Small presses triumph in Governor General's list. Robert Gottlieb was the last real editor at the New Yorker. It's a little more complicated than that. Two very different things. But in this age of the book tour and chat shows, writers must learn both.
Publishers finally start to get it.
Historian's report concludes author wasn't a Jewish orphan but a Swiss-born child named Bruno Doessekker. Looking past the big names. A few changes might be welcome, writes one critic. Sales for the four largest bookstore chains are up 10 percent in the first half of the year. Superstores up 13 percent.