Recovering

from Shelf-Awareness AAP: September Sales Jump 12.3%, Up 3.6% for the Year In September, net book sales rose 12.3% to $1.26 billion, as reported by 91 publishers to the Association of American Publishers. For the year to date, net book sales are up 3.6% to $8.1...

Kindle & The Great Age of Infrastructure

from John Gerzema’s THE BRAND BUBBLE The Great Age of Infrastructure by JOHN GERZEMA on AUGUST 19, 2009 I had an interesting discussion with James Frey, author of ‘A Million Little Pieces’ and ‘Bright Shiny Morning’ the other day.  He was showing me all the...

James Rosenquist Memoir

from The New York Times Rosenquist Writ Large, by Himself By DWIGHT GARNER “True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World,” Anthony Haden-Guest wrote that the painter James Rosenquist possessed, most of the time, a “preternaturally healthy glow, like a hand-colored...

“I became a slut in New York looking for sluts.”

Book Review from Shelf-Awareness Steve McQueen, King of Cool: Tales of a Lurid Life by Darwin Porter (Blood Moon Productions, $26.95, 9781936003051/1936003058, December 25, 2009) Darwin Porter approaches Steve McQueen through his cinematic image: “A man’s...

Host A Jewish Book Author

via Shelf-Awareness Host a Jewish Book Author Need a Jewish book author for your event? Look here! Welcome to Host-a-Jewish-Book-Author.com, an independent site created by literary agent Anna Olswanger, where you can contact Jewish book authors by name, location,...