Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | yesterday
I got to know Anne Rice through a long email interview with her for the St Austin Review. She was very friendly, and spoke at length about her return to the Catholic faith of her childhood. I first began to read her Christ the Lord series of books, and after our correspondence she kindly sent me Called out of Darkness --her memoir and 'reversion' story. Now she has sent me he latest novel, Angel Time....
Maya Reynolds (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
In June, 2008, after ten years at HarperCollins, Jane Friedman announced she would be leaving her job as CEO prior to the end of her contract and prior to the reporting of another year of lowered profits at HC. In June, 2009, Friedman announced she'd raised $3 million for her new start-up company, OpenRoad, devoted to "developing a platform for eBook marketing and publishing." Earlier this...
VIC'S RECIPES (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
When I moved back to New York in 1986, there was a bookstore, unfortunately long gone, across the street from our apartment. The first time I wandered in, I found they had their own little lending library; they rented current bestsellers out for a week for $2.00. As I was picking up a book by an author I was unfamiliar with, The Prince of Tides , I heard a soft voice say, "Hello. I'm here to pick...
Guide to Literary Agents (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Reminder : Newer agents are golden opportunities for new writers because they're likely building their client list; however, always make sure your work is as perfect as it can be before submitting, and only query agencies that are a great fit for your work. Otherwise, you're just wasting time and postage. About Sophia : OK, so Sophia's not technically a "new" agent, but she just moved from...
Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Summary: Mister Charleston himself, Pat Conroy, will be at Blue Bicycle Books on December 12th signing copies of his newest novel, South Of Broad. Link: http://thedigitel.com/node/7206
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
October 27, 2009, Stephen Rubin Takes Over at Henry Holt & Co. By Motoko Rich in The New York Times Stephen Rubin, the former publisher of Doubleday Publishing Group who worked closely with authors including Dan Brown , John Grisham , Pat Conroy and Bill Moyers , is taking over as president and publisher of Henry Holt & Company. A month ago, Mr. Rubin, 67, resigned as publisher-at-large at...
FinePrint Literary Management (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
So, we're starting to get some tantalizing glimpses of the where the publishing industry is likely to be in the next couple of years. First of all, Publishers Marketplace reoprted last week on former HarperCollins boss, Jane Friedman who officially announced her new venture Open Road Integrated Media at Frankfurt, though the unit was first reported on in August when her funding of $3 million was disclosed....
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
loquacious \loh-KWAY-shuhs\, adjective: Very talkative. Full of excessive talk; wordy. Loquacious comes from Latin loquax, "talkative," from loqui, "to speak." Dank Also an expression requently used by stoners and hippies for something of high quality. That borritos was dank, man. or... That borritos was the dankness Trivia When it comes to human hands, which fingernail generally...
VIC'S RECIPES (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Adapted from Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller Serves 4 I'm a native New Yorker, but when we moved to Atlanta in 1974, it was from St. Louis. I didn't have anything against Missouri; I had lived in Kansas City, Missouri, for two years and loved it. But I never felt at home during the year we lived in St. Louis, so I was glad to head south. Atlanta was a smaller city in those days and different from any...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Friedman to publish Catch-22 e-book 19.10.09 - The Bookseller Joseph Heller's Catch-22 will be published as an e-book for the first time as part of Jane Friedman's new publishing venture, Open Road Integrated Media . Speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week, the former HarperCollins chief executive described Open Road as a "content marketing company", which creates "enhanced"...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
That’s what Jane Friedman’s new publishing company, Open Road Integrated Media, announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The new company will be using “every bit of technology” to market ebooks of past and present authors. Open Road will be selling titles by William Styron, Pat Conroy and Iris Murdoch as well. The [...]
Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Sixteen months after stepping down as president and chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Jane Friedman has formed a new company that will republish old titles by big-name authors including William Styron, Iris Murdoch and Pat Conroy in electronic form.
Library Stuff (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
NYT – “Sixteen months after stepping down as president and chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Jane Friedman has formed a new company that will republish old titles by big-name authors including William Styron, Iris Murdoch and Pat Conroy in electronic form”
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Hugh Downs, Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench and Prince of Tides author Pat Conroy are among influential leaders in media, sports, arts, sciences and international politics set for lectures and interactive workshops on Crystal Cruises' 108-day "Exploration of Ancient Empires" World Cruise in 2010. With nearly 200 guest...
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