Publishing

Brits Complain That Chains Stores Are Killing Books

The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books


"They simply treat books as a commodity," says Nicholas Spice, publisher of the London Review of Books, and one of the chain's sternest critics. "Ther...

Amazon Sucks Up To Big Literary Agents

Crain's New York Business | Matthew Flamm | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books


Amazon.com has gone on a charm offensive. The online retailing giant flew out a dozen of New York's top literary agents last week for a day of meetin...

Reinventing the Publishing Industry

Stacey Radin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books


Stacey Radin

Innovation is critical to industries that are on the verge of becoming dinosaurs. Intellectually, I would think books would be a cheaper source of entertainment in a time of recession.

Want To Sell Books? Start Gathering Fans

Richard Nash | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books


Richard Nash

That pain in our foot? It's not outsiders stomping on it, it's us, shooting ourselves.

STRIP & REBIND: Why Publicists Love the Word "No"

Cassie Ammerman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books


Cassie Ammerman

There is a word that publicists love almost as much as "yes." And it's "no." Seems counterintuitive, right? But it's true. There is little I love more than a solid "no."

Publishing's Next Big Thing and Its Next Big Headache, Part I

David Colbert | Posted 11.07.2009 | Books


David Colbert

A reader spends a lot of time with a book. Ads will have time to sink in. That makes the medium valuable. Google isn't getting into the book business for charity.

What Women Publish: How Miss Pettigrew Came to Live Another Day

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 11.07.2009 | Books


Chauncey Zalkin

Here are outtakes from my conversation with the smart and funny-as-hell woman who started and runs Persephone Books. Without her, Miss Pettigrew would literally not have lived to see another day.

Transcend and Include: Fictionaut and the Future of the Literary Magazine

Jurgen Fauth | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books


Jurgen Fauth

It may be more productive to consider the changes roiling the publishing industry evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

Harold Evans, "Newspaper Junkie" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books


Sir Harold Evans, former king of old media -- he was the long-time editor of the UK's Sunday Times -- was on Good Morning America this morning to talk...

The State of the Crime Novel

Jason Pinter | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books


Jason Pinter

I've asked six of the most renowned crime fiction critics in the country to weigh in with their thoughts on the state of the crime novel. I hope you find their responses as interesting as I did.

RIP Hardcovers ... Long Live the Kindle

Fauzia Burke | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books


Fauzia Burke

Book publishing is not dying, it's evolving. How much energy and money can we save if we stop publishing hardcovers?

Paying the Debut Dues Or How I Got a Silver Sharpie

Joy Preble | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books


Joy Preble

If I want to grow an audience, I need to get involved. I need to talk about my book online and in stores and with people. I need to let them know it's out there.

A Life in Books

Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books


Jessie Kunhardt

I've never really been able to imagine myself in a job that didn't have something to do with books, which is how I ended up as the HuffPost Books Intern.

How to Win Big at NaNoWriMo

Michael Ashley | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books


Michael Ashley

One wildly successful program has helped thousands of writers get published. It's called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Every November writers are challenged to create a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

I'm Not Happy to Serve You: Authors and the New Publishing by Consensus

Wednesday Martin | Posted 10.31.2009 | Books


Wednesday Martin

I didn't become a writer so that I could be a market researcher who tailors my thinking and writing to the interests of the people who made fun of me in high school.

Maintaining Your Writing Career

Andrew Zack | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books


Andrew Zack

Your publishing career requires maintenance. And sometimes if you want the job done right, you'd better do it yourself, or at least keep an eye out to make sure it's getting done.

Not a Simple Price War -- It's a Fight Over What You Get to Read

William Petrocelli | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books


William Petrocelli

What looks like a simple price war between Amazon, Target, and Walmart over a handful of bestsellers is symptomatic of a much deeper problem in the book business.

Stephen Rubin: New President Of Henry Holt

Posted 10.27.2009 | Books


Finally, some news from the publishing world's revolving door: Macmillan announced this Tuesday that Stephen Rubin, former publisher at Doubleday, wil...

Predators in the Book Biz

Bruce Harris | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books


Bruce Harris

The pre-printed price, establishing the value of a book, is the temptress that has seduced the biggest merchants in the country to go for each other's jugular.

How Big Is Yours?

Arielle Ford | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books


Arielle Ford

As the budding author, you are also President of your own marketing team. I mean think about it: if you write a book or invent a new product, who is going to buy it?

Spanish Publishing CEO On US-European Rivalry

Publishing Perspectives | Edward Nawotka | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books


Grupo Planeta CEO Jesús Badenes is not afraid of the internet: "It would be easy to reduce the internet to mere diffusion, but that is too easy. The ...

Writing As Therapy: How Three Women Transformed Loss Into Longhand

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Nancy Doyle Palmer

All three of these women have gone through significant and profound loss and all three are seriously the funniest people I know. Hard to pull off, but they do, in person and in their books.

Book Trailers and Future of Publishing

Liz Dubelman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books


Liz Dubelman

Books need to come out faster and in all forms -- audio, digital, and enhanced, which means skillfully embedding audio and visuals to enrich, not interrupt, the reading experience.

What Will Your Book Be?

Eileen Gittins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books


Eileen Gittins

Capturing one's best images, thinking, learning and experiences in a book need no longer be something most people aspire to but never accomplish.

BookPrep: HP's Print-On-Demand Service Launched

PC World | Juan Carlos Perez | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books


Hewlett-Packard, bullish about Web hosted print-on-demand (POD) services, has launched a new POD service called BookPrep for printing digital copies o...