My research and the writing of my new book, Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV Stardom, was such a lengthy process, during which the […]
What’s my pitch?
As I prepare to follow up on a couple of forthcoming titles, it’s interesting to see what the thrice-daily publicity e-mails I receive say newspapers and magazines are really looking for: -Looking for hideous real estate […]
Portraying Gershwin–Getting the Whole Story by Walter Rimler
When I started this biography of George Gershwin I already knew quite a bit about him. I’d been intrigued—that’s probably too mild a word but I’d rather not go all the […]
The L.A. Times and Jennifer Ring, together at Dodger Stadium
The Sports section in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times included a feature on Jennifer Ring, author of the new book Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball. There we sat, up […]
History News Network features Evans & Bradley
Authors of two recent University of Illinois Press books are featured this week on the History News Network. Open Wound author William McKee Evans on race in the United States: Scholars who locate […]
Kindle Swindle?
New York Times tech guru David Pogue reports on the case of the disappearing Kindle ebooks. This morning, Amazon.com stealthily crept into Kindle owners’ digital libraries and absconded with their […]
Glass half full
One of our sales reps, John Mesjak, got up on the right side of the bed today. When I wake up in the morning, and make my way to the desk […]
Napstered?
Jack Shafer wrote a column for Slate about e-books, publishers, pricing, and the lessons of Napster. It doesn’t make me a defender of illegal file-sharing to say that the music industry […]
ALA vs. BEA
The Marketing department took a daytrip to Chicago earlier this week to check out the exhibits floor at the ALA annual meeting. Though there were some giveaways, I was surprised that […]
Still Human by Michael Oriard
The original edition of The End of Autumn came about when an editor at Doubleday saw a piece I had written for the New York Times about the suicide of […]
Richard Hughes vs. Newt Gingrich
In a Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed column, Richard Hughes, author of Christian America and the Kingdom of God, takes on Newt Gingrich’s claims that the United States is a Christian nation. […]
Amazon and the future of publishing
Fast Company has a long article on Amazon, distribution, and the future of publishing. Jeff Bezos is trying to do to book publishers what Steve Jobs of Apple did to […]