http://dir.salon.com/topics/book_publishing/?source=rss&aim=book_publishing en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/30/critic_fight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/30/critic_fight/index.html?source=rss Alice Hoffman continues the literary tradition of lashing out at critics, Twitter style. Who's sorry now? By Sarah Hepola Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/13/amazon_fail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/13/amazon_fail/index.html?source=rss Outrage ensues after several LGBT titles mysteriously lose their site rankings. The company blames a "glitch," but not everyone's buying it. By Laura Miller Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/24/elaine_showalter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/24/elaine_showalter/index.html?source=rss Female authors hold their own on the bestseller lists, but Elaine Showalter's provocative new history wonders why they get so little respect. By Jason Boog Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/12/23/publishing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/12/23/publishing/index.html?source=rss The economic news couldn't be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive. By Cary Tennis Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/20/slush_pile/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/20/slush_pile/index.html?source=rss Everything was fine until I started reading unsolicited manuscripts. By Rebecca Johnson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/08/04/blurbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/08/04/blurbs/index.html?source=rss 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 Laura Miller Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/03/bea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/03/bea/index.html?source=rss This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books. By Thomas Rogers and Matthew Fishbane Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/2007/07/06/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/2007/07/06/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss 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 Priya Jain Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/06/21/independent_press/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/06/21/independent_press/index.html?source=rss 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 Joan Walsh Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/31/sierra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/31/sierra/index.html?source=rss And the women (like me) who try to ignore them. Or at least I did -- until the Kathy Sierra affair. By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/03/12/caruso/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/03/12/caruso/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/28/fear_of_publishing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/28/fear_of_publishing/index.html?source=rss Some nameless fear stands between me and my desire to be heard. By Chris Colin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/10/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/10/what_else/index.html?source=rss Western publishers veil Muslim women, a girl gang rocks Chile, a New York doctor plots the nation's first womb transplant and more. By Sandip Roy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/05/kaavya_viswanathan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/05/kaavya_viswanathan/index.html?source=rss Kaavya Viswanathan's spectacular plagiarism screw-up should reassure overachieving Indian-Americans that we can fail and survive. By Lee Harrington Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/02/me_marley_me/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/02/me_marley_me/index.html?source=rss 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 Laura Miller Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/10/frey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/10/frey/index.html?source=rss Will James Frey's fans forgive him for making up parts of his bestselling memoir? By Christopher Dreher Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/07/29/trudeau/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/07/29/trudeau/index.html?source=rss 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 Charles Taylor Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2004/07/14/reading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2004/07/14/reading/index.html?source=rss Despite more gloom and doom on the Op-Ed pages, books have not been killed off by the "visual culture." Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/03/24/midlist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/03/24/midlist/index.html?source=rss Writers, editors, publishers and, yes, even readers respond to "The Confessions of a Semi-successful Author." By Jane Austen Doe Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/22/midlist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/22/midlist/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/22/midlist_side/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/22/midlist_side/index.html?source=rss Or you can turn the page. Here are five concrete steps you can take to help. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/2004/02/24/hazzard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/2004/02/24/hazzard/index.html?source=rss By David Talbot Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/freedom/2003/09/02/franklin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/freedom/2003/09/02/franklin/index.html?source=rss 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.