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Black Wednesday Publishers Lunch referred to today as “Black Wednesday,” with the bad news coming from Simon and Schuster, and more coming from Random House—this all coming on top of news we’ve been hearing lately about the likes of Barnes and Noble, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and just about every independent bookseller you can think of. And here we all said that publishing is a “recession-proof” industry. I guess not.
So is there any good news we can take away from this as an industry? Is there any silver lining to a cloud that’s hovering over our heads for too long? Has the passing along of creativity become a less lucrative means to support oneself? Has the bottom line dropped too low? These aren’t questions we can answer ourselves, but we can see evidence of answers.
12/03/2008 12:12 PM Post Comment | Read More> Oops. I’m a bit embarrassed: I haven’t read any of the National Book Award nominees. At least it’s not a terrible position to be in. Tonight, when the pick the winners, I’ll know where to start.
11/19/2008 01:11 PM Comments [1] | Read More> Lazy Two Yesterday, my grandfather pointed out that I haven’t blogged “in a month.” Not sure if that’s true, but I know I’ve been slacking, so I’m here to pick up the pace a bit!
Last week, I finished MY (not CBE’s, but MY) year of shows at New York Library Association. And let me tell you: what an awesome show. I almost couldn’t stay in the booth it was so crowded. Great feedback, great attendees, great books. In fact…
People were falling over themselves to check out the books we had on Barack Obama. Or should I say President-Elect Barack Obama! I won’t get too political with you here, but whether you supported him or not, it’s always exciting to be living through history, and last week, we lived through something truly historic. I usually keep my eye on the trade-book industry, but living through something for the history books is something that can’t be ignored (so naturally, I couldn’t ignore it here).
Back to the trade side of things, I recently read “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins, and I was absolutely blown away. I can’t wait for the next book in the series. I’m still trying to find my next project to tackle, so if you have any books to recommend, leave a comment. Until then, Seth out! ...11/12/2008 12:11 PM Post Comment | Read More> |
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