Many people think bloggers opinions are as good as the pros. The head of the Times Literary Supplement and Man Booker Prize judge says that’s not true.
How Well Does French Literature Play Abroad?
Is translated French literature hemmed in by preconceived notions? Is there an untapped market for works of history, biography, romance and other genres?
PP Appreciation: Jennifer Brown, Children’s Book Crusader
The latest in our occasional series of profiles, Publishing People We Appreciate, looks at Jennifer Brown, critic, editor, and children’s book crusader.
Intellectual Bullying or When Book Publicists Go Too Far
Critic Drew Nellins is shocked by the deluge of material-including five pages of blurbs-used to promote one novel. It lead’s him to ask: is excess the new norm?
How Can 500,000 People Claim ‘Books’ as a Skill on LinkedIn?
The stats on LinkedIn suggest there are a lot more people out there publishing books professionally than there are reading them professionally.
What’s Your Favorite Book of 2011 That Nobody’s Talking About?
A good book lives on in memory. But isn’t it better if you can get others to read it, too? By Edward Nawotka The end of the year “best book” lists are everywhere you turn. I’ve kvetched in the past about how commonplace it is to see the same dozen or two books on everyone’s top ten list. But that’s …
Is Ten Pages Enough to Judge a Book?
Ford Madox Ford famously wrote, “Open the book to page ninety-nine, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.” Sure, but will it make you buy?
What are the Best International Social Reading and Criticism Sites?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead article discusses the launch of Sens Critique, a new social bookmarking, criticism and reading site. In the the United States we have Goodreads, Shelfari, LibraryThing and other similar sites. Do you have something similar where you live that you recommend to book lovers? What does the ideal social reading site look to you and why? Let …
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