Lisa Genova, self-published author of Still Alice, credits Kelley & Hall for getting her book noticed by national media, which resulted in a six-figure book deal. We wanted to send a congratulations to our wonderful client, Lisa Genova, for her new deal with Simon & Schuster! Here is the mention from Publisher’s Weekly. Pocket Wins [...]
Entries from June 2008
Lisa Genova
June 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Deals · Lisa Genova · News · Still Alice
Book Trailers
June 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal on the effectiveness of book trailers. I have to say that, although I do like some of the trailers created for certain books, I don’t find them effective enough to send me running to a store to buy my copy. I did, however, love the video Jen Lancaster [...]
Tags: News
Book Promotion from Bestselling Authors
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Here is a great article on book promotion from today’s Boston Herald. It includes advice from Emily Giffin, Claire Cook and Jennifer Weiner. Digg This Post Post to Reddit Stumble This Post
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Jackie Collins
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Jackie Collins is a one-woman dynamo! Her 26th novel, MARRIED LOVERS, is hitting the shelves just in time for summer. As Al Roker said, “If it’s summer, it means a new Jackie Collins novel is coming out!” All of Jackie’s books have been New York Times bestsellers and none of them have ever been out [...]
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Write With a Hook
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments
We often see that the most successful publicity campaigns are for books that have a news hook embedded in the plot. Jodi Picoult is a great example of an author who writes with a news hook, from school shootings to suicide pacts, she covers them all. New York Times best selling author Jacquelyn Mitchard also [...]
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This Blog…
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
We want to use this blog as a way to create an open conversation and information source for writers. We also want it to be a place where anyone can come to find book industry news. (If another newspaper cuts its book review section, trust us, we will write about it.) We also want to [...]
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Book Expo America 2008
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
(Megan Hall, Brunonia Barry and Jocelyn Kelley) We are just back from our exciting adventures in sunny California! Book Expo America ran this past weekend, from May 28 – June 1, at the Los Angeles Convention center. It was a fun-filled weekend packed with author signings, book releases, seminars and parties. It was great to [...]
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