Laurel Snyder has asked us, in the most appropriate way possible, to post this exciting news about her upcoming writers’ contest. Because we are highly susceptible to flattery, we are more than happy to get the word about the First Annual Verb Fiction Contest out. Also, we do so love writing contests. Rules, submission information, and exclamation points after the break.
Normally, we don’t do this*, but needs must and all that. We dutifully waited for the archived edition of yesterday’s Publisher’s Lunch to be posted because Michael Cader did a bang-up job of reviewing the cool (and sometimes perplexing) new features at Amazon.com. We appreciate this, given our natural laziness. Alas, the good stuff is on the members’ only side of the Publisher’s Marketplace divide, so you’ll have to be satisfied with us telling you how great the story is. Probably you’ve noticed them: the plogs, the wiki, the stats showing what percentage of people who viewed the book your
We’re admittedly bad at tracking all the editorial movement going on — but who could keep up with all the comings and going? But since we have a nice slew of desk changes, we’ll share a few: Farrin Jacobs has moved to HarperCollins Children’s Books as executive editor. She was previously editor at Red Dress Ink. Ballantine associate editor Julia Cheiffetz was promoted to editor. Because Adams Media COO Scott Watrous will be leaving to head Globe Pequot Press, a bunch of people will be doing his job. Gary Krebs, Karen Cooper, and Jeanne Emanuel will share duties, though presumably
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In the interest of scientific inquiry, we did a quick poll of our peers to gauge interest in the impending arrival of Judith Regan. Angelenos are, quite obviously, fascinated by celebrity and when a high-profile editor arrives on our fair shore, well, giddy is not too strong a word. Except, and perhaps we can blame the news media, the general reaction to this news was, “Who?” Followed by, “Does this have a point?” Then the kicker, “Whatever.” We tried explaining the part where Regan is planning to bring culture to Los Angeles. That was met with, “On purpose?” Okay, Regan
You know how it goes — you’re waiting for something to process, so you say, quite logically, “I think I’m going to check out the Anne Tyler interview at Failbetter.” Possibly you decide to do this in a public place. Be warned: those snort-like chuckles? They can be heard by the people around you. Naturally, we do not speak from personal experience. Our snort-like chuckles are of the most delicate variety. Tyler isn’t one for major publicity pushes. We imagine that if we saw her on the Today show, it would be by accident. Either hers or ours, doesn’t matter.
