>> Although some are seeing the good in the recent bestseller price wars, many are pointing out the numerous problematic effects they foresee. The board of directors for the American Booksellers Association (ABA) has requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the companies involved for what it believes is illegal predatory pricing. The [...]

Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform (Writer’s Digest Books). She started her own author platform “for fun” seven years ago and ended up on Good Morning America. Q: What is a platform? Christina Katz: Long story short: Your platform communicates your [...]

Reading Group Choices is a company that encourages literary conversation. For over 15 years, they have published an annual guide that includes a list of titles conducive to book club discussion, including “Conversation Starters” for each book. They have just released the 16th edition, entitled Reading Group Choices 2010: Selections for Lively Book Discussions, which [...]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com started a price war late last week over some of the more highly anticipated books of the season, including some expected bestsellers. The battle started Thursday, when Wal-Mart announced it would charge $10 through its website for various upcoming titles. Amazon quickly matched that price, which included free shipping on [...]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to designate today, October 20, as the National Day on Writing. To celebrate, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) launched the virtual National Gallery of Writing, which opened at 12:01 a.m. ET this morning. At the website, writers from all walks of life can [...]