Tag: bestsellers
group name: books
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May 31, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
On October 26, 1991 twenty-year-old Clare Abshire met the love of her life at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She planned the meeting. She had spent endless hours with Henry DeTamble since she was a child. . . . more
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February 14, 2007 04:10 PM EST --
Hey Gather lit lovers, here's an opportunity to be the envy of your book club…
Thanks to our friends over at Borders, We have three signed advanced reader copies of Jodi Picoult's . . . more
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March 05, 2007 09:24 AM EST --
When author and film maven William Goldman had his famous epiphany - "Nobody knows anything" - he was writing about the film business and how movie makers, clueless to what "works" . . . more
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February 26, 2007 09:47 AM EST --
One of my favorite little observations about publishing is that often, at the same time that people are going around complaining that the business is quiet, or dead – or that they haven’t read . . . more
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July 30, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
It couldn't have come at a more opportune time. Here it is, mid-summer, and many of us are gearing down for a slow August, business-wise, which also translates as an opportunity to read all the books . . . more
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November 01, 2007 12:11 PM EDT --
On Monday, November 5th, Court TV will be premiering the second season of their hit series " Murder By The Book . " The episodes will be hosted by bestselling crime fiction writers, . . . more
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August 08, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
COMMENT ON THIS EXCERPT AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED IN DRAWING TO RECEIVE 1 of 50 COPIES OF QUANTICO TO READ BEFORE THE LIVE CHAT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 at 7pm ET!
FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia . . . more
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March 26, 2007 08:50 AM EDT --
It can be hard to remember – especially now, as the Harry Potter hoopla has begun and may even soon drown out the noise surrounding The Secret – that most books don’t seem to get much . . . more
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August 08, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
On Tuesday, August 28 from 7PM-8PM (ET) we will welcome bestselling author Greg Bear to Gather to discuss his newest novel, Quantico. The live discussion will be led by Gather’s biggest . . . more
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March 19, 2007 08:15 AM EDT --
You may have noticed by now that I have a little "thing" about what I consider the "me-too"-ism of publishing. Why is it that when a book seems to come out of nowhere and suddenly succeeds . . . more
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February 19, 2007 08:01 AM EST --
Is it publishing's job to create a trend, or simply to make use of it? Sometimes, it seems that book publishers have been more skilled at the latter, producing insta-books, celebrity bios and me-too . . . more
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July 23, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
That former president Bill Clinton had signed on with Knopf to do another book was a surprise to no one—in fact, the plans for book #2 had been announced months ago. That the new one will not be . . . more
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February 12, 2007 08:39 AM EST --
Pay no attention to what you hear about how the publishing business is going to hell in the proverbial handbasket. Yes, ok, book company profits are not up, in most cases – although a few houses, . . . more
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August 08, 2007 02:25 PM EDT --
Q. QUANTICOshows inside knowledge of the government’s anti-terrorism efforts. How did you become involved with these efforts?
A. In the summer of 2000, I attended a conference . . . more
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November 26, 2007 07:16 PM EST --
For almost a decade, I wanted to write a novel with dog-rescue as the background, using the title THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR.
Many thousands of people do volunteer work for . . . more
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July 16, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
Remember how we used to have to wait until Labor Day, or at least late July, to declare one title THE book of the summer? We haven’t had that pleasure much in recent years, and we for sure won’t . . . more
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February 12, 2007 08:07 AM EST --
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we are delighted to announce two live author chats this week:
On Tuesday, February 13th from 1PM-2PM (ET) we will welcome David and Kate Marshall as Ask The . . . more
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February 13, 2007 12:40 PM EST --
David and Kate Marshall are with us today to discuss their new gift book out for Valentine’s Day, What I Love About You. The fill-in-the-blank book prompts couples to share what is in their hearts, . . . more
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February 14, 2007 12:39 PM EST --
Esther Perel joins us today to discuss Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. In her new book, Esther tackles the difficult questions facing many couples:
Can we want what we already . . . more
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March 12, 2007 10:10 AM EDT --
My first thought, in reading about the trial between film producer Philip Anschutz and author Clive Cussler, is that Anschutz is, at best, very naïve. The mogul suggests that he had high expectations . . . more
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