A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Many Takes on BEA's CEO Roundtable; Authors Guild Honors David Remnick; Garrison Keillor on the Future of Publishing; Scandal or No, Duchess Is Fully Booked; Performance Reviews in the Publishing Industry; The Story of Publishing in the 20th Century; Jindal Book Delayed; the Literary Debutante Ball.
Many Takes on BEA's CEO Roundtable
Read PW's report here, and then check out The Bookseller, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Big Money, and the LA Times.
Authors Guild Honors David Remnick; Host Garrison Keillor Bums Out the Crowd
Monday night at the annual Author’s Guild benefit, host Garrison Keillor turned his dry wit to the publishing business.
When Everyone's a Writer, No One Is
Writing in the Baltimore Sun, Keillor wonders, "in a world where everything's free on the web, what will happen to publishing?
Scandal or No, Duchess Is Fully Booked
An embarrassing influence-peddling scandal is not keeping Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, away from BEA.
Performance Reviews In The Publishing Industry: Advantage, Boss
Jane Isay writes about performance reviews on the Huffington Post, saying that, at first she found them an annoyance; over the years they became a scourge.
From Allen Lane to Amazon: The Story of Publishing in the 20th Century
The Guardian offers an audio slide show.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has delayed publication of his upcoming book, which Regnery is publishing, because of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is washing up on his state's shores.
Literary Debutantes, Meet Publishing’s Apocalypse
The NY Observer on One Story magazine's first annual Literary Debutante Ball.
