Books
A toast for Jennifer Egan in the Knopf offices to celebrate her Pulitzer for A Visit from the Good Squad (April 25, 2011).
Celebrating the success of her debut novel, The Night Circus, in the Doubleday offices (Sept. 26, 2011).
Had the opportunity to record Poet Laureate Philip Levine in the studio recently. It was amazing to hear him read “What Work Is.” We’ll be using the recordings during Knopf’s annual celebration of poetry during Poetry Month (April 2012).
Rex Ryan signs copies of his book Play Like You Mean It at the Doubleday offices (May 2, 2011).
Charles Yu reads from his book How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe at McNally Jackson Books in NYC.
We recently launched the Digital page on KnopfDoubleday.com. This page allows our publishing group to feature its enhanced ebooks, apps, and ebook collections. I’m really happy with how our page works, especially the way we’re able to showcase screenshots of what the actual ebooks or apps looks like. It was designed and built by the excellent design outfit Being Wicked, who redesigned the overall site last year. Currently featured in the top module is the enhanced ebook of How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. I highly recommend checking out that book, either the ebook or the hardcover. It’s a really clever novel.
While flipping channels a few weeks back, I happened to stumble upon the film anthology Tokyo! — specifically the segment “Interior Design,” directed by Michel Gondry. Great short film. While the credits were rolling I noticed that it was adapted from Cecil and Jordan in New York by Gabrielle Bell. I quickly jotted that down and later googled it, and I’m glad I did, because it introduced me to the great work of Bell, a comic artist. So I recommend checking out all of it, the film, the website (currently featuring a “comicumentary” about ComicCon), the graphic novels.
Great new book from Lilit Marcus, who runs the awesome savetheassistants.com website (and also serves as the editor of TheGloss.com). I was honored to provide the following blurb:
“Save the Assistants is a must-have resource for those toiling under the weight of the ground floor. Lilit Marcus, who has spent years shining a bright light on the dark-humor side of assistant life (all while on the clock as an assistant), may not save you from fetching a cup of coffee for your boss, but she will show you how to salvage your wage-slave existence and make a quick leap to a higher rung inside the workplace morass.”
Very interesting Booktwo.org post on book cover design now that we mostly see book covers as “blurred little icons” on websites. Definitely worth a read. (via @jacobbronstein)