Morning Brief — Monday, July 14
I saw Hancock this weekend (pretty much what you would expect — fun) but I particularly got a kick out of the fact that Hancock gets a makeover by a PR guy. I’ve never sent an author to jail (nor have...
View ArticleMorning Brief — Thursday, July 31
My iPhone bricked the other day when I tried to update to 2.0 and I tried restoring it about 15 times to no avail. Apparently a lot of people had problems when the 3Gs went on sale and the issue was...
View ArticleMorning Brief — Wednesday, August 13
Based on friends’ blogs / Facebook status updates, I have discovered that various people are: obsessed with the Olympics, obsessed with Michael Phelps, understanding why people are obsessed with...
View ArticleNPR Digital and a new GalleyCat
NPR’s digital department has some good news. They ask: Please add NPR Digital to your database of recipients for advance/review copies of books, as well as other book publicity materials. All such...
View ArticleMorning Brief — Wednesday, October 1
GalleyCat reports that the Chicago Reader and the Washington City Paper are the latest publications to declare bankruptcy. Not quite sure what “filing for bankruptcy” means for us book publicists...
View ArticleUpdate on the Chicago Reader, Washington City Paper
My cell phone died this morning. Again. I actually can’t remember the last time I talked on my phone, but how ever will I update my status on Facebook or Twitter?! *** Although the company that owns...
View ArticleDeparture at PW?
Beth from Rodale just sent over a link to GalleyCat‘s post about a possible departure (Dick Donahue?) from Publishers Weekly. Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged: GalleyCat, Publishers Weekly
View ArticleEBooks — promotion and reviews
There’s been plenty of talk about eBooks over the past few months (years), but between klunky readers and the half dozen eBook formats, they’ve gotten off to a rocky start. Leave it to Oprah to up the...
View ArticleBlogs, microblogs and websites
A lot of authors debate whether it’s better to have a blog or a website. Men with Pens posts about the differences between the two (and points out that blogs today look pretty spiffy compared with...
View ArticleA new era
That’s right — Gossip Girl just announced their new spin-off series. Battlestar Galactica is in its final season, again. And we have a new president. For those of you glued to your television sets...
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