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In this irreverent analysis of the book industry, John Maxwell Hamilton provides a rich history of the book - from the days when monks laboriously hand-copied texts to the recent tidal wave of Titanic tie-ins - and gives an overview of the state of the industry today, including …
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Faun with a Typewriter -- Chapter 1. The Devil at Park Church -- Chapter 2. Dearest of All Lovers -- Chapter 3. A Village Apollo -- Chapter 4. The Flea from Tangier -- Chapter 5. We Were Beautiful Gods -- Cha…
"Max Eastman (1883-1969) was a prolific writer, radical, and public intellectual who helped shape the twentieth century. While researching this masterful work, acclaimed biographer Christoph Irmscher was granted unprecedented access to the Eastman family archive, allowing him to…
"The editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster writes with wit and candor about becoming the editor of The New Yorker, and the challenges and satisfactions of running America's preeminent magazine, "--NoveList
The ground beneath the book publishing industry dramatically shifted in 2007, the year the Kindle and the iPhone debuted. Widespread consumer demand for these and other devices has brought the pace of digital change in book publishing from "it might happen sometime" to "it's hap…
