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...
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 | 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 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...
