http://www.observer.com/blog/46824/%2A/feed Recent posts en http://www.observer.com/node/48976 There's always a bit of a mystery when a "small" book hits it big.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48976#comments Media Chip McGrath Matthew Sharpe Random House Inc. Richard Nash Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Sara Nelson 48976 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48886 Most writers have a lot of romantic notions about what will happen to their lives the minute they pu  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48886#comments Media Amazon.com Inc. Barnes & Noble Inc. James Marcus Katherine Russell Rich Sun, 07 Mar 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Sara Nelson 48886 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48785 Anyone with a jones for scandal and/or Schadenfreude -which is to say, most of us in the publishing  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48785#comments Emma McLaughlin Nicola Kraus Random House Inc. Suzanne Gluck Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Sara Nelson 48785 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48385 James McCourt doesn't see New York the way the rest of us do.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48385#comments Arts & Culture Gregory Peck James McCourt The New York Times Company W.W. Norton & Company Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Sara Nelson 48385 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48238 Has the recent consolidation of Random House taken its first victim?Whoever wrote the four-page memo  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48238#comments Arts & Culture Barnes & Noble Inc. Dan Menaker Julie Hecht Random House Inc. Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Sara Nelson 48238 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48206 Poor Ann Godoff, she can't win for losing.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48206#comments Arts & Culture John Berendt Penguin Group Poor Ann Godoff Random House Inc. Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Sara Nelson 48206 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48114 Last spring, Seth Mnookin landed himself the kind of book deal every journalist who's honest would a  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48114#comments Arts & Culture Bethany McLean Newsweek Inc. Seth Mnookin The New York Times Company Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Sara Nelson 48114 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/48029 "If one's good, two (or more) would be better" might as well be the official mantra of nonfiction pu  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48029#comments Arts & Culture Adrian Zackheim Enron Corporation HarperCollins Publishers Inc. The Wall Street Journal Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Sara Nelson 48029 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/47940 It's every author's dream: You write a book that everybody loves.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47940#comments Arts & Culture Dave Weich David Lipsky Houghton Mifflin Company West Point Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Sara Nelson 47940 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/47645 To the casual observer, the annual publishing extravaganza known as Book Expo America seems like jus  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47645#comments Arts & Culture Chateau Marmont Hotel Sonny Mehta Steve Martin Toni Morrison Sun, 08 Jun 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Sara Nelson 47645 at http://www.observer.com