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In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
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Greta Wells experiences three alternate lives during a therapy session, all with different secrets and losses, pain and happiness. Which one will she ultimately choose?
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Tag Archives: publishing
Should an Author Have One Website, or Many?
A post from the Author Enablers: Your new book is coming out soon, and you are going crazy thinking of ways to promote it. A dedicated website is tempting, as is a Facebook page. Your book is called Moby Dick: … Continue reading
Does writing books make sense anymore?
Books have left such a deep imprint on our lives that we cannot remember a moment when they were not a part of us. Continue reading
A Year (or 52) in the Life
As a new addition to the BookPage staff, I’m trying to familiarize myself with as many new and recent books as I can. One of the books that caught my eye is an advance copy of Robyn Okrant’s Living Oprah: … Continue reading
A turning point?
Near the bottom of Jeffrey Trachtenberg’s report in today’s Wall Street Journal on sales of The Lost Symbol comes this intriguing piece of news: An Amazon spokesman said in an email that “the big surprise” was that the edition of … Continue reading
Mystery writer to watch
Readers are buzzing about the mystery debut from Attica Locke, Black Water Rising. The L.A. Times calls Locke “a writer wise beyond her years,” Sarah Weinman is a fan, and the novel garnered positive pre-pub reviews from Library Journal and … Continue reading
Books in a flash
Have you heard about Book: The Sequel (Public Affairs)? Here’s the gist: readers were asked to contribute the first line of a proposed sequel to their favorite book, via a website that was up for about a month. Sounds fun, … Continue reading
Grabbing galleys at BEA
This weekend marked my first BEA experience—and even though reports indicated that attendance was down from past years, you wouldn’t have known it on Friday afternoon at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The place was absolutely packed … Continue reading
Press Release of the Day
This morning’s email brought news of a book deal for the passengers of US Air Flight 1549. Ballantine will publish their story on November 3. From the press release: A unique collaboration between many of the passengers themselves and two … Continue reading
Dan Brown returns!
While the Internet has been abuzz with news about Dan Brown’s latest novel, The Lost Symbol, for weeks, we thought our Book Case readers might want a bit more on Brown. Years (and several title incarnations) in the making, the … Continue reading
The lion roars
Congratulations to Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, who won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. Meacham told BookPage in an interview last fall that he saw many parallels between Jackson’s age and our … Continue reading
News from NYC
As Associate Publisher at BookPage, one of the most enjoyable aspects of my job is going to NYC to visit book publishers face-to-face. It’s always fun to find out what they are most excited about, and get the inside scoop … Continue reading
London calling
The London Book Fair kicked off today, with our web editor in attendance. Transatlantic blogging is a bit beyond our tech pay-grade, but we do have these photos from Trisha to share and will report soon on any publishing tidbits … Continue reading
More from Mitch
A priest, a rabbi and a best-selling author walk into a book . . . nope, it’s not a joke, it’s the summary of the forthcoming novel by Tuesdays with Morrie author Mitch Albom. Have a Little Faith will be … Continue reading
