by Jamie Chavez | May 26, 2016 | The Book Biz
I used to spend the late portion of many evenings in the gigantic Tea Lounge on Union Street in Park Slope, along with a few dozen other people perched over their laptops and the occasional Orthodox couple on a date. Eventually I noticed a woman who was there pretty...
by Jamie Chavez | May 23, 2016 | Books You Might Like, The Book Biz
Sometimes you come across miraculously insightful information where you least expect it. Like, in the pages of your Entertainment Weekly magazine. I’ll explain. Every writer I know—published or unpublished, experienced or less experienced—wants to know the magic...
by Jamie Chavez | May 5, 2016 | The Book Biz
This is the unpredictable world of twenty-first–century publishing—a paradoxical place in which more and more Americans each year possess a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing, yet the percentage of American non–book readers has tripled since 1978. According...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 16, 2016 | The Book Biz
I can’t keep up with all the trends and opinions in the publishing industry. I just don’t have time for it. I’m interested in these things, though—so there are a few people I follow to get an overview. Jane Friedman is one of them. She’s more a fan of digital...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 10, 2016 | The Book Biz
You know what I mean. A friend of mine—a professor of English lit at a local university who is just weeks away from having her first book (traditionally published nonfiction) in her hand—recently asked me about traditional publishing as opposed self-publishing. It...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 2, 2016 | The Book Biz
A friend of mine drew my attention to this article from the New York Times about a new “project” from author James Patterson: He wants to sell books to people who have abandoned reading for television, video games, movies and social media. So how do you sell books to...
