Earlier this year, writer and clinical psychologist Shira Nayman published her powerful novel, The Listener. Set two years after the end of World War II in an American psychiatric hospital, the story focuses on the relationship between the chief psychiatrist and a troubled patient who is suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following his return from the front lines. [...]
By Edward Nawotka By now, it’s well known that memory — in particular as exercised by lying memoirists and some easily misled nonfiction writers — is fallible. What’s more, in today’s lead editorial by Shira Nayman, the novelist and psychologist notes that “remembering always involves dark patches of obscuring; it is, in its essence, a kind of [...]
By Siobhan O’Leary German publisher Hoffmann und Campe has issued a recall for a detachable promotional recipe card in its new fall catalogue out of concern that it might leave a bad taste in readers’ mouths — or worse. The recipe card, which was meant to tie in with Tanja Griesel’s new crime novel Rothard, features a [...]
By Erin L. Cox On Monday, May 24th, Book Expo America hosted the DIY Authors Conference and Marketplace in association with Writer Magazine and The Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Jon Fine, Director of Author & Publisher Relations for Amazon.com, was one of the speakers with a talk entitled “Advance Your Career with DIY Publishing.” Publishing Perspectives was able [...]
By Cédric Duroux This week, The Villa Gillet and Le Monde, in partnership with France Inter, hosted The International Forum on the Novel. Raphaëlle Rérolle and Guy Walter are the co-directors of the event. This is an event where writers, translators and the literary press come together for discussions about contemporary literature. Yet other fields such [...]
By Hannah Johnson Today, we are eating giant cupcakes with mountains of frosting to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of Publishing Perspectives. Our first official email newsletter went out during BEA 2009. At the time, I remember there was an air of uncertainty in publishing. At book events around the world, people were talking less [...]
By Edward Nawotka For some it was the chance to see celebrities such as Barbara Streisand, Rick Springfield or scandal tinged Sarah Ferguson, while for some it was grabbing an advance copy of Steve Martin’s Late for School, Emma Donoghue’s Room or Nicole Krauss’ Great Room. Others enjoyed the panels, while others were there to party. [...]
By Edward Nawotka If one were to summarize what could be learned from BEA 2010, it might be this: Print and Digital are learning to co-exist. Several deals announced during the show, including Baker and Taylor’s agreement to work with LibreDigital for expanded digital content distribution, Penguin’s announcement that is has worked out an arrangement with Amazon [...]
By Erin L. Cox July 11th marks the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Publisher HarperCollins has pulled out all the stops and created a summer-long anniversary celebration, bringing together those that have loved the book in a variety of ways. Want to show your love for To Kill a Mockingbird? [...]
By Karen Holt Where would you advertise if you had a bookstore to sell? Why not a booksellers convention? That’s what one independent bookstore store owner is doing. A woman — she says she was hired by the owner but isn’t authorized to reveal the name of the store of its owner — walked the convention floor [...]
