by Christina George | Dec 19, 2012 | Things that make me want to change careers
I love my job. I love my job. I love my job. Sometimes I find myself randomly repeating that mantra when, let’s say, I really feeling like punching someone (generally an author) or hurling someone (also an author) out the window. So we have this author who we...
by Christina George | Nov 26, 2012 | Things that make me want to change careers
No, I’m not venting about my latest therapy session – that was the line that kicked off our sales meeting this week. While most people are focused on the holidays, family, gift buying, maybe vacations, we’re focused on sex. See, publishing wrapped up the holiday...
by Christina George | Nov 16, 2012 | Things that make me want to change careers
So we’ve been working with this author, a woman, who was once married to an extremely popular actor from the 70s and 80s and of course she wants to cash in, I mean chronicle, her time with him for the good of mankind and die hard fans everywhere. We see this a lot,...
by Christina George | Nov 15, 2012 | Musings of a New York Publicist, Things that make me want to change careers
When it comes to publishing, nothing is sacred and having a royal sis doesn’t mean instant success. Such is the case with Pippa Middleton’s party planning book which in the words of an overheard conversation at Starbucks this morning is “lame.”...
by Christina George | Aug 29, 2012 | Things that make me go hmmmm, Things that make me want to change careers
Today an author called me, said she’d spoken with a company that can guarantee 3,000 in book sales. Really? I never knew that was possible. Listen up folks, no one, and I repeat no one can guarantee book sales – ever. That’s just the bottom line. My...
