Erin’s Perspective

Posts and opinion from Erin Cox

The A$20,000 Typo…Would You Pay For It? I wouldn’t.

By Erin L. Cox As reported in the The Sydney Morning Herald last week, Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of their book Pasta Bible  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective, Resources | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta on iPad v. Kindle

By Erin L. Cox In this week’s issue of The New Yorker, Media Reporter Ken Auletta reports on the digital publishing questions, such as publisher  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Report from the Virginia Festival of the Book

By Erin L. Cox This weekend, I’ve traveled down to Charlottesville, Virginia for their annual literary festival, The Virginia Festival of the Book.  It seems  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sorry Hilary, I’m voting for The Little Stranger

By Erin L. Cox If you missed it, The Independent just announced the Orange Prize shortlist.  Among the books where Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning WOLF HALL  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Who Writes History? Tone of Textbooks Changed in Texas

By Erin L. Cox I believe it was Winston Churchill who said, “History is written by the victors.”  And, that phrase could not be truer  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Bestselling writer, Simon Winchester, starts small-town paper

By Erin L. Cox In the hamlets of America and even in big cities, the print news industry is declining.  While book publishers are finding  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Are Book Tours Worth the Money and Effort?

By Erin L. Cox Today, on The Los Angeles Times book publishing blog, “Jacket Copy,” they published a story called “Book Tour? More Like a Safari”  … 

Also posted in Erin's Perspective | Tagged , , , | 19 Comments