Dean's Credit Ideas Guide:

Interesting - let’s hope this makes it easier for college... Read Entire Comment

Peter:

It is always great to find out the latest in books, but the problem witht he ‘top... Read Entire Comment

Ted Hurlbut:

He’s got his work cut out for him. His mission, as stated by the CEO, says it... Read Entire Comment

Emma Bovary:

Because marketing books is so EXACTLY like marketing food! Read Entire Comment

Lydia Hirt:

Congratulations to HarperCollins for being the first major publisher to try such a new... Read Entire Comment

undustymn:

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M. L. Simmons:

Fictionwise and Ebookwise not working so whats going on? Read Entire Comment

M. L. Simmons:

So is this why the bookstore is not working now? Logon is not possible either via... Read Entire Comment

Michael J. Ganas:

I recently learned my book, The Girl Who Rode Dolphins, was chosen as the winner... Read Entire Comment

Jo Ann Hernandez:

Thank you for the information. I wish my name was on the list. ha ha Read Entire Comment

effoniame:

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Keetazexy:

Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping. I... Read Entire Comment

Bernice & Andy Tate:

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Walter H. Hunt:

Hmm. I don’t recall having “paranormal cops, psychic PI’s, vampires,... Read Entire Comment

Bernice & Andy Tate:

Book Title: How The Dalmatian Got Its Spots About the Book In their third... Read Entire Comment

Manga Bible

The Bible has been published as a manga graphic novel with a Christ that is part-Shane, part-Ché. The author, who writes under the pen name of Siku, is a Briton ... [Link]

Nobody Knows Anything

An interesting article in the Boston Globe (by way of Publishers Lunch) on the unlikely success of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, by Drew Gilpin ... [Link]

Writers Say the Darndest Things (II)

They do it here, too. Last week, I reported on how two of Britain’s most renowned novelists got into some trouble for saying something stupid: Doris Lessing for expounding on ... [Link]

Writers Say the Darndest Things

I’m always surprised by how talented people can say the most ill-considered things. Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, for one, has shot from the hip again. According to London’s Daily ... [Link]

Springtime for Himmler

Talk about poetic justice. Last November, the Wall Street Journal reported on the strange case of one Katrin Himmler. Ms. Himmler, you see, is the grand niece of Heinrich Himmler, ... [Link]

Best One-Click Countries

The Guardian and BBC reported on a global survey of 26,000 people in 48 countries conducted by Nielsen Online that shows books are the most popular item purchased on the ... [Link]

Gastronomic Regression

Much has been written about the nasty legal spat between Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld’s wife) and Missy Chase Lapine. Lapine has accused Seinfeld of stealing the idea for her cookbook. ... [Link]

Oops!…They Did It Again

There have been so many accusations and allegations in recent weeks that they have become a blur —– It has been reported that Cassie Edwards allegedly lifted passages from others ... [Link]

Is it Publishing or Slurping?

A recent announcement by the self-publishing site Blurb.com that they produced 80,000 new titles last year received wide coverage and elicited heady proclamations about the democratization of publishing. Typical was ... [Link]

Lost in the Sauce

I can’t believe this stuff still happens. The New York Times reports that Raymond Sokolov, the restaurant critic for the Wall Street Journal, is up in arms because another publisher ... [Link]

Bestseller Ideas

In this week’s interview, Dean Rotbart and Michael Drew discuss the likelihood of a book idea becoming a publishing success. In their discussion, they reveal how to identify whether More

The Lessons of Harry Potter: A Beneath the Cover Podcast

Michael R. Drew discusses what all authors - even those writing non-fiction - can learn from the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter Series. More