Warner Books has announced that their new name is Grand Central Publishing. It’s all part of being bought by a French company last year.
I guess dropping “books” from your business/imprint’s name will be standard practice as the big companies move forward and look at online content, etc.
I do want to see the new logo though. Pass a link along if you stumble across it please!
A post over at fade theory points us to an interview with Gary Hustwit, director of the now-playing Helvetica documentary. Pretty cool. I sure would like one of those posters!
This upcoming Friday, Irma Boom will accept the award for “The Most Beautiful Book in the World” at the Lepzig Book Fair. It’s for Sheila Hicks: Weaving as Metaphor, that Boom designed last year.
Here is a fantastic article that ran this weekend about Boom and her work. I want to call Boom up and find out exactly, word for word, what she says to convince publishers to go these “unorthodox” routes. Because I fail miserably every time I try.
Maybe forwarding that article to every publisher I have ever worked for would be a goo dfirst step… What publisher wouldn’t want to be known for having “The Most Beautiful Book in the World”?
Big companies shouldn’t be allowed to own anything. Too much corruption and they’re often too big for anyone to really know what’s going on. That’s what leads to bankruptcy and the layoffs.
The recent AMS stupidity has hit home once again; erasing one of the handful of affordable “bookish” national magazines. I saw this when I went online to try and renew my subscription.
The money is not always the best. But I know a lot of people who work for small companies and small presses and they always seem happier and have a more stable job. I think there’s a lesson to be learned there.
