Category: publishing

“The experience is nothing short of life-threatening. Not only do you have to start everything again from scratch, but you also have to undo what you have been doing for almost as long as you have been around. … Painful as it can be at a strictly human level, the experience can also be philosophically fascinating. Rarely do we get the chance to observe a more dramatic re-making of oneself.”

Matteo Pericoli gets his graduate students to analyze the structure of a favorite work, then pairs them with architecture students to build 3-D models of those structures.

“Timing can be everything in publishing, and every now and then, a book comes along that dovetails perfectly to capture some of the excitement stirred up by a similar title. ‘We bought the book and loved it,’ Ms. Court said. ‘Then the “Gone Girl” thing happened. It was like throwing a can of petrol on the bonfire.'”

The buyer: “We believe in the Newsweek brand and look forward to growing it, fully transformed to the digital age.”

“Ebooks are eligible for submission to major literary prizes provided they are from ‘established’ publishers and made available in print if longlisted.”

“Sometimes, my husband and I try to select books we want to jettison — otherwise how can we buy more? I mean, a house is for living in, right?”

Apple is supposed to end its relationship with the five big publishers and let users buy in-app books from Amazon and Barnes & Noble – but in addition, “the government wants to use its victory to discipline Apple in other markets where it does business, like movies, music and television shows.”

” I’ve been really planning this move for many years, just waiting for the right time to pull the trigger on it. And we do think that we represent a credible alternative to Amazon.”