Is Tinseltown raiding publishing?

by | 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...

Do. The. Work.

by | 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...

The Deadliest Job

by | Oct 6, 2012 | Musings of a New York Publicist

A lot of these cable networks love showing really dangerous jobs, like Deadliest Catch, et al. No one, however, ever features a book publicist. Sometimes this job can be deadly, too. Last week I was at a writers conference (which shall remain nameless) speaking to a...