Kinda tired
Despite all the talk of there being no galleys at BookExpo last week, we still found ourselves dragging big loads of books all over...
Call for entries: BEA and MoCCA
Hey kids, next week is BookExpo America, the big book show of the year. As we've been reporting, there will be a diminished presence...
M. Wartella's "Requiem for a Paper Bag" cover
Alt.cartoonist/illustrator M. Wartella kindly sent along a copy of his wraparound cover for FOUND Magazine's new literary anthology Requiem For A Paper Bag edited...
Keenan joins Abrams
More comings and goings, as Sheila Keenan is joining the Abrams ComicArt imprint as Senior Editor:
Sheila Keenan will be joining ABRAMS on Wednesday, May...
More on BEA
Jim Milliot and Rachel Deahl have more on this year's scaled-down BookExpo America:
The exhibit floor at this year's BookExpo America will look different...
Publishing news and notes: BEA dropouts, etc.
¶ An article in the email newsletter Publishers Lunch rounds up signs of book industry contraction via a lowered number of exhibitors and attendees...
The webcomics approach to printing
The New York Times strikes yet again, this time with a profile of XKCD creator Randall Munroe and his plans to go to print:
The...
Newsy notes
• This blog post which interviews a purported Amazonn "insider" is probably as close as we'll get to what really happened when over...
Amazonfail fallout
While offline (randomly) for two days, we missed the biggest story ever on Twitter, #amazonfail, which is, depending on who you listen to, a...
New SECRET IDENTITIES trailer
http://www.youtube.com/v/NKKOzsTDJkY&hl=en&fs=1
SECRET IDENTITIES, a new superhero anthology by Asian creators examining various aspects of Asian culture and stereotyping, has been putting out videos to promote...
World leaders bow to Rowling
As the most powerful political leaders on earth gathered at a G20 dinner on Wednesday, they still flocked like groupies around JK Rowling:
The...
Borders looking shakier than ever
A post at Consumerist rounds up a variety of bad owen surrounding troubled big box bookstore chain Borders:
Yesterday's post about Borders closing down its...
