Angie Haas//Blog Writer Children’s books are perhaps the least diverse genre. Looking back on the books I read as a child — from Curious George to Where the Wild Things Are to all of the Dr. Seuss’ books — they…
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Finding Yourself in a Book
Angie Haas//Blog Writer One of my favorite things about reading is how I can immerse myself in an entirely different world; however, this just leaves me more disappointed when I close a book and am back in the “real world.”…
Amazon’s Top 10 Bestsellers of 2017 and the Status of the Publishing Industry
Jonathan Smith//Blog Writer Some say that a year is only as good as the literature read within its 365 days. In that sense, 2017 was actually phenomenal. For the purposes of this article, we can look back on the…
The Rise in Thrillers: Cue “Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Angie Haas//Blog Writer It, Get Out, Annabelle: Creation, and Happy Death Day. What do these movies have in common? They all fall into the horror/thriller genre and were all released this year. But movies aren’t the only way get your…
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…
November Releases
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende Release: November 3 Acclaimed author Isabel Allende’s newest release is a historical fiction novel centered on the love story between a young Jewish girl and a Japanese boy in San…
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…
Spring Book Releases
Miriam Avila // Blog Writer Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares Looking for some fresh reading material or ready to start shelving some books in preparation for those long summer days? As if there weren’t already enough titles on my to-read…