This year’s publishing trend—the remarkably lengthy novel
You might have heard about a book that came out recently—a little thing called City on Fire (944 pages)? Or, maybe you read something about A Little Life (rather big,… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Have we reached peak ARC?
Topics discussed: advice, Nick During, New York Review Books, Linda Rosenkrantz, Anna Wiener, ARCs, galleys, hyperbole, Twitter backlash, #JadeHelm15, limited edition boxset superproofs, City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg, Jonathan… Read more »
Advanced Advance Reading Copies
The season of big books won’t be upon us until the Autumn, so this is the season of most anticipated books, a time where we move through the present but… Read more »
Here’s the best promotional swag from BEA
If you’ve been slowly wrecking your immune system at the Javits Center this week for #BEA15, it’s old news that publishers are going all-out promotionwise. With enough totes to fill… Read more »
Two For Tuesday: Is Go Set A Watchman The Breakfast Buffet of Publishing?
Topics discussed: Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman, HarperCollins, Rupert Murdoch, cocktail napkins, Reese Witherspoon, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Stephen Fry, the Wall Street Journal, Harry Potter, Amazon,… Read more »