by Christina George | Oct 9, 2014 | Things that make me want to change careers
You can’t be generous in this day and age without being taken advantage of and harassed by what I like to refer to as the “freeloader mentality”. A friend of mine who owns a book publicity firm, who used to do what I do but got smart (I say that on...
by Christina George | Apr 13, 2013 | Industry stuff
Like any industry, publishing gets its share of buzz words. The problem with buzz words is that they quickly become overused and you go from what started as a great key word, search, and PR term for a publicity campaign to something that makes you sound like a...
by Christina George | Feb 14, 2013 | Industry stuff
I’ve been attending the Tools of Change for Publishing conference in New York this week and aside from the great parties and much needed carbo-loading on hot bread sticks at the lunch today, there was some genuinely fantastic information and really great conversations...
by Christina George | Feb 2, 2013 | Industry stuff
Barnes & Noble has been all over the news since the holidays. Their eBook sales were down 10 percent, their stock has been down, and they’ve officially announced that they plan to close 200 stores in the next decade. Grim. But like, Borders grim? Some say the...
by Christina George | Jan 19, 2013 | Industry stuff
Digital Book World was this week in New York. I’m sure a number of you attended, and likely even more of you caught wind of everything that was going on via Twitter – which was exploding. One hot topic that really caught my attention, and everyone...
