“Margot met Robert on a Wednesday night toward the end of her fall semester. She was working behind the concession stand at the artsy movie theatre downtown when he came in and bought a large popcorn and a box of Red Vines.” So begins a short story by Kristen Roupenian that was recently published in the New Yorker and quickly went viral, leading to a seven figure book deal for its new author. “Cat Person” […]
Though Amazon’s forays into real space bookselling have thus far been modest, their future plans are anything but. From The New York Times: The company is exploring the idea of creating stores to sell furniture and home appliances, like refrigerators — the kinds of products that shoppers are reluctant to buy over the internet sight unseen, said one of several people with knowledge of the discussions who, in conversations with The New York Times, […]
On a day when the sky feels like it’s falling in any case, this news from the world of print journalism seems less chilling than it might have been at other times. From Deadline Hollywood: As print advertising revenues continue to fall off the cliff, reviews and features related to film, theater and the rest of the arts are being cut at New York’s two prominent broadsheets, the New York Times and the Wall Street […]
More often than not, first time authors get a real shock. Writing a book worth reading is a very difficult task. And once the book is complete, it’s easy for an author to say, “Well, that was hard. But now I’m done.” The fact is, though, these days, writing “The End” just leads to a new beginning. Or, as many authors will tell you, once the book is done, the real work begins. When it […]
The Crooked Heart of Mercy will be out January 5 from Random House Canada and in the US it will be available in March from HarperCollins. It’s a very special book. Author Billie Livingston is a long-time friend of January Magazine (see our interview with Livingston from 1999 here) and the book is… well, in a word, lovely. Maybe the best book yet from an acclaimed and awarded writer. Here’s what Random is saying about […]
Early on in this business, I learned to pay attention when multiple copies of a book started rolling in the door. More than one copy of a review book arriving doesn’t necessarily indicate that the book will be good, but it does tell me that someone, somewhere thinks this is a book good enough to push. A lot of books are published every day. Very few of them get that sort of publisher support. Especially […]
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