Archive for October, 2009
October 30th, 2009
For every publisher the initial “P&L” (Profit & Loss) statement arouses anxiety, self-delusion, and a classic never-ending tension between editorial instincts and marketing experience.
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Tags: Acquisition, Add new tag, discounts, E ditorial, Marketing, net receipts, P&L, pricing, profit margin, Publishing, returns, royalties
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October 30th, 2009
Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book event in the world, took place October 14-18, 2009. This year it attracted almost 300,000 visitors, plus 10,000 journalists, to the booths of more than 7,300 exhibitors from 100 countries.
Buddy Bess and Bill Hamilton at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair
Bess Press h [...]
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Tags: Bess Press, Book Fair, rights, UH Press
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October 30th, 2009
1778. Kaua`i now found, Capt. J. Cook wants fresh, sweet water – to replace the awful, brackish stuff his crew’s been drinking. On river-rich Kaua’i that should’ve been easy to get, you’d think.
Not so. Cook sends officer Williamson after H2O. But when that shore party beaches, it [...]
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Tags: Hawaiian Stories
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October 30th, 2009
In honor of the upcoming National Bookstore Day (Saturday, Nov. 7), let’s vote for the best features of bookstores in Hawaii. Just speak out in the reply box below.
For real books you can hold in your hands, just the way God meant them to be, support your favorite bookstores this week and throughout the year.
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Tags: Hawaii bookstores, Romance
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October 28th, 2009
The neatest photos are in a book about Hale`iwa, a place first settled by Hawaiians in the 1400s. In 1779, Charles Clerke, an officer aboard Capt. James Cook’s expedition ship wrote that Hale`iwa was “…the most beautiful country as we have seen among these islands…” for its lushness and [...]
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Tags: Hawaiian Stories
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October 28th, 2009
Bob Hogue’s novel Sands of Lanikai, published by Island Heritage, is hitting the local bookstores this week on Oahu and next week on the neighbor islands. Bob describes the book as “a historical fiction set in Kailua in 1941, with a little romance, mystery, and suspense tossed in for fun.”
I asked Bob to share some of his experience in imagining, and then creating, this novel.
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Tags: Bob Hogue, Sands of Lanikai
Posted in Hawaiian Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance | 1 Comment »
October 27th, 2009
--Cooking Demo with Santa, chef-manager of Tokkuri Tei Restaurant--
Sat, Nov 7
by Hideaki “Santa” Miyoshi
12 p.m.
Macy's Ala Moana
About Santa
Honolulu’s own izakaya pioneer and innovator is chef-manager Hideaki “San [...]
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Tags: cooking demo, izakaya, Mutual Publishing, Santa, Tokkuri Tei
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October 27th, 2009
--Book Signing--
by Daniel Harrington & Susan Brandt
Sat, Nov 7
11 a.m.
Kaua‘i Museum
What Am I? volume 2
Tags: animal, Daniel Harrington, hawaiian, Susan Brandt, what am i
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October 27th, 2009
by Chef Sam Choy
--Cooking Demo & Book Signing--
by Chef Sam Choy
Sat, Nov. 7
Cooking Demo @ 12:30 p.m.
Ala Moana Center Stage
Book Signing @ 2 p.m.
Macy's Ala Moana
Poke
Tags: ala moana, cooking demo, Mutual Publishing, poke, Sam Choy
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October 27th, 2009
by Chef Sam Choy
--Book Signing--
by Chef Sam Choy
Sat, Nov. 7
10 a.m.
Borders Waikele
Poke
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