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Embargoed books, or why book publicists have white hairs
About a week ago, The New York Times ran a piece about Edward Kennedy’s memoir True Compass (followed a day later by book review doyenne Michiko Kakutani’s assessment of the tome). As a reader, you...
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Why I still hate voicemail
On Friday, we received a message saying that due to a system crash, we would not be able to retrieve or leave voicemail messages for an hour. Those of you who know me can guess I shed no tears. Don’t...
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How to save time in book publicity
I’ve posted a lot about what drives me crazy (what can I say — I can be a complainer) but I thought it would also be useful to post about a couple life savers from these past few crazy weeks. Microsoft...
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Things to be thankful for
As it became clear this Thanksgiving weekend exactly how un-thankful some are, I thought I would focus instead on some (book publicity-related) things for which I am thankful. – Informative blogs. I...
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Just say no
Holiday spirit notwithstanding, I’m going to go for the curmudgeonly and say that one of my New Year’s resolutions is to say “no” more. This post was partly inspired by a reader who suggested the...
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Why authors shouldn’t contact journalists directly
Given that this is, after all, The Book Publicity Blog, every so often an author will write in asking for contact information for a show. It may surprise you (if you’re an author — not so much if...
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The Future of Book Publishing from South by Southwest
It’s that time of year again, when thousands of people with Macbooks and iPhones migrate to Austin for the annual South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival. Following up to last year’s...
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BEA
I must admit — I am egg-hausted (as is the rest of the book publishing industry). Tuesday, I attended the opening CEO panel about “The Value of the Book” at Book Expo America (and very nearly fell off...
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How book publicity is like the World Cup
Under duress, I watched the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain yesterday. Okay — so it wasn’t really “duress,” but everyone kept posting about the match on Facebook, and Versus wasn’t...
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How Excel can make book publicity easier
In the field of book promotion, we don’t often use Excel, and the truth is that you only need mention “pivot table” or “concatenate” to make my head swim. But even though we don’t need to make use of...
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