Standing Up to Amazon: The Random House Penguin Merger
Last week, just as Hurricane Sandy came bearing down on us, the publishing industry was chilled by news of a merger between two giants: Random House and Penguin. Anyone who has been witness to mergers and acquisitions in publishing (indeed, in any industry) over the past two decades knows that when companies merge, whatever benefits […]
Spotted at McNally Jackson Bookmongers, Princeton, NJ
It’s not too late for the candidates to get some guidance from Quintius Cicero on how to run a successful campaign! You can “Like” Quintius Cicero” on Facebook where he will continue to live-blog during the final Presidential debate. Here is HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION, Edited by Philip Freeman, well-positioned next to a “binder.”
When Your Book Hits the Shelves
by Anne Greenwood Brown The experience of writing a book can be life changing, or at least personality changing. Even if you say, I’m just writing for myself, you’ll never be the same. Writing will allow you to explore fears you would never tell your therapist, say things that would get most people slapped, and […]
Ellen E. Schultz’s RETIREMENT HEIST Wins Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism
We were thrilled when we heard that Ellen E. Schultz’s brilliant expose, RETIREMENT HEIST: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers, was nominated for the prestigious Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. But when the New York Public Library head, Anthony Marx, announced that Ms. Schultz’ book had been […]
Remembering Kathi Kamen-Goldmark
I first encountered Kathi Kamen-Goldmark seven years ago when our mutual dear friend and my client, Leslie Levine, asked me to join her, Kathi and Sam Barry to lead what has come to be known as the reading and writing week at Rancho La Puerta, a health spa of some renown in Tecate, Mexico. With […]
THE LAST POLICEMAN Starred Review in Kirkus!
We’re so excited to see that Kirkus has given a much-coveted starred review to THE LAST POLICEMAN, the first in a planned fiction trilogy by Ben H. Winters from the brilliant and innovative publisher, Quirk Books (distributed by Random House). We know this is just the first of many good reviews for this incredibly talented […]
Evangelist Marketing, #1 on Amazon in Market Research category!
Great news from the irrepressible Alex Goldfayn, consultant to many fortune 500 companies, also known as “The Technology Tailor.” This week, thanks to lots of mentions in the blogosphere no doubt, his new book from BenBella rose on Amazon. Congratulations, Alex! –Joelle Delbourgo
Why Do Good Books Fail?
SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE THE BLAME–OR DO THEY? This morning, my twitter account featured a couple of posts from a well-known book publicist who bemoaned the fact that publicists are always blamed when a book doesn’t take off. She’s not alone. Editors and agents are also frequently fingered. Indeed, sometimes the entire publishing team that […]
What do agents do all day?
What do agents do all day? The answer is, well, complicated. We think of agents as wheeler dealers, power brokers, talking tough and extracting large sums of money from publishers on behalf of their clients. There are occasional moments like this, and they can be fun. But the truth is that agents–at least effective ones–are […]
RETIREMENT HEIST named one of the top business books of 2011!
We were thrilled to hear that CEO Reads has named Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Ellen E. Schultz’ expose, RETIREMENT HEIST: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers one of the best business books of the year in the “Finance and Economics” category. Congratulations, Ellen and the brilliant publishing team […]