FeaturesAuthor Reader Relationship / free-book / Harlequin / Jane-Friedman / Library8 Comments
Rosario is one of the oldest (not in age but in internet years) bloggers in romance. She was one of my first blog stops ever. She took a few years off from blogging because she was attending graduate school but now she’s back, churning out a quality review almost every ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Jane-Friedman3 Comments
Even though most of the U.S. has a holiday today, we are still blogging at Dear Author because if you can’t blog and read and blog hop on a holiday, what good is it? We’ll start off with a non book treat, but a visual feast for the eyes. Via ... more >
Publishing NewsHarperCollins / Jane-Friedman2 Comments
Jane Friedman has been the CEO of HarperCollins for over 10 years and has navigated them through record years of profit. She is, however, stepping down immediately with no plans announced for the future. The rumor of her departure was bandied about yesterday and HarperCollins was forced to issue a ... more >
Publishing NewsHarperCollins / Jane-Friedman / Judith-Regan / News-Corp. / Rupert-Murdoch4 Comments
The book world is abuzzing with the complaint filed by Judith Regan, former head of Regan Publishing, a division of HarperCollins. No one can deny that Regan was a success. In her complaint, she alleges that she generated over $1B in sales. Fifteen of Regan’s books were NYT Bestsellers with ... more >
Publishing NewsHarperCollins / Jane-Friedman / Judith-Regan / OJ-Simpson4 Comments
There is a fascinating article at New York Magazine about Judith Regan and how she became to be the fall person for the OJ Simpson debacle. The author, Vanessa Grigoriadis, seems to have some personal connection with Regan and admits to finding her likeable. The article provides interesting backstory to ... more >
Publishing NewsAvon / HarperCollins / Jane-Friedman / Publishers-WeeklyComments Off on Publisher’s Weekly Names Jane Friedman as Person of the Year
Jane Friedman is the CEO of HarperCollins, the parent company of AVON. Since Friedman joined HC in 1997, revenues have increased almost 80%. Per Publishers Weekly. I read an article once where Friedman talked about a return to the branding of a publisher/imprint than individual authors. I think its interesting ... more >