The May 11, 2009, issue of Publishers Weekly includes a “Soapbox” piece by a music professor who wrote a book on jazz music that he self-published. The story’s handle is, “Although jazz is an American art form, record companies and book publishers see it as a four-letter word.” Hmm. Not this publisher. We have published many books on jazz music, including the recent title Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People. The reality is all CDs that are recorded do not get released by a record label. All books that are written do not get picked up by a publisher. And, all books sent to Publishers Weekly do not get reviewed. Including Cafe Society. I’m working on my “Soapbox” submission right now.

Chapter 2: Before I hit the “publish” button for this post I thought, “Wait a minute, what if PW did review Cafe Society, and I somehow missed it? That would seriously undercut my last point and I might look like a fool.” I googled “Publishers Weekly Cafe Society” and came across this review on B&N.com, attributed to PW. It was a web exclusive review published on April 6, 2009. Thank you PW for reviewing every book.