Garth Stein's new book The Art of Racing in the Rain posted extraordinary sales of 15,215 copies the first week out. Of these, 3,515 flew out the door of retail bookstores, 2,217 were ordered on Amazon, and a whopping 9,483 sold at Starbucks stores throughout the country. The relatively unknown … [Read more...]
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Book Launch 2.0 video goes viral
Don’t miss this laugh-out-loud piece of brilliant parody. Author Dennis Cass has created exactly what every publisher dreams of: a self-produced video that’s approaching 20,000 hits on YouTube. Hope it kick-starts a long-lasting spike of flow-through cash register sales on Nielson’s BookScan for … [Read more...]
How to cover an election
Has there ever been a better time to read about Presidential politics or more to demand our attention every day? It’s a constant roller coaster, with minute-by-minute reports 24/7: “Hillary’s up; Obama’s down… Hillary’s down; Obama’s up… McCain is getting a free ride; McCain is putting his foot in … [Read more...]
Guts Ball: Editing Hunter Thompson, part one
Hunter S. Thompson The first time I met Hunter Thompson he handed me a quiver of four-foot roman candles and said “Hold this.” I did and he lit them. We were in Palm Springs, standing poolside at an ultra private estate, there for a Rolling Stone Magazine board meeting. Hunter had just secretly … [Read more...]
Wait! Before you start writing that novel…
B efore you go off and waste months and even years on 400 pages that took a bad turn and went down the wrong path, first make an outline. That's right, make an outline! I usually hear a lot of grumbling when I suggest this to aspiring writers. "Are you joking? What about inspiration, free … [Read more...]
What to look for in a writers conference
N ot all writers conferences are created equal. Some can take place in your local library, others may happen in luxury function rooms warrnambool have to offer. As a faculty member, I've appeared at events where authors were treated respectfully and came away with valuable information. But I've … [Read more...]
About The Book Deal Blog
Welcome readers. Let me introduce myself and offer up some credentials for the opinions, perspectives and insights in this blog. In nearly 50 years in book publishing, I've worked at Simon & Schuster, Bantam Books, and Grove Press, and I founded Straight Arrow Books, the book division of … [Read more...]
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