I really wanted to write about this story “Trojan Whores Hate You Back” from Eric Puchner’s collection “Last Days on Earth.” You see that’s the name of the band, punks who are reconnecting to go on the road decades later. The lead singer Alistair says he’s doing it for his buddy Glenn who just got […]

Long time publicist for the Grateful Dead Dennis McNally has a new book “The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties.” We talk about San Francisco, the Dead and more! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dennis-mcnally/id1316200737?i=1000720007210 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/6bdf3584-e777-415b-99e7-cdd632db2016/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-dennis-mcnally

I stopped doing paper books four years ago, and haven’t regretted it for a nanosecond. Regarding economics, it’s important to remember authors can leverage a *much* higher royalty than print. And with no paper, postage, shipping, warehousing, etc., even with a high author royalty the publisher *also* makes more than with print. My world of writing technical books is […]

Distribution is king. Thursday Cliff Burnstein e-mailed me about Gary Shteyngart’s new book “Vera, or Faith.” He loved it, he wanted to know if I’d read it. I said I had it reserved at the LIBRARY! That Libby told me I’d get it in two weeks. But the very next day, it became available. I’m […]