Publishing: Taking the Power Back
Like therapy, publishing is an institution with an evolving set of rules and strategies. I had learned the hard way that institutions, believe in them as we may, are not infallible.
Like therapy, publishing is an institution with an evolving set of rules and strategies. I had learned the hard way that institutions, believe in them as we may, are not infallible.
Peter Ginna | Posted 03.03.2010 | Books
A major difference between book and magazine or newspaper publishing is that publishers don't have fact-checkers on staff, and never have.
Jean Naggar | Posted 03.02.2010 | Books
As corporate structures have gulped down and digested independent publishing houses and imprints, their corporate agendas have brought about a slow steady erosion of reliance on the editor's skill and intuitive vision.
Wendy Lee | Posted 02.15.2010 | Books
As the publication date for "Kitchen Chinese" approaches, I'm gratified each time someone comes up to me in the hall at work to say that they liked the book -- although I'm not surprised by their reaction.
Geri Spieler | Posted 02.09.2010 | Books
I highly recommend reading Publish Your Nonfiction Book to any writer of nonfiction looking to get published for the first time as well as those authors preparing for a second or even third book.
Mrs. Tansy Maude Peregrine | Posted 02.09.2010 | Denver
There are going to be some broken hearts this week as concertgoers have to choose between seeing St. Vincent at the Bluebird Theatre or the Editors/Antlers show at the Ogden Theatre.
Jon Chattman | Posted 01.13.2010 | Entertainment
Tom Smith is well aware of the comparisons many have made between his band and the New York City band Interpol. Thankfully each passing album his band puts out make those similarities fade.
The Oatmeal | Posted 12.31.2009 | Books
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Bob Wells | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living
S's death has become an example of (or at least a metaphor for) the pained existence of the growing number of people I know and hear about who could be classed professionally as Knowledge Workers.
Kenneth Kales | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books
Why are we as a nation giving a free pass to Mr. Obama on his avoidance to confront human rights atrocities in China? I am baffled sometimes when I see in the media those stories gushing about how great China is.
Amy Hertz | Posted 12.30.2009 | Books
I know many of you are looking at this Books section and wondering what the heck is going on and how the hell you are going to make any noise for your books.
Robert Miller | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books
After his book sold nine million copies, Richard Carlson was still a gracious, appreciative guy. He was delighted by our efforts, even when subsequent books didn't match those extraordinary sales.
Amy Hertz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books
In all of publishing and probably much of the world, there's just nobody else like Jack Macrae, the American publisher of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, which just won the Booker.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
It's officially Climate Week. In case you feel discouraged that you can't do enough, remember Gandhi's words: "Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
Lauri Lyons | Posted 02.04.2010 | Entertainment
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
Naazish YarKhan | Posted 09.27.2009 | Books
Teens 'N Twenties Writers Conference (TNT) to be held Sept 19 in Indiana, reflects its dynamic abbreviation!
Tim Berry | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media
Back in the old days, editors decided what was news, not advertisers and not readers. There was this concept called "news values."
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media
Either show us the Neda video uncensored, or don't show the poster. You can't really have this one both ways. The American public can either handle this image or we can't. Decide, and be consistent.
Judith D. Schwartz | Posted 03.08.2010 | Books