Open Book seeks ‘hot’ literary material
Man alive, the New Year is hopping with excitement! Remember Open Book Press, the indy publisher formerly owned by Mike Gagnon? Its new owners...
SCOOTLES scuttled? Creator beware!
Okay, this is a little long, and we're short of time, as always but in essence, Ryan McLelland over at Newsarama reports on the...
Thompson, Frankenhoff upped at CBG
Some change at our Alma Mater CBG:
F+W Publications Associate Group Publisher, Sports and Pop Culture Jeff Pozorski has announced the promotion of Comics Buyer’s...
AMS Bankruptcy fallout continues
The bankruptcy proceedings of distributor AMS continue to ripple throughout the book industry. As shown by this story in the local (San Diego) paper...
Sluggards post thoughts
Both Chris Butcher and Joey Manley sent letters apologizing for missing the Beat's Year End Survey, but posted their answers on their own weblogs...
Today’s AMS update
Publishers Weekly daily has the latest on the AMS bankruptcy:
The bankruptcy court overseeing Advanced Marketing Services reorganization efforts yesterday approved its request to...
Actionopolis/Komikwerks on AMS/PGW
We've been following the story of the Chapter 11 filing of AMS/PGW closely here, but its announcement on a holiday Friday means everyone was...
Nordling launches The Pack
Former Platinum editor Lee Nordling writes to advise of his new packaging venture. More here.
To begin this new year, I've left my role...
Feelin’ a little crappy
Still battling the respiratory monster here at SBM...so we're a little off our game.
You know not to turn this into the 300 blog...
RIP: Colantuoni, Schaefer, Durkee
A trio of deaths to start the year.
Comics Reporter mention the death yesterday of Italian artist, Tiberio Colantuoni, who created the Italian feature...
Back to the grindstone!
Holidays are over, now the real work has begun. Unfortunately, we're under the weather with the chest-crushing virus we've been avoiding for months and...
