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No More Printed New York Times. Is that a Bad Thing?
I feel so guilty. I cancelled my $42 a month home delivery subscription to the New York Times. I’ve had it delivered since 1990. Just one week on the Kindle and I couldn’t go back. It’s just...
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Critical vs. Comfortable
Make sure you catch Theresa Brown’s latest post on the New York Times Well blog. She writes a touching story on a family’s acceptance of the death of a loved one, asking the question, “What does it...
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What’s Next for Philippe Petit?
If you’re going to be in Manhattan this fall, keep an eye out for Philippe Petit, man on wire. The New York Times announced Petit’s upcoming walk today, but could only say that “he will perform a...
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Embracing The Future of Publishing
Here’s an interesting blog from the nytimes.com yesterday about what the very near future of book publishing might look like.
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The Kindle…Now in Print!
The irony of the full page Kindle ad in next week’s New York Times Book Review was not lost on us.
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HarperStudio Signs Brad Meltzer for 2 Books
We are excited to have signed bestselling thriller writer Brad Metlzer for two works of nonfiction, the first of which “Heroes for My Son,” is a collection of stories about the Wright Brothers, Jim...
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Amanda Hesser to Michelle Obama: Get Cooking!!!
Since photos of Michelle Obama in sleeveless J. Crew started popping up, women across America have been doing bicep curls at their desks. And let’s be honest…how many of you seriously considered...
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I Don’t Know How She Does It
“It was a hard day at work” will never sound the same after reading another one of Theresa Brown’s moving pieces in the New York Times about her work as a critical care nurse. We will be publishing...
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Which is Harder, Being an Oncology Nurse, or Getting Your Kids to Pose for a...
Theresa Brown visited our offices today with her wonderful family—her husband Arthur and her three children (Conrad, 12; Miranda and Sophia, 9). Theresa, who writes regularly for the New York Times...
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Feelin’ Groovy or “The Pot of Shit at the End of the Rainbow”: Selling The 60s
I’ve been thinking a lot about the 1960s lately. Specifically this idea of the resurgence of the 60s: The sense of idealism and change. The return to community. The hopefulness. Is our culture really...
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Quote of the Day
“I really feel like my problem isn’t piracy. It’s obscurity.” – Cory Doctorow
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A Nurse’s Bad Day
Nurse Theresa Brown wrote another post for the New York Times‘ Well blog, where she chronicles one of the worst days she has ever had. It has given me some much needed perspective…remind me to never...
View ArticleFood52: Is it a website? A recipe contest? Or a book? (Correct answer: yes.)
Check out the new website (in beta stage), www.food52.com. It’s the brainchild of food writers Amanda Hesser (Cooking for Mr. Latte, The New York Times Magazine) and Merrill Stubbs, and it’s based on a...
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Seven Years Later: A Look at Women’s Aid Projects in Afghanistan
The numbers cited in Gayle Tzemach’s recent NYT piece on women’s aid projects in Afghanistan made my jaw drop. Her take on the need for more private sector involement is particularly internesting...
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Maybe We Should Ask the Nurses?
Theresa Brown, a nurse who has been writing for the New York Times’ website, and whose book about her first year of nursing (Critical Care) will be published by HarperStudio next June, 2010, has just...
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Don’t Change That Pork Burger Recipe!
(And by the way, the Food52 cookbook will be published by HarperStudio…)
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Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose
I’ve been thinking a lot about last week’s panel discussion about free versus paid content, moderated by Chris Anderson, author of “Free.” The discussion moved primarily between two points of view;...
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Disney Hires Steve Jobs to Make Stores More Experiential: Booksellers Take Note
While most retailers are batting down the hatches for another dismal holiday season, Disney has enlisted the help of Steve Jobs to revamp its retail space. These new “entertainment hubs” will focus on...
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Whose Death Is It Anyway?
Nurse Theresa Brown wrote another post for The New York Times’ Well blog, looking at a patient’s decision to refuse cancer treatment against the doctor’s advice. It’s a thought-provoking piece,...
View ArticleCrush it! Comes to Life…As a Vook!
For a long time we’ve been discussing how to maximize an author’s content for the various platforms that are emerging. Check out the amazing comments in this blog post from last February about building...
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Chicken Soup and Humble Pie
Nurse Theresa Brown was struck with the swine flu two weeks ago, and she wrote a post on the New York Times Well blog about dealing with personal illnesses as a nurse. While it put her out of...
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Playing the Health Care Lottery
In Nurse Theresa Brown’s latest post on The New York Times Well blog, she makes a striking comparison between our health care system and Shirley Jackson‘s “The Lottery.” What happens if you’re unlucky...
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Less Is More
In “The Do-It-Yourself Economy” in yesterday’s New York Times, Tom Friedman wrote about how the “Great Recession” was forcing companies to take advantage of the “Great Inflection,” his name for “the...
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A Moment of Optimism
About a year and a half ago I had the pleasure of meeting Gretchen Rubin in person, though I’d been following her on Twitter for some time before that. I was supposed to give a talk to authors about...
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Snow Day at the Hospital
In Theresa Brown’s latest blog for the New York Times’ Well feature, she writes beautifully about how a “snow day” at a hospital is different from one at home. It may not involve hot cocoa and missing...
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HEROES FOR MY SON Hits the List!
Congratulations to Brad Meltzer, whose new book Heroes for My Son will hit the New York Times Best Seller list next Sunday at #2!
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