Newt Gingrich Archives - Book Business

November 30, 2012'Books, I Think, Are Dead': Joe Queenan Talks About 'One for the Books'

The New York Times' John Williams interviews humorist Joe Queenan about his new book, One for the Books. On the future of print books, which Queenan prefers to ebooks, he is blunt:

"Books, I think, are dead. You cannot fight the zeitgeist and you cannot fight corporations. The genius of corporations is that they force you to make decisions about how you will live your life and then beguile you into thinking that it was all your choice. Compact discs are not superior to vinyl. E-readers are not superior to books."

—Brian Howard

November 28, 2011[POLITICO] Political Site To Release Its First E-Book, "The Right Fights Back"

Below is the full introduction to the first eBook in the POLITICO Playbook 2012 series. The eBook, written by POLITICO’s Mike Allen and author Evan Thomas, is titled ‘The Right Fights Back’ and goes on sale Wednesday.

February 29, 2008Regnery Publishing President and Publisher Marji Ross on how to put all of the pieces together to create a hit title.

Marji Ross can find a winner. As president and publisher of Regnery Publishing, a publisher of politically conservative titles, she has developed a formula for what will sell. According to Ross, the company regularly sees a higher-than-average majority of its titles become best-sellers, and last year, Regnery landed four of its books on The New York Times Best-Seller List. Ross will join other publishing executives for the session “Today’s Book Launch: Surefire Strategies for Success” at the Publishing Business Conference and Expo, March 10-12, in New York City (www.PublishingBusiness.com). At the session, she will share the multimedia marketing strategies that have helped make