Year: 2016

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The Path to Successful Entrepreneurship:
Read, Read, Read

January 26, 2016 admin 0

Are you hoping to become a successful entrepreneur? There are a lot of things you must do, of course. But the most important among them? The Independent suggests that you read: You are what you read, and if your goal is to build a massively successful company where you call the shots, you might want to start with the following books. So what the books that made the top 25? Some of them will definitely […]

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Blade Runner II  Inches Closer

January 25, 2016 admin 0

We’ve been getting ready to crow about a Blade Runner sequel for a while now, because, like loads of fans of that cult classic 1982 film, we just can’t wait to see how it all turns out. The latest word comes from Deadline Hollywood, which confirms that, among other things, production will begin in July: Sony Pictures has made a deal with Alcon Entertainment for overseas distribution rights to the Blade Runner sequel that Denis […]

This Just In… Emerald Silk  by Janet Lane

January 25, 2016 admin 0

This fast-paced romantic adventure by an Amazon bestselling author is set in autumn, 1448 at England’s famed Applewood horse fair. The midnight peace is shattered when monastic knights invade the camp to reclaim a treasured chalice stolen by a Gypsy. The attack sets in motion a string of deadly pursuits, a mystery murder, and a political crisis involving the most prominent bishop in England. In the center of the chaos, the beautiful half-Gypsy, Kadriya, yearns […]

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Indie Rising

January 25, 2016 admin 0

Independent booksellers have taken a beating over the last decade. The mega chains have come (though mostly gone) and then technology swooped in just in time to do the last holdouts in. Or so it seemed. But as a piece in Publishing Perspectives points out, the reality is quite different from what we had feared. The big chains have mostly subsided and technology has provided an unexpected evening effect. While the rise of technology seemed […]

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Sales of Print Books Up in Canada

January 25, 2016 admin 0

One per cent doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s a trend in the right direction. From Publishers Weekly: Print book unit sales in Canada were up by 1% in 2015, compared to the previous year, according to sales tracking service BookNet Canada. The overall dollar value of print books sold, meanwhile, rose by 3%. The data coincides with what indie booksellers reported to PW earlier this month, that many stores’ had solid sales gains […]

Fiction: Out of Mercy  by Jonathan Ashley

January 14, 2016 J. Kingston Pierce 1

(Editor’s note: This review comes from Steven Nester, host of Poets of the Tabloid Murder, a weekly Internet radio show heard on the Public Radio Exchange [PRX]. Nester is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Rap Sheet, Mystery Scene and Firsts Magazine.) The decades after America’s Civil War were brutal, especially in the border states where North and South bore murderous grudges and roving gangs pillaged dirt-poor towns ruled by anarchy. […]

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Trailer Released for Adaptation of
Stephen King’s 11/22/63

January 9, 2016 admin 0

Hulu has released the trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s 11/22/63, and it looks worth waiting for! As Deadline Hollywood says, 11/22/63 “has everything an early ’60s buff could need – fedoras, James Franco in a Mad Men-era suit, romance, a pink Cadillac (I think, or something close to it) and, for some reason perhaps known to the readers of King’s novel, a bunch of roaches.” James Franco, Daniel Webber, Sarah Gadon, Josh […]

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Top 32 Books of 2016

January 9, 2016 admin 0

Never one to be light on opinions, Huffington Post Books adds in their list of “32 new books to Add to Your Shelf in 2016” and a round up of the books they are most anticipating in the coming year: Whether you’ve promised yourself that 2016 will be the year you’ll read more books, the year you’ll read books more thoughtfully or the year you’ll read fewer curmudgeonly comments sections, we have a few new […]

Putting Their Best Faces Forward

January 8, 2016 J. Kingston Pierce 0

There’s every possibility that you haven’t noticed yet, but The Rap Sheet — January Magazine’s sister blog — has posted its nominees for Best Crime Fiction Cover of 2015. There are 20 contenders this year, covering a wide assortment of authors and a range of publishers, both large and small. You’re invited to take part in choosing the ultimate winner. At the bottom of the post, you’ll find a simple electronic ballot. Please feel free […]

Non-fiction: True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear

January 3, 2016 Tony Buchsbaum 0

If I were going to sit down and write a book about the history of men’s fashion, I wouldn’t put the chapters in alphabetical order. Because then I’d have to start with a chapter about ascots, which very few men actually wear today. And yet that’s what True Style (Basic Books) does. Alphabetically ordered chapters, with ascot first and weather gear last. Call me crazy, but are ascots what men want to read about? I mean, […]