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Beyond the era of the sales rep force
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
I was reading a very interesting article in The Bookseller here today, about the ‘death’ of the publishing sales rep, the general gist of which elaborated on the scaling down of large on-the-road rep bodies as more and more buying decisions become centralised or via one-stop wholesalers. As some of you out there may know, [...]
Mobile phone novelists
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Today I read in The Metro about a new species of novel – the mobile phone novel, or, to give it its correct Japanese name - keitai shousetsu. These novels are basically short stories people can read on their mobile phones, which sounds simple enough and perhaps that’s the beauty of them – their accessibility [...]
Rachel Caine and the Morganville Vampires in Lancaster
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Friday 22nd May, 3.30pm LANCASTER
Rachel Caine, bestselling author of the Morgaville Vampire series will be giving a talk, taking questions and signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s, 4-6 Corn Market, Marketgate Shopping Centre, Lancaster, LA1 1AL. For more information call the bookshop on 01524 842561
Rachel Caine book signing in Camden, London
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
SATURDAY 23rd MAY, 3.30pm CAMDEN, LONDON
Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morgaville Vampire series will be signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s,128 Camden High Street, NW1 7JR. For more information call 020 7284 4948
Rachel Caine book signing at Bluewater
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
SATURDAY 23rd MAY, 11am BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE, KENT
Rachel Caine, autuhor of the bestselling Morganville Vampire series (and Weather Warden series) will be signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s in the Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, Kent.
For more information call 01322 624 831.
Rachel Caine and the Morganville Vampires in Stockport
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
THURSDAY 21st MAY, 6.30pm STOCKPORT
Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morganville Vampire series will be talking about, taking questions and signing copies of her books at Borders, Peel Retail Park, Great Portwood Street, Stockport, SK1 2HH. For more information call 0161 476 3392
Rachel Caine and Morganville Vampires in Boston
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
TUESDAY 19th MAY, 5pm BOSTON
Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morgaville Vampire series will be giving a talk, answering questions and signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s, 18 Pescod Square, Wide Bargate, Boston. For more information call 01205 360002
Get your very own A&B bag!
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
They might not rival Gucci or Prada, but our A&B branded bags proved such a hit with London Book Fair goers that we’re now offering anyone the chance to get one (while stocks last).
I actually got a rather unexpected call at the office one Book Fair morning from a random guy who said he’d just [...]
Do we really want to be available 24-7?
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Someone asked me at last week’s London Book Fair why didn’t I have a Blackberry so I could spend all my waking hours hunched over it, fingers feverishly tapping… and I thought to myself, how blissful it is that I don’t have one and so can’t be found 110% of the time! And then someone [...]
Daniel Blythe at the Lincoln Book Festival
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Saturday 16 May, 4.30 - 6.00pm LINCOLN
Daniel Blythe, author of the novel This is the Day and the perennial favourite I Hate Christmas, will be giving a talk and reading, answering questions from the audience and signing copies of his books at Lincoln Drill Hall, as part of the Lincoln Book Festival. For more information [...]
Time to get Twittering…
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Yesterday, back in the office routine after the Book Fair mayhem, I was hit by a notable contrast. At the fair you have three days where the hordes who work in publishing collide under one roof - and there’s a real physical and audible connection there. You see people having face-to-face meetings, physically bumping into [...]
Last bid for a free iPhone….
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Phew, a mere three days at Earls Court, having largely lovely conversations and dashing off to the odd seminar, how exhausting the whole thing was. And as suspected it was often the people I didn’t expect to see who gave me the most pleasure by stopping by. So a quick, virtual wave to the following: [...]
Tania Crosse at the Tavistock Music and Arts Festival
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Today, Tania Crosse will be signing copies of her books, including her latest novel Lily’s Journey, at Book Stop in Tavistock today as part of the town’s Music and Arts Festival.
Beryl Kingston speaking at Kings College London
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Saturday 13th June, 2.15pm - 3.30pm KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON
As part of the the Alumni Literary Festival, author Beryl Kingston (Gates of Paradise, Octavia and Octavia’s War) will be on a panel with Lawrence Norfolk, Marina Lewycka (famed author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian) and Ross Raisin. They will be talking about The [...]
Victoria Connelly and Judy Astley at Waterstone’s, Notting Hill
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Thursday 16 July, 7pm NOTTING HILL GATE, LONDON
Before you head off on your summer holidays, come to Waterstone’ at Notting Hill Gate for a summer fiction soiree and meet Victoria Connelly and Judy Astley who will be talking about and signing copies of their latest books. They are just the sort of reads to tide [...]
Was Paul Daniels at the Book Fair?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I’m back at my desk after a busy day at the London Book Fair yesterday, reflecting on all that took place. As always, there was the inevitable hustle and bustle of a crowed hall, with many people milling about admiring the stands and glorious displays of books, whist others (me included) rushed about helter-skelter between [...]
Book fair mania
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Monday is always a bit manic, everyone rushing around trying to get the bearings, rush to meetings and gawp at the impressive HarperCollins and Little Brown stands. Amazingly there’s still a shaking of heads and muttering about ‘that awful Excel fiasco’ when the fair was moved to east London for one year’s fair. You’d have [...]
Off for an afternoon at the London Book Fair
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Rushing off to the London Book Fair in fifteen minutes. Attending a seminar at 2pm entitled Online Publicity: Making the most of the Digital Media which sounds very much up my street. Bound to be very interesting…although no doubt will see me writing down a plethora of new webspeak words to look up a later. [...]
My Favourite Books? Fallen, by Tim Lebbon…
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Before I head off for the weekend (and into the rain which has just started pouring down outside my office window) I must flag up the fact that Tim Lebbon’s newly released paperback Fallen (the latest in his dark fantasy series set in Noreela) has just now got the most wonderful review from blogger Liz [...]
The post-Easter, pre-Book Fair week
Friday, April 17th, 2009
It’s been quite a busy week at work so far, which has come as a shock to the system after such a quiet week before Easter! Not only are we all busily catching up with the work that inevitably mounts up during the bank holidays (my days have included editing Priscilla Masters’ fantastic new crime [...]
Wednesday Cover Story: The four covers to Under the Dome
These are the four different covers to the book Under the Dome, by Stephen King - depicting each of the four main characters in the book.
As book covers go, these covers do look odd, with the title and author name pushed to the bottom of the image, almost as though the designer wished he didn’t [...]
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