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  • For Your Consideration
    By Daniel Grossman - 05/05/2008
     With the discontinuation of the Quill Awards, the short-lived experiment in egalitarian book award shows has come to an end. Perhaps, however, the problem was not public apathy or the books themselves, but the categories. If the Quill Awards had had as many unique and hairsplitting categories as the Grammys and had been as equally entertaining (sartorially as well as verbally), they might have ... More
  • Chasing Headlines
    by Sharlene Martin - 04/28/2008
     Welcome to contemporary book publishing in the emerging world of mentalities shaped by instant media and reality TV. Get out your tea leaves, your Ouija boards, your grandmother’s magical chicken bones. There’s been a lot of buzz lately about foolhardy writers of nonfiction books who “chase headlines,” and the agents and publishers who tout their work. More
  • The Mystery of the Thriller
    By Peter Cannon - 04/21/2008
     “How come you review Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels in Fiction?” Rob Rosenwald, the publisher of Poisoned Pen Press, once asked me, PW's Reviews editor in charge of mysteries and thrillers, who ought to know. “I thought he wrote mysteries.” I often get this sort of question. More
  • Tropic of Turpitude
    by Carrie Kania - 04/14/2008
     I got the call from my author shortly after he landed at Newark's Liberty International Airport. “I've got good news and bad news,” Sebastian said. “The good news is: they all know about the book. The bad news is: they all know about the book.” Sebastian was being held for questioning. More
  • A Day in the Life of a Book Publicist
    by Anonymous - 04/07/2008
     7:30 a.m. Alarm goes off. Smack snooze button. Should've skipped that third glass of wine at author drinks last night. 7:47 a.m. Remember marketing meeting this morning. Shoot out of bed and into shower, knocking unbound manuscript pages all over floor. 8:30 a.m. Stop at Starbucks. Order venti latte and think about how ridiculous it is that the store sells The Kite Runner. More
  • Quite a Mouthful
    by Sloane Crosley - 03/31/2008
     The first time I chalked my license, it was to get into the New York Public Library's rare books room. I was researching the biggest history paper of my teenage career, a tome on 17th-century New England, and I wanted in that room. But I was under 18 and that room didn't want me back. The white chalk I had used to turn my '78 into a '73 rubbed off (the first time I successfully doctored my lice... More
  • Eat My Shorts. Then Buy My Book
    by Mike Reiss - 03/24/2008
     I’ve been writing for The Simpsons for 19 years now. Throughout its run, the show has had a pretty good reputation. Ministers mangle our jokes in their sermons each week. And several colleges teach courses about The Simpsons. I think this is a very good sign. Of the apocalypse. However, when the show premiered in 1989, it was considered the most scandalous thing on television. More
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