PEOPLE The Book Industry Study Group has a new Executive Director in the person of Michael Healy, Editorial Director of Nielsen Book Services. He will be the keynote speaker at BISG’s September 8 annual meeting and may be reached at michael@bisg.org. BISG’s previous Director, Jeff Abraham, left at the beginning of the year to become [...]
When You Care Enough to Give the Very Best With Your Galley ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT INSIDE.COM (6/2/01) CHICAGO — According to a recent survey, interest in e-books is minimal, and recent figures suggest that retail sales of books are flat. But that hasn’t stopped publishers from hyping their new books, whatever it takes. And what [...]
It’s nearly BEA — which must mean that party season is on us again. What to do, where to go? While the fashion and film pack are given free nights galore at breathtakingly trendy Park with its planted tree in the middle of the floor and psychedelic fish-tank in the VIP bar upstairs, we publishing [...]