http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:20:49 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/bookpublishing.xml http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19048697 3G technology gives iPhone fast access to email and the Internet on cellular networks around the world. Apple claims the iPhone 3G is 2.4 times faster downloading pages, email, or attachments. If you use iPhone with Microsoft Exchange, you can even look up From Where I Sit Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:54:39 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19048697 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18948252 For an author who is receiving the blurb endorsement, it’s an incredible feeling. When done right, it takes a lot of time to read a novel and it takes even more time to think of a short, pithy blurb that really captures the author’s emotion about Pub Rants Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:25:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18948252 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19032924 Showering, dressing, sometimes making a lunch, dashing for the bus, working, working, glancing at my to-do list, working, sometimes cooking dinner, snatched conversations with my devoted boyfriend, maybe 10 minutes of tv, and then sleep. Lucky for me (and now for all of you readers out there), I Chronicle Books Blog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:34 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19032924 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19002731 Indiana Lawmakers Will Not Seek to Reinstate Registration Law -- Publishers Weekly, 7/3/2008 7:51:00 AM The ruling this week in Indiana from Judge Sarah Evans Baker, striking down a law requiring retailers to register sexually explicit material with the Publishers Weekly: Latest News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19002731 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18999881 Get pumped up for the RWA 2008 RITA Awards by watching this trailer of trash talking finalists for the best contemporary single romance title including: Jennifer Greene, Kristan Higgins, Susan Anderson, Diana Holquist, Leslie Kelly, Rachel Gibson, Toni Blake and Sarah Strohmeyer. According to mediabistro.com: GalleyCat Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:12:49 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18999881 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19010265 With the closing of several prominent, internationally-recognized bookstores in the last couple of months--Dutton's in Brentwood, Cody's Books and the Graduate Theological Bookstore in Berkeley--it seems important to take stock of where independent bookselling stands, what it stands for, and what Chin Music Press: Adventures in Publishing Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:17:30 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19010265 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18933726 I pinged this via the Member News feed the other day,* but in case you missed it there, here's the scoop from Kyle Schlesinger: PRINTING POETRY: A Workshop for Poets and Visual Artists at The Arm Letterpress Studio On July 12th and 19th, Dan Morris and I will DIY Poetry Publishing Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18933726 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19002732 Simply Audiobooks to Offer RH Titles DRM-free By Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 7/3/2008 5:23:00 AM Simply Audiobooks has announced plans to make a full range of Random House audiobook titles available for purchase and download in a DRM-free format. The Publishers Weekly: Latest News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:23:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19002732 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19012274 In “The PW Morning Report,” they said: Britney’s Mom’s Memoir “Totally Compelling,” Thomas Nelson Editor Tells Gawker Michael Hyatt of the Christian publisher goes ape over Lynne Spear’s tell-all: “I can’t put it down,” Hyatt gushed, “People are going to be From Where I Sit Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:39:25 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19012274 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19012468 THIN LINE by Indigo Girls Last night I was reading GOOD TO GREAT by Jim Collins. If you are an agent working for an already well established agency, that’s probably accurate as the agent only needs to find good material, work with individual clients, etc. He or she isn’t also running Pub Rants Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:45:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19012468 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19008666 One of the things I love most about my job is meeting all of the talented and inspiring authors each year. With each passing season my rolodex expands and my list of new friends grows. Sabrina and Eunice Moyle of the famed letterpress studio, HelloLucky! When Chronicle Books Blog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:55:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19008666 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18996692 A few weeks after meeting Jules Asner at Weinstein Books's BookExpo party, I got on the phone with her to talk about the backstory to her first novel, Whacked. The story, about a TV scriptwriter bouncing back from a failed relationship, is based on a bad mediabistro.com: GalleyCat Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:34 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18996692 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18997243 The media have it so wrong" I’ll Drink to That—UC Press Publishes Wine Books To Fill Niche, reports Los Angeles Times As commercial publishers scale back on the category, UC Press publishes its 23rd wine book in the last five years Publishers Weekly: Latest News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:16:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18997243 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19001953 After Judy Maguire sent Dan Savage into the red zone last week by tweaking him about the similarities between her book jacket and a recent cover of The Stranger, novelist Brendan Halpin spotted an opportunity, claiming that some of the advice Savage handed mediabistro.com: GalleyCat Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:33:36 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/19001953 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18983691 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons sugar 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 whole canned chipotle chile pepper, pureed or minced 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro 1 pound sea scallops 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal 1 Chronicle Books Blog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:14:41 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18983691 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18983433 ROUTE 66 by Natalie Cole I imagine blog readers wonder what agents do all day besides sitting around eating bon-bons and looking glamorous (which is something I’m still trying to achieve). 2. RWA is fast approaching so although the NLA dinner party is all organized (thanks to Sara), I’m Pub Rants Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:25:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18983433 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18971837 The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression took a victory yesterday when a federal judge dismissed an Indiana law requiring retailers to register "sexually explicit" material with the state. She elaborated: “A romance novel sold Publishers Weekly: Latest News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:53:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18971837 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18995563 I wish I'd been able to make it out last night to the Atlantic Gallery, where Kunstler (behind the microphone) was joined by author Michael Hogan (left, and no relation), both of whom are clients of literary agent Adam Chromy, to talk about the prospect of mediabistro.com: GalleyCat Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:54:51 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18995563 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18968627 I’m always straying from the ingredient list and making substitutions. I start to hear them the minute I go into a store or stroll through the farmers market, “Hey you, the one with the curls… I’m talking to you. Don’t I look delicious, green, and crisp, and Chronicle Books Blog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:40 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18968627 http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18971836 Free Press Preempts ex-Gawker Editor’s Memoir By Matthew Thornton -- Publishers Weekly, 7/2/2008 8:24:00 AM Free Press senior editor Amber Qureshi preempted North American rights to Emily Gould’s And the Heart Says…"Whatever ” via Publishers Weekly: Latest News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:24:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/bookpublishing/item/18971836