The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
Posted in Book Promotion Strategies on September 27th, 2007Amazon.com: Books: A. J. Jacobs
What’s notable about this book is that it has 85 reader reviews two weeks before the pub date. And most of them sell the book.
Dohuk Diary
Posted in Blogroll, Booknoise Author, High Tea in Mosul, In the News, Lynne O'Donnell on September 6th, 2007Pauline, one of the two English ladies whose lives in Iraq are the subject of Lynne O’Donnell’s High Tea in Mosul, sends Lynne emails every few days describing what life is like in Dohuk, where she is living these days. They are fascinating for their descriptions of daily lives, which are punctuated sometimes by the violence of war, and always in its shadow.
The city of brotherly losers | Bruce Buschel
Posted in Booknoise Author, Bruce Buschel, Walking Broad on September 6th, 2007Walking Broad author Bruce Buschel wonders why his hometown has the first professional sports team to lose 10,000 times.
Dan Coyle Live
Posted in Author Event/Media, Book Promotion Strategies, Daniel Coyle, Lance Armstrong's War on July 14th, 2006http://asktheauthor.gather.com/groupInvite.jsp?ref=ata_dc
Dan is discussing the Tour de France and his book Lance Armstrong’s War this afternoon at 2pm at Gather.com. The address above may not be a link (for a reason I can’t figure out right now), but you can cut it into your browser to join him.
Jon Stewart’s Take on the Presidential Faux Pas - Wonkette
Posted in Booknoise Author, Booknoise Books, In the News, One Party Country, Peter Wallsten on June 16th, 2006Jon Stewart’s Take on the Presidential Faux Pas - Wonkette
The latest Booknoise author, Peter Wallsten (with Tom Hamburger), has a new book, One Party Country, coming out next month, but this week got some surprising extra media coverage (and an apologetic phone call to his cell) when the president decided to rib him during a press conference.
Why writers never reveal how many books their buddies have sold.
Posted in Book Promotion Strategies, In the News on June 2nd, 2006We’ve long wondered why the Bookscan numbers have not achieved the same marketing currency as the music industry’s Soundscan numbers, the best selling debuts of which are announced each week. Maybe because most books don’t jump off the shelf the first week of sale, the way records do. And that’s not a bad thing.
‘The Swamp’ - First Chapter
Posted in The Swamp on April 10th, 2006Read the first chapter of The Swamp on the New York Times site.
I Love the Title
Posted in Book Promotion Strategies, Books We Like on April 6th, 2006Powells.com From the Author - Lori Leibovich
I will admit, I’ve spent some time in the playground juggling sandwiches and children with Lori Leibovich. She lives but a Vlad Guerrero toss up the avenue from me, but when I saw her book in the window of our local Barnes and Noble (where she and some of the writers are appearing soon) it was the title that grabbed me.
In this essay, part of the ever surprisingly useful Powells.com newsletter, she explains what it’s all about. Sounds like fun.