Tattered Essence

There is good news in the air for Books A Million. According to Publishers Weekly they have a reason to cheer about their sales.

Sales at Books-A-Million rose 6.3% in the third quarter, to $117.7 million. That was driven by a 2.1% increase in same store sales. Commercial fiction was noted as being one of the strong genres. Autobiographies and religion books also did well for them.

The New York Anime Festival, a new fan festival and trade show focused on Japanese animation and manga publishing, will be held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City the weekend of December 7th -9th, 2007.

When you are ready to retire how are you going to pick the place? There are some people out there that already have an idea. And that idea revolves around bookstores.

On the website topretirements.com there is an article called “Judging a Retirement Town by its Bookstore.” And it is about just what it sounds like.

A few authors talk about their favorite bookstores and towns in the article and over 30 stores and towns are mentioned.

What happens when self-publishing doesn’t work out? What happens when you print more books than you can sell? Well, that’s an easy question. What happens is that you keep a lot of debt. And you keep a lot of books in your garage or your spare room or something. And then there comes that point. That’s the desperation point. This is when you are ready to do pretty much anything to get those books out of the house and sell them. One author is doing just that online. You can check it out at dismantlemybed.com

Do you consider yourself to be a writer? If so, where do you go for writing help? There are a lot of writing groups that meet in various cities. Most times you can find these writers groups at your local bookstores. So, if you are a writer and need some help or want to bounce some ideas off of someone you should look for a listing of writers groups in your area. Another option is to look for online support. You might be able to find a Yahoo writers group or something similar to offer you the help and support that you need.

Have you seen the New York Times list of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2007? Have you read any of the books on the list? Do you have a book on the list? Or maybe are you dreaming of getting a book on the list? Or do you think that it is a hack list and it has no value whatsoever?

Can I just say that I had not heard of most of them. Well, except for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!