By Edward Nawotka For a long while now publishers have released sample chapters online to give readers a sense of what a book might be like. You can have them e-mailed to you, download them, or browse for them on the Web. Then there’s Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature and others that allow you to “browse” the flaps and opening of …
“Trust Me” Isn’t a Good Sales Pitch (for a Lover or a Book)
Editorial by Kevin Smokler “Move along!” That’s what my meaner self tells me to say when I meet publishers, event producers and literary magazine editors whose mission/passion is “bold new fiction.” Move along. I’ve no room for you in this life and probably not the next one. I feel terrible about this. I write about and discuss books for fun, …