Book Publishing

Books Hey, authors, don't tweet in anger!

Alice Hoffman continues the literary tradition of lashing out at critics, Twitter style. Who's sorry now?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Jun 30, 2009

  • Why did gay books disappear from Amazon?

    Outrage ensues after several LGBT titles mysteriously lose their site rankings. The company blames a "glitch," but not everyone's buying it.
    By Sarah Hepola April 13, 2009

  • Why can't a woman write the Great American Novel?

    Female authors hold their own on the bestseller lists, but Elaine Showalter's provocative new history wonders why they get so little respect.
    By Laura Miller February 24, 2009

  • Read it and weep

    The economic news couldn't be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive.
    By Jason Boog December 23, 2008

  • The slush pile gave me writer's block!

    Everything was fine until I started reading unsolicited manuscripts.
    By Cary Tennis August 20, 2008

  • Why won't you blurb me?

    I had an agent and a book deal for my first novel. All I was missing was quotes for the back cover. Next time, remind me to suck up to more famous writers.
    By Rebecca Johnson August 4, 2008

  • Would you like some books with that tote bag?

    This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books.
    By Laura Miller June 3, 2008

  • Harry Potter and the prediction pool

    Who will survive "The Deathly Hallows"? Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Steve Almond -- and Stephen Amidon's children -- join Salon staff and place their bets.
    By Thomas Rogers and Matthew Fishbane July 6, 2007

  • The struggle for independents

    The bankruptcy of a book distributor sent shock waves through the indie publishing world, leaving small presses like McSweeney's struggling to survive. Can the Internet help keep them afloat?
    By Priya Jain June 21, 2007

  • Men who hate women on the Web

    And the women (like me) who try to ignore them. Or at least I did -- until the Kathy Sierra affair.
    By Joan Walsh March 31, 2007

  • Are we playing dice with the biosphere?

    Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology.
    By Scott Rosenberg March 12, 2007

  • I'm not afraid of writing, but I am afraid of publishing

    Some nameless fear stands between me and my desire to be heard.
    By Cary Tennis February 28, 2007

  • What else we're reading

    Western publishers veil Muslim women, a girl gang rocks Chile, a New York doctor plots the nation's first womb transplant and more.
    By Chris Colin November 10, 2006

  • How Opal Mehta saved our lives

    Kaavya Viswanathan's spectacular plagiarism screw-up should reassure overachieving Indian-Americans that we can fail and survive.
    By Sandip Roy May 5, 2006

  • Pooper scooper

    I wrote a memoir about life with the world's worst dog. But before my masterpiece hit the shelves, a pooch named Marley stole my thunder.
    By Lee Harrington May 2, 2006

  • A million bogus fabrications

    Will James Frey's fans forgive him for making up parts of his bestselling memoir?
    By Laura Miller January 10, 2006

  • What Kevin Trudeau doesn't want you to know

    The author of the bestselling "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" claims to be a consumer advocate in the Ralph Nader mold. But the infomercial king just wants your cash.
    By Christopher Dreher July 29, 2005

  • Let's save literature from the literati

    Despite more gloom and doom on the Op-Ed pages, books have not been killed off by the "visual culture."
    By Charles Taylor July 14, 2004

  • Letters

    Writers, editors, publishers and, yes, even readers respond to "The Confessions of a Semi-successful Author."
    March 24, 2004

  • The confessions of a semi-successful author

    I've published several books, won adoring reviews, and even sold a few copies. But I've made almost no money and had my heart broken. Here's everything you don't want to know about how publishing really works.
    By Jane Austen Doe March 22, 2004

  • You can save the endangered midlist author

    Or you can turn the page. Here are five concrete steps you can take to help.
    By Jane Austen Doe March 22, 2004

  • Hazzard's "Fire" nominated for book prize

    February 24, 2004

  • "I shall not burn my press and melt my letters"

    Newspaper publishing in the days of Ben Franklin and his grandson was a filthy, grinding business. Fighting for freedom of the press was an even more wretched a task.
    By David Talbot September 2, 2003

  • Geek reads

    Growing up, all the kids -- black and white -- exiled me for being an obsessive reader. This year, I finally found three books that capture the black nerd experience.
    By Adrienne Crew June 27, 2003

  • Why do books cost so much?

    Thirty bucks for a new hardcover! How book prices got so out of hand, who's responsible and what it will take to make reading more affordable in the future.
    By Christopher Dreher December 3, 2002
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