Oh subway: Oh nursing students who dont want to know math-"it's for retards" and in the same breath admitting you don't what a cc is.

"The argument for the book is historical. That’s the way it was done."

"There are some books that really don’t need to get published."

I'm planning to get back on top of this account soon and updates will follow shortly.

"It's not as if the millions of readers being prayed for are necessarily looking for challenging, truly enlightening reading experiences."

"The arts--high and low--have a way of moving forward, backward, or to the side which leaves their servants..."

"... perpetually scrambling to catch up with and make sense of their direction and their very nature. "

HuffPo teaming up with NYRoB? A curious match for seemingly polarized audiences. NY Observer article: http://bit.ly/13ArwA

re the new Huff Po book section with NYRoB, this is a gutsy move for both huffinton and rob silvers. three cheers for all involved.

guy on the phone is telling me he has a book that the is all primary sources and the "reader will write the book in his mind."

he asks: "do i have to use my real name in my cover letter? i've been writing under my grandfather's name." not quite sure what to say.

For once, a researcher prevails in the battle with the Joyce estate: http://bit.ly/rJTyZ

From Web to Print for the Daily Beast http://bit.ly/2TuDW

National Book Award Finalists Announced: http://bit.ly/HDibL

loving "no:" a publicist's take on pitching books and loving rejection. bit.ly/sD2yr.

national book awards last night: http://www.nationalbook.org/

oops: winners list is here http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009.html

hope that david carr is right that "stalwart brands will survive...even thrive because of a scarcity of quality content http://bit.ly/51wVLC

looking forward to seeing what comes out of TNR's sanctuary for "serious consideration of serious books" on the web.

Shatzkin on Apple's tablet & big publishers effort to retake control of the market: http://bit.ly/8PAePt. where does this leave small press?