by Christina George | Dec 11, 2012 | Industry stuff
So, Publishers Weekly has named E.L. James the ‘Publishing Person of the Year’. For those of you still scratching your heads, it’s okay, because the name isn’t nearly as well known as the insanely successful Fifty Shades trilogy. Yep, she’s that author. And the...
by Christina George | Dec 8, 2012 | Industry stuff
Did you hear? The savvy folks at Random House are getting a $5,000 Holiday bonus thanks to the red hot Fifty Shades of Grey and it’s subsequent follow up books. I wanted to do a shout out to my friends at RH and just to let you know, we’re looking...
by Christina George | Dec 3, 2012 | Industry stuff
When it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. I knew this would happen, it was only a matter of time before the big guys swallowed their pride to finally admit what a gold mine self-publishing really is. And that it’s not going away. So they’ll all...
by Christina George | Nov 2, 2012 | Industry stuff
My heart goes out to everyone trying to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy but I wanted to take a moment to call special attention to the bookstores that suffered some incredible losses, rows of books standing no chance against walls of water as high as 14-feet in some...
by Christina George | Oct 26, 2012 | Industry stuff
No, it’s not the latest cutesy Zynga game for Facebook, it’s a potential buyout. On Thursday rumors spread from across the pond that Random House parent Bertlesmann is in talks with Pearson to acquire its publisher Penguin. Random House is already the largest...
by Christina George | Oct 22, 2012 | Industry stuff
So, Johnny Depp is going to publish books. The Associate Press reported last Monday that his imprint, Infinitum Nihil, also the name of his production company, is now a part of Harper Collins Publishers. Supposedly Depp will seek “authentic, outspoken and...
