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 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 18, 2012 | Musings of a New York Publicist
I was in Starbucks today, just waiting in line and this gal behind me struck up a conversation. She asked what I did, I told her that I’m a book publicist. Of course, she had written a book. So, she tells me that she’s written a memoir, though, it’s...
by Christina George | Oct 9, 2012 | Musings of a New York Publicist
I have a dear friend of mine who is a freelance editor, she does wonderful work. If you ever need someone to turn your work into utter brilliance, you should give her a call. You should not, however, send her your book if a) English is your fifth language and b) you...
