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Our dear friend Edward Wyatt (no really, we have built a full and unreciprocated relationship with the poor, unsuspecting man) tells us that Jonathan Karp has unexpected resigned from Random House. To pursue other opportunities. Now in any other situation, we’d equate this with being fired, but that simply doesn’t feel right. Karp is, was, […]

Our first reaction upon hearing about Blogrebity was “you’ve got to be joking.” As it turns out, they were. The world remains safe from two-page spreads on Nick Denton, but we will admit to a moment of fantasy where we flipped through glossy pages filled with fascinating tidbits about our favorite bloggers. Of course, then […]

It’s going to be one of those post-and-run sort of days. We have yet to comprehend why people hold meetings first thing in the morning, but, as we contemplate the alternatives, there seems to be little choice. You certainly can’t do it at the end of the day, what with people thinking they have personal […]

Janet Maslin has surveyed the crowd and she’s not impressed. We don’t blame her. Reading her recap of the opening pages of the new Arnold Schwarzenegger biography made us want to take a shower. We can only imagine what actual hand-to-eye contact with the smarm might do. As we read through Maslin’s accounts of upcoming […]

The first thing we thought when we read that Denise Roy of Simon & Schuster called her area of focus “Adventures in America” was that she was interested in everything. It is a pleasure to be right about these things. Roy looks for fun, different angles on the American experience, especially from a historical perspective. […]

As we and others suspected, BEA was hot, sweaty, and filled with far too much swag — a normal human could not hope to carry everything without a rolling suitcase. The halls were crowded, and though we’d give an honorable mention to Random House for stealth re-introducing the lad lit idea, it’s clear the best […]

We see how this works: you move into someone else’s blog and invite all your friends over. Very clever. Dan Wickett is throwing a major party right now, and while we can’t keep up with all the posts, we’ll try to tap into various conversations as we wander around the room. You can click on […]

Dan Wickett is manning the controls over at Conversational Reading this week. He says he’s going to be a responsible blog-sitter, but we’ve seen men in action before. Scott’s going to come home to find an exploded Coke or two in his freezer… Warning for regular readers here

Every now and then, we feel an overwhelming urge to state the obvious. We beg your indulgence for a moment because now is one of those times. It is 2005. If the publishing industry wants to remain viable (and there have always been questions on that point), it needs to think like a real business. […]

We are not suggesting that the new RWA graphical standards have stirred up a bit of discussion on the Internets, but, well, they’ve stirred up a bit of discussion. All over the place. Sure, we could pick and choose our favorites, but why spoil the surprise. Here’s a sampling of what’s being said by taller, […]