Publishing Newsobama5 Comments
On Saturday, September 26, 2009, President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama will host the National Book Festival on the National Mall. This is the ninth annual event and the last two years saw crowds of 120,000 plus. Somehow I think that DC better order up a whole fleet of ... more >
Book ReviewsBarnes & Noble / Borders / cover-art / obama / Stephen-King / Stephenie-Meyer60 Comments
Stephen King laid the smackdown on Stephenie Meyer in an interview yesterday. “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.” [Thanks Emmy] The comments to ... more >
Book ReviewsAudible / Britney-Spears / Bullet-Catchers / Celebrity books / obama10 Comments
Audible is offering a free download of almost any of the 50,000 titles in its catalog. You know that Audible is the only one not stripping its DRM from the offerings in iTunes. Alloy Entertainment is a packager and backed the popular Gossip Girl and The Sisterhood of the Traveling ... more >
EbooksDorchester-Publishing / obama / Simon & Schuster5 Comments
Someone’s going to hell over this. Vatican’s hottest in priest’s robes. (JD Robb’s Salvation in Death has a hot priest). According to one commenter, though, these pictures are not only 4 years old but also not of priests but of Gondola drivers in robes. Simon & Schuster has totally redone ... more >
Publishing NewsLiterary Criticism / obama / political-books / Satire27 Comments
The New Yorker’s cover this month features about every Obama slur possible on its cover. It’s obviously meant to be satiric but is it? My thinking is that if you put McCain on there as a Manchurian candidate, while ironic and satirical, it would also be offensive. Of course, media ... more >
Publishing Newsobama / Royalty2 Comments
Hilary Clinton just released her tax returns for the period in the Senate. The big numbers that jumped out at me was how much money the two made on their books: Senator Clinton’s Book Income: $10,457,083 President Clinton’s Book Income: $29,580,525 Interestingly both Clintons appear to have earned out their ... more >