The Washington Post presents a look ahead at books of note coming out this spring.
The Telegraph (UK) lists the 110 books that you need for the perfect library.
Last week, the New York Times ran an article about the pitfalls of dating literary snobs (it’s not you, it’s your book…). This week, the Telegraph offers: “If you’re trying to bed a book snob, hide the Ayn Rand…”
The literary award for the year’s oddesst title (there is one) goes to…If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs
In book business news, HarperCollins reports that they have a new division that is going to try a new business model by slashing author’s advances and disallowing returns of unsold books by bookstores. (Thanks for the link, Frank.)
April 7th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I’m really interested to see exactly how far the slashing of bookseller returns goes with Harper. It’ll greatly cut into the risks bookstores take with author events, and also pretty much flat-out kill the possibility of a “runaway” or “dark horse” bestseller being spearheaded by the indie stores ever again. eeeeeeever again.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:02 am
It seems like they’re starting out with a very narrow focus initially - Mitch Albom-style books.