Archive for the ‘Review’ Category
E-book Design and Tablets Pt. 2
Part of the problem, in terms of format glitches within e-books, is that designing them requires some knowledge of HTML and CSS, which few people have the inclination or patience to learn. The normal business model for converting e-books goes something like this: the publisher hires a company to convert their books to e-books; the ...Read more.
Aftermath Review
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Real life doesn’t end when the credits roll or the last page turns. There is always the slow, quiet drive home from the movie theater as we try to realign our own expectations with the temporary thrill of a good story. We did not just save the world from aliens or overcome all odds to ...Read more.
More Review Buzz for The Chronology of Water
Mid-April I posted a slew of reviews (that has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?) for Lidia Yuknavitch’s hot-off-the-presses The Chronology of Water. It was impressive then with the likes of Bookslut, HTMLgiant, Bookslut, Shelf Awareness, The Oregonian, PNBA Northwest Book Lovers, Pank Magazine, Eugene Magazine, Portland Mercury, Brain Candy Reviews all loving the ...Read more.
The Chronology of Water Countdown!
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This Friday is the big day — The Chronology of Water launch date. We have so many fantastic reviews for this one already out there and plenty more lined up for the near future. There are also loads of great books events coming up for The Chronology of Water as well including the Portland launch ...Read more.
Buzz Building For The Chronology of Water
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Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Chronology of Water still has five weeks till launch date but that’s not stopping the current coverage. Check out the latest press release here if you haven’t already. There’s some serious buzz building around the book and here’s just a snippet of media over the past year…
Publisher’s Weekly
The Oregonian
HTML GIANT
Reading Local ...Read more.
Updates for Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
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It’s been an exciting month for Hawthorne Books as we move closer to the April 1st, 2010 pub. date for Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead. In the past two weeks there have been all sorts of developments and we’d like to keep you in the loop.
Reviews Already In
The Rumpus:
“Frank Meeink is the most famous ...Read more.
David Shields’ Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
Review by Scott Nadelson
For several years now, since he first published an essay in The Believer that would form the seed of his new book, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, I have been arguing in my head (and once or twice in person) with David Shields.
In that original essay, and far more expansively in ...Read more.
