The UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books put together a very clever innovative video which is causing a lot of buzz within book publishing circles online. It is said to have originally been constructed for a DK sales conference. Similar video techniques were used in the Truth Upside Down videos and the Lost Generation videos. Could such techniques be used in your book trailer? New Career Opportun...

It is New Year’s Eve, a time for fresh beginnings – but for each member of the fragmenting Haywood family, this night could mark the end. With mother Stella battling depression and father Philip determined to escape, eleven-year-old Zachary and his teenage sister Nicola have nowhere to turn when confronted by their own worst fears.

The American continent lies between the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west. The Panama Canal represents the shortest route across the continent. However at the end of the canal, at Balboa Port on Panama's Pacific Coast, you find yourself at a point about 30 miles further east than Colon, where you left the Atlantic.

Announcing the third season of the It's The End of The World (As We Know It) Reading Challenge. Name: It's The End of the World III Host: Becky of Becky's Book Reviews Dates: March 17, 2010 - October 31, 2010 Books Required: Four Read at least four books about "the end of the world." This includes both apocalyptic fiction and post-apocalyptic fiction. There is quite a bit of overlap...

High-quality novels are harder to find in this overpublished age, but don't blame ghosted celeb efforts – or overlook genre fiction Peter B Kyne; ASM Hutchinson; Gertrude Atherton; Edna Ferber. The names mean anything to you? Me neither. All four featured on the end of year US fiction top 10 bestseller lists in the 1920s. These are just four random authors; I could have chosen almost an...

Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore (on sale March 23, 2010) wraps up the outrageous adventures begun in You Suck: A Love Story (2007) and Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (1995).  To celebrate next week's launch of the book, I have two (2) fabulous prize packs available to be won, each includes a copy of the book and a 'Bite Me' T-shirt (shown below). Giveaway details are at the end ...

I've decided to split my running tabulation of the "Best of 2010" into two lists, one for fiction and one for nonfiction, because I'm a bit surprised at how difficult it has become for me to produce a meaningful, combined list. I am happy to find that my "instant ranking system" produces a truer picture than I've ever been able to come up with at the end of a year's worth of reading, and I think

Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show by Frank Delaney Published by: Random House Published on: February 2010 Page Count: 448 Genre: Literature / Historical Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover review copy provided for the tour by the author’s publicist Available Formats: Hardcover, audio book, eBook Giveaway: see the end of my review for more information Today it is my great pleasure to be F...

 I've been loving the latest issue of Granta. If you want a sneak peak, read Daniel Alarcon's "Life Among the Pirates," which offers a Peruvian view on book piracy. Apparently, pirates earn more money than the publishers do, and sometimes have spies in foreign publishing houses that steal translations. Plus, the police can't mop it up because the publishers don't bribe them enough. At the end, it...

I encountered this video via Penguin USA's Twitter feed. You can read more about it here.