This week! Books! Certain segments of the book buying and reviewing world have long held that they can say whatever the heck they want about authors, but any authors who respond are by definition “authors behaving badly.” The latest broadside against this dynamic comes from author Kacen Callender, who argues that the “idea that an […]
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Book sales are up! (This week in books)
This week! Books! It’s not all doom and gloom out there in book land. Amid the pandemic and , per Jane Friedman book sales in 2020 are poised to be one of the best years in recent memory, with children’s books a particular bright spot. Stacey Garratt and Jeff Rivera published an extensive look at […]
How to write for a changing world (This week in books)
This week! Books! As you may have noticed there’s a pandemic going on, and it’s upended many of our notions of “real life.” So… what do you do with that as a writer? Writer David James Poissant talked about the struggle (“delusion” in his words) of writing a timely novel in a constantly changing world. […]
Is publishing finally changing for real this time? (This week in books)
This week! Books! Could the publishing industry finally be changing? For real this time? The last few months have brought a huge amount of change to the leadership of some major publishers. Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, Knopf publisher Sonny Mehta, and Random House publisher Susan Kamil passed away, and editor Nan Talese announced […]
YOU get an open letter! YOU get an open letter! (This week in books)
This week in open letters! I mean books! This was the week of Open Letters to Solve Everything. First, a group of luminaries led by Thomas Chatterton Williams including J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood, and Malcolm Gladwell published an open letter that bemoaned an “intolerant climate that has set in on all sides” and, though it […]
What to look for in an agent (This week in books)
This week! Books! First up, a little housekeeping note that I’m going to take a blog break next week for our nation’s birthday and my own. I’ll be answering emails though so feel free to reach out for editing. The blog will return with fresh content on July 6. Now then. The latest books organization […]
