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Young Adult Fiction Readers
Keeping in the same vein of discussion as the last post, Susan Carpenter of the LA Times wrote an article that discusses the demographic breakdown of Young Adult Fiction buyers and readers. The...
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Penguin Suing Authors For Not Delivering
Penguin Publishing House has decided to light their torches, sharpen their pitchforks, dress in black leather, print out a list of IOU’s, and hunt down all of the authors who have not delivered on...
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Penguin Suing Authors For Not Delivering: Part Two
Not terribly much more to report on the publisher vs author issue, but a friend of mine, who has publishing house contract knowledge, offered up this tidbit of insight: It’s for undelivered...
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Young Adult Fiction Readers: Part Two
Before you partake in this expedition of written word, steal a glance at these previous articles for a better understanding of how we got here: Next On The Overkill Movie Adaptation List: Dystopian...
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Rowling Not Long For Adult Fiction
J.K. Rowling released her first attempt at Adult Fiction in September with The Casual Vacancy – reviews were less than stellar: Via Yahoo: “Unfortunately,” The New York Times said, “the real-life world...
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15 Days of Halloween: All Hallow’s Read
On the eve of November and NaNoWriMo, there is one even that must first be brought to light – All Hallows Read. The tradition began with a blog thought by Neil Gaiman – why not give out scary books on...
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15 Days of Halloween: The Graveyard Book
Penned by perennial dark fantasy writing, man-in-black-wearing, English-accented Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book is in the same vein as The Jungle Book, but, as you can imagine, takes place in a...
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Penguin & Random House Merger: Part One
Word has come down from up on high that two of the largest publishing houses in the world are discussing a possible merger, whispering sweet nothings about publishing domination. The merger makes sense...
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Penguin & Random House Merger: Part Two
It has been confirmed on this “Frankenstorm” morning that Penguin and Random House will merge in the later stages of 2013. The reshaped juggernaut of the publishing world will be known as Penguin...
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Warning Salvo Off the Amazon Bow
There have been countless underhanded salutes, passive aggressive back-turns, and middle finger smiles between Amazon, publishing houses such as Random House and Penguin (Merger News), and book stores...
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