Thanks to Neesha Meminger who gave the heads on up on the Simon & Schuster’s 2009 Blogfest.
“Blogfest is a two-week event where 40 of Simon & Schuster’s top teen authors and their fan bases come together to share ideas on one single blog.

Each day of blogfest (9/21 through 10/4) will be devoted to one question [...]

Publisher’s Weekly broke the news the Bloomsbury has decided to change the cover for Justine Larbalestier’s novel, Liar.
Based on my previous post, Judging a Book By Its Cover, it’s interesting that Bloomsbury invested money to change this book jacket and not keep the “whitewashed” cover.
I must say that I’m surprised that they chose to go [...]

I was just reading this Publisher’s Weekly article, Barnes & Noble Stores to Offer Free AT&T Wi-Fi.
There is a HUGE Barnes and Noble up the street from my day job where I sometimes write. One of the benefits of it was that there wasn’t any free wi-fi, and I didn’t spend my time surfing the [...]

I read this New York Times article, Target Can Make Sleepy Titles Into Best Sellers
Target is building a reputation as a “tastemaker” of books. With its Breakout program, the store highlights unknown writers and have helped many make it to the bestseller list. Plus, the Bookmarked Club Pick is selected by a [...]

Interesting blog post today on John Green’s Sparks Fly Up website. John talks about book advances, and while most writers dream of that 7-figure advance, he states that maybe a lower advance will be more beneficial to the writer AND the publisher.

In his post he makes an analogy based on our current mortgage situation:
“It seems [...]