Tag: Books

Man this is really the year it all HAPPENS isn't it? The Costa Awards are a prestigious literary prize in the UK, and this year two graphic novels were included in the shortlist of finalists.

Backing up what we were saying the other day, two hardcover graphic novels debuted on Publishers Weekly Bestseller list via BookScan. Superman Earth One, Volume 2 debuted at #18 with 4097 copies sold; the...

With all the controversy about who is and is not a True Geek, and with competition for highly sought after "geek perks" at an all time high, a book on how to be a geek is definitely what we need—and with much loved Geek icon Sheldon Cooper on the cover no less. From Krause, fine publishers of guides to collecting salt shakers, coins and comics, comes The Geek Handbook, by rocketllama.com co-creator Alex Langley. And there is nothing stereotypical at all about this book's blurbs:

Can comics become legitimate bestsellers, the Beat's own John Shableski has been asking in a series of publishing procedurals. But in truth...comics already ARE legit best sellers!

After a brief flirtation during publishing webcomics in the "graphic novel boom" of the Aughts, it's been pretty rare to see something picked up by a major publisher, but here's just such a story:...

The biggest business book show in America is inching towards a full-on consumer day, as the Comic-con-ization of trade book shows continues. BEA director Steve Rosato writes that the 2013 show—the largest b2b book...

Despite the host city's rep as party central, the Miami Book Fair is one of the nation's largest, an 8-day extravaganza of top literary figures from everywhere. This year's line-up includes Lemony Snicket, Junot Diaz and many more, and as usual, a large comics contingent, as seen on the card above. Participants include Chris Ware, Charles Burns, Aline Komoinsky-Crumband many more. Are you going? Tell he Beat about it!

I know, I know! We have been arguing for such a long time that comics aren’t just for kids but the problem is that a majority of the comics publishers have neglected to realize that this is and will always be tomorrow’s adult comics fan. With the acceleration of the Children’s and Young Adult categories, the traditional publishers are dominating a market segment that for some reason, still isn’t registering with the folks who made it possible in the first place.

To me, the answer to that question is definitely: yes! But that also depends on a lot of moving parts and with encouragement from The Beat, I’m going to post a few columns here about the elements needed to create real marketing programs that can help better define what a bestseller is and where the real opportunities lie.

Okay, don't everyone kill yourself at once! Seth, cartoonist of the long lost and forlorn, has designed and illustrated a new editions of Chekhov's ABOUT LOVE, three linked tales of abortive attempts at happiness, The...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqQGMcIIoU?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] Craig Yoe is putting out another one of his numerous comics compilations and this one has a fun theme. It's called Comics About Cartoonists What's cooler than comics about cartoonist? NOTHING! This mind-blowing, full-color...

First Second editorial director and cartoonist Mark Siegal, will be on tour for SAILOR TWAIN, this fall. Dates are above and in the link. If you haven't seen SAILOR TWAIN, the rich story of a 1887 Hudson River barge captain who finds a mermaid, and what unfolds from that, you are missing an imaginative comics yarn that joins other comics about waterbourne voyages, like Far Ardden and Set to Sail. Heck it's a whole new comics genre.