The Publishing Industry Mafia

from New York magazine  Just Business The fall of book publishing’s last don.   By Marion Maneker  Published May 11, 2008 Illustration by Gluekit  (Photo: Sean Gallup; Getty Images (Olson); Jesse Grant/WireImage (hat); AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler (building)   If you...

“I guess I, like, 97% agree with Sedaris.”

from GalleyCat @ MediaBistro.com Fiction? Nonfiction? Memoir? David Sedaris Just Calls His Work “Real-ish” Count on David Sedaris to sidestep the whole thorny memoir-truth issue with humor. When ‘When You Are Engulfed In Flames’ comes out next...

New Books Coming Out

from the NY Daily News New books for your radar Saturday, May 10th 2008, 4:00 AM   There are some great books coming. To help you keep on track here’s a quick list of some titles soon to be in bookstores. Fiction “Bright, Shiny Morning” by James Frey, May...

NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers 05/18/2008

from the NY Times May 18, 2008 Hardcover Fiction This Week Last Week Weeks On List 1 SUNDAY AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A woman finds an unexpected love. 1 2 THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central,...