A Justice Department veteran and author of ‘Hatchet Man,’ Elie Honig says, ‘I never wondered, Gee, is the attorney general telling the truth?’
NPD Books: US Sales of Social Justice and Race Books Soar in 2021
In the first five months of 2021, books on race and social justice sold 700,000 more units than in the same part of 2020.
Preparing for the Mueller Testimony: An Enhanced Edition of the Report
The Digital Public Library of America and publishing consultants Thad McIlroy and Bill Kasdorf have created a free, annotated ebook of the Mueller Report.
Is Amazon’s Philanthropy Really Marketing in Disguise?
Should the organizations supported by Amazon’s giving be suspicious of Amazon’s intent? Or should they just smile and say thanks?
Central European Crime Wave Sweeps Publishing
Crime writers from Hungary, Poland, and throughout Central Europe are making their way into English. Will they prove as popular as the Scandinavians?
Melville House’s “HybridBook” Marries Print and Digital
Demonstrating how print and digital can co-exist, Melville House has launched HybridBooks featuring QR codes that offer readers supplemental material.
Book Review: The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto (Japan)
By Gwendolyn Dawson The Lake, the latest novel by well-known Japanese novelist Banana Yoshimoto, is an enigmatic love story told from the first-person perspective of Chihiro, a muralist and “going on thirty” daughter of unmarried parents. Chihiro’s unconventional childhood and the recent death of her mother contribute to her sense of isolation and unrest, and she spends hours staring out …
Hot Eye Pop: Surveying the Good and Bad in Book Trailers
The best — and most innovative — book trailers can attract thousands or even millions of viewers. We talk to several experts about what works and why. By Kathleen Sweeney When the term “book trailer” first buzzed out of Los Angeles in 2002, expectations ran high for video promos to become mandatory launch elements. Nine years later, multimedia roll-outs remain ad hoc …
Win Three Novellas from Melville House – the German Book Office’s Book(s) of the Month
All books have now been given away. Thank you to everyone who entered! For August, the German Book Office is featuring three novellas from Melville House, all translated from the German. All three are part of Melville House’s ‘Art of the Novella’ line. A German classic, Michael Kohlhaas tells the story of a sixteenth-century man who suffers injustice and takes …
Melville House on How to Market Foreign Fiction by a Dead Author
By Chip Rossetti I want to thank Ed for letting me take a turn guest-editing Publishing Perspectives while he takes a well-deserved break — even if, in Ed’s case, it’s a working vacation. It’s been amazing to witness the growth of Publishing Perspectives in the last year-and-a-half: it’s hard to believe it was only at BEA 2009 that Ed first …
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