Category: About Publishing

James Patterson and the State of Fiction

Christina Bagni // Blog Writer Stephen King, who sees himself as “the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries,” once called James Patterson “a terrible writer, but very successful.” Now, it’s fine to eat junk food and it’s fine…

From One Writer to Another

Daniel Gonzalez // Blog Writer As a Writing, Literature, and Publishing major, I’m constantly writing, whether for fun or because the vast majority of my classes (all of them) require it on a regular basis, and at some point you…

How Would You Like Your Science Fiction Served?

Felicia Gulotta // Blog Writer Walking through a bookstore, it is often difficult finding the science fiction section. Once found, usually in the back, the next step is sorting through books “incorrectly” labeled science fiction. These incorrectly labeled books refer…

Upcoming Networking Events

Wondering how to meet more people in publishing? Trying to make inroads into possible publishing internships? Have a bunch of business cards and don’t know what to do with them? Bookbuilders of Boston has you covered! These are some of…

What’s in a Name?

Christina Miller // Blog Writer Congratulations to Yi-Fen Chou, whose poem “The Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers, Poseidon, Adam and Eve” was selected to be included in the Best American Poetry for 2015. Oh, wait. Yi-Fen Chou isn’t Yi-Fen?…

Thinking about Fall 2015 internships?

Never fear! Do we have the guide for you. This is a collection of known publishing internships that will accept students in the Boston area. Unfortunately, applications for these internships go up at random intervals, and only some of these…