by Jamie Chavez | Jun 30, 2016 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
Book reviews and book reviewers don’t require any appearances or performances from the author (unless, like Norman Mailer, you show up at newspaper offices to pick a fight with the book review editor—how many of those are left now?). But reviews definitely contribute...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 18, 2016 | Books You Might Like
Back in 2012 I wrote an article called “My Favorite Book … This Year.” I do track what I read, and I know my reading tastes well enough that I generally end up with a year’s worth of excellent books. They should all be favorites—but there are always some standouts....
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 20, 2015 | Books You Might Like, The Book Biz
In case you missed it, we’ve had a gin-yoo-wine publishing event last week: the release of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman on 14 July. (That date will become important as you read on.) I’ll be frank: although her first book, To Kill a Mockingbird, won a Pulitzer Prize,...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 13, 2015 | Books You Might Like
A few days ago I got a message through my website that warmed the cockles of my cold little heart: I’ve followed your blog for some time now and love what you have to say about the knowledge that comes from reading, and the application of such knowledge in writing. I...
by Jamie Chavez | May 2, 2015 | The Book Biz
Yes, those are scare quotes. I was reading this review of the two Steve Jobs biographies (the one Walter Isaacson published in 2011 and a new one called Becoming Steve Jobs) and was about to dash off a letter to the editor, noting that a book that uses the phrase...