I’m a big fan of the good review, and I think it sells books, but you actually have to read something from time to time, just so you don’t sound like you’re piling on to a prevailing attitude. There is a good chance that these books will sell in your store. I can tell you that the book 03, just from the review in The New Yorker, from James Wood, will certainly sell, not only because it’s affordable, but the reviewer carries some serious weight, (How Fiction Works). It also sounds sick, weird and voyeuristic in an interesting way. 03 is translated from French, so, it’s got that going for it…
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Dear Corporate Publisher, Since last year was the worst year in publishing history—that is, the worst year since the year before—I’ve got a few questions for you (along with some unsolicited advice): Are you publishing all of your authors, or are you just printing most of them? Because if you’re just printing most of them, why bother? Why not re-allocate all those printing and shipping costs into marketing the books you’re actually publishing? Just a thought. Does the reading public really need a million titles per year? Wouldn’t it be a little easier to sort out the growing demand for a hundred thousand? Don’t get me wrong, I like eclectic, I like many voices, but it seems to me a hundred thousand is a Continue reading Dear Publisher
In The Sacred and Profane Love Machine an extra-marital affair rivals in legitimacy the marriage it is undermining. In A Fairly Honorable Defeat, a gay relationship and a straight marriage are both under threat. One will go down. Which deserves to survive and why? Most readers today remember Iris Murdoch as the brilliant Continue reading Three Guys One Download – Iris Murdoch
DH: The Guys are launching a new guest post series featuring our friends the indie presses. It’s called Why We Love What We do. It features publishers and editors talking about what gives their house its own special spin. We’re aiming for the pubs history, approach to publishing, title selection philosophy, plans for new projects and celebrations of favorite books published. We’re also hoping that the publishers and editors that are at the frontiers of the indie market will tell us something about themselves as book lovers and as a community of INDEPENDENT minds. How does the terrain of the indie book wilderness scope out from the lookout Continue reading Why We Love What We Do
I’m going to repeat myself and say this about Holy Water: “Hilarious, disquieting, razor sharp, and Now with a capital N. Othmer is an absurdist straight from the trenches, a keen-eyed witness to the troubling but strangely hopeful times we live in, and a stylist of the first order.”
This week we can look forward to DH’s review of David Mitchell‘s novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, which is finally to be released in the U.S., an inexplicable seven weeks after it’s UK release. To preface DH’s coverage, here’s a little video: JE: Am I crazy to predict an upbeat vibe at BEA this year? Maybe it’s just the circles I run in—fiercely independent publishers, whip-smart booksellers and hungry novelists, but I’m sensing a little optimism. And why not? There’s a lot of good books dropping this year, both from the corporates and the indies (see our Spring Indie Preview, if you haven’t already). I say: Screw all the bad news. Screw the downward spiral. Let’s celebrate books before they’re obsolete. That’s a joke (sort of). I know a lot of friends-of-the-blog will be on the floor and at the parties, so writers and publishers and booksellers, in the spirit of connecting brilliant people, please let us know where we can find you in Continue reading Call me nutty, but I love a trade show
www.featherproof.com I have to say that these mini books which you can download from the Featherproof site are just amazing, really something to seek out, and they are free. I found the folks over at Featherproof with Scorch Atlas, AM/PM, and the sterling prose of Lindsay Hunter, and by the way, watch for Lindsay’s book this September, its called Daddy’s. In Natalie Edwards mini book, Crop Milk, we’re blistered with statistics about food-borne illness, and who is the biggest offender of the well known family restaurants. I like this kind of stuff, I want to know more, and it’s nice to learn something. Which is more than I already know, don’t Continue reading Crop Milk by Natalie Edwards
Today at the Center for Fiction (17 east 47th street) from 6pm to 8pm, there is a book launch party for this book. Almost all of the authors who are collected in this fantastic collection of sex and crimes stories will be on hand, so check out this event, and you might see, Madison Smartt Bell, Lawrence Block, Stephen L. Carter, Lee Child, Jonathan Lethem, Laura Lippman, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Santlofer, Edmund White…and possible others. Jonthan Santlofer is a friend of the blog, and will most definetly be there. This wonderful trade paperback from Bloomsbury will be on sale, its a $16.00 trade Continue reading The Dark End of the Street Book Launch
If you’ve paid attention this week, you’ve noticed that we like Sam Munson. We hope you will too, so here’s an opportunity: In the comments section, name your favorite adolescent protagonist, and tell us why, and get a chance to win one of five copies of SM’s new novel The Continue reading The November Criminals Giveaway Written by Neil Landau, an experienced screenwriter and script consultant to the major movie studios, this is the perfect book for anyone who wants to know about the inner-workings of this industry. Fortunately, Three Guys One Book has five copies to give away. I’ll pick the five winners randomly from the authors of comments on this post. To liven it up a little, tell us what book you’d like to see made into a film. Continue reading 101 Things I Learned In Film School – Giveaway
JC: For those of you looking for a way to spend a morning or afternoon in Manhattan this weekend, here’s a tip: visit the Indie and Small Press Book Fair, sponsored by The New York Center for Independent Publishing. The event will be held 3/6 and 3/7 from 10am to 5pm at the General Society Library, 20 W 44th St. Admission is free. According to Interim Director, Leah Schnelbach, about 50 small presses will be attending, including Pointed Leaf, International Publishers, Intima Press, Anvil Press, Olympia Press, the Center for Fiction, Mark Batty Publishers, South End Press, Strangers Gate, French International Publishers, Greenpoint Press, Black Lawrence, Red Dust, Fractious Press, and Seven Stories Press. Also featured will be talks Continue reading Indie & Small Press Book Fair |
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DH: Iris Murdoch, the mid-20th century British novelist, was the true inheritor of the great Victorian tradition of moral psychologists. Her complex stories turn on questions of what’s the right thing. Only in contrast to today’s dogmatic moralists, who are so convinced that they know exactly what you should be doing, IM wrote stories where good and evil are real but meant to be puzzled over.
JE: Holy Water by James P. Othmer dropped last week, and you need to get off your butt and go buy it (if you haven’t already)! Everybody who is talking about Gary Shteyngart, would do well to read J.P.O.
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JC: Thanks to everyone who joined in last week’s giveaway. We’ll expect to see some polished short films from the winners in the near future!
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