl Ad for Books?

Melanie Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Look, I know the cost of a Super Bowl ad is ridiculous, and promotional budgets for books aren't exactly what you'd call big. But at some point, don't you have to take a risk?

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How To Write A Novelization Of A Popular Movie

Film to Book | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diana Peterfruend, Random House, Novelization of a Movie, Novelizaton, Movie Novelization, What's the Story Morning Glory, Books News

Last fall, my Random House editor, Kerri Buckley, called me and asked if I'd ever considered writing a movie novelization. I'd just returned from a wr...

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National Book Awards: Young Authors Join The 'House Party' [VIDEO]

HuffingtonPost.com | Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NBA House Party, Chip Kidd, Patti Smith, Random House, National Book Awards, Video, Books News

While Patti Smith was accepting her National Book Award on Wednesday night, young people interested in books, writing and publishing gathered at the R...

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Jon Meacham Joins Random House

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winning biographer and former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham will soon be working for the Random House Publishing Group. ...

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