State of the Media
Making Publishing Fun Again
“In these occasionally dark days, we spend a lot of time in the book world, digital or not, talking about things that are distinctly unfun, like DRM and formatting and trade paperback original profit margins, and whether we’ll all have jobs in five years. That’s a shame. Because I suspect fun is the only... »
The Only Panel at BEA with an Open Bar: 7×20x21
Billed as “the only panel at BEA with an open bar” on it’s Facebook page, this “most unusual” panel gave 7 speakers 7 minutes to talk about anything they like, accompanied by 20 PowerPoint slides that moved forward automatically every 21 seconds. The topics ranged from publishing in the digital age to an editor’s... »
The Biggest Geoffs in Publishing: Geoff Kloske and Geoff Shandler on What It Takes to Make It Big in Books
This past Wednesday brought together the biggest Geoffs in publishing: Geoff Kloske, Vice President & Publisher of Riverhead Books, and Geoff Shandler, Editor-In-Chief, Little Brown & Company. Sponsored by the AAP and ABA Emerging Leaders, the panel, entitled “How to Get a Job Like Ours (…in 63 Easy Steps),” was moderated by Publishers Weekly Staff... »
Breaking News-Literally
The Rocky Mountain News, a newspaper that has been in business for 150 years, has succumbed to the recession. The paper will cease publication after this week. Rich Boehne, chief executive officer of Scripps, informed staff at noon today that tomorrow’s paper will be their last. This follows on the heels of a week that saw... »
Saying Goodbye to Teen
As a publicist, a big part of my job is leaving voicemails on the machines of hundreds of reviewers each week. Sometimes they call back, sometimes they don’t: it’s all part of the game. Today, someone did call me back: Teen Editor-in-Chief Audrey Fine. Normally, we would commence to blab about books, but our conversation turned to something more serious: Teen is... »