Kristina Holmes Starts New Agency
Kristina Holmes will start her own literary agency, The Holmes Agency.
Holmes plans to take on nonfiction clients exclusively. Her list will be open to several different genres, including health and wellness, business, psychology, spirituality, sex, re...
Melanie Rawn’s Touchstone Sweepstakes!
Melanie Rawn makes an exciting return to epic fantasy in her new novel Touchstone, out on February 28! But we know you can’t wait. That’s why these 18 ARC copies are going straight to you! Enter to win and you might get lucky. And check back on Mon...
Bleak House: Rules of reading
It's useful to remember that the great fat volume we're reading left its author, and reached its original readers, in a very different formAs I write this, I'm just over a quarter of the way through Bleak House - which is to say, I've already read the ...
BEA May Open to the Public
In 2013, book lovers could get a chance to explore BookExpo America (BEA), the major publishing industry trade show that has been traditionally limited to industry professionals.
BEA event director Steven Rosato posted about the potential change on the...
Save Our Libraries: Readers’ reports
We catch up with campaigners working hard to keep their local services goingWith National Libraries Day taking place on Saturday 4 February, we invited readers to tell us in their own words, how their campaigns to save their local library have progress...
Crime gives library loan beating to other genres
With a conspicuous absence of non-fiction, this year's PLR figures show crime fiction dominating lending, with children's books not far behindAs with Sherlock Holmes's dog that failed to bark in the night-time, the most telling thing in the league tabl...
7.5 Million Copies of Hunger Games Sold Since First Movie Trailer Release
The Hollywood Reporter just revealed a Hunger Games cover story this month.
The article reported that 7.5 million Hunger Games books have been sold since the first trailer’s release back in November 2011.
The article included the news that Jenni...
Beacon Press & Other Press Place Super Bowl Bet
Boston-based publisher Beacon Press and New York-based Other Press have a promotional wager riding on the Super Bowl.
Here’s more from the release: “the publisher whose home team loses (Beacon’s New England Patriots or Other’s New Yor...
Once Upon a Time Vs. Grimm Ep 9: Daddy Issues
Sorry for the delay, kids. As there was no new episode of Grimm last week, I decided to hold off on the column and take a break. You understand, don’t you?In this week of the Battle of the Network Fairy Tale Shows, the characters on Once Upon a Time ...
Juan Gabriel Vásquez at A Room for London
A Room for London is a small living space in the shape of the Roi des Belges - the boat in Joseph Conrad's novella The Heart of Darkness, which has been moored on the top of the South Bank as part of the Cultural Olympiad. For four days every month, as...
Rumors Resurface About Amazon Opening Physical Stores
Do you think Amazon would fit in beside the Walmart and Target in your local mall?
Jason Calacanis reported rumors this week that the online giant may launch brick-and-mortar stores. Even the New York Times speculated about the resurfacing rumors:
The...
Letter Writing Mix on Spotify
The act of letter writing has inspired countless songs.
For your letter writing inspiration, we’ve created a special Spotify mix with an hour of inspiring music–plenty of time to write some letters this weekend. Follow this link to listen t...
