Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists

My friend Scott Jeffrey has a great post on his blog today titled "Ignore the Critics" where he lays out eleven highly successful books next to a dissenting opinion from a critic.For example:Manuscript: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLiterary Opinion: “The girl doesn’t, it see...

I chatted with a few friendly book publicists yesterday about what works best when it comes to the author-publicist relationship. Here are five simple pointers to get you started.1. First things first, talk strategy...

And the big winners of our free giveaway for Wendy Walker's Social Lives is ......(drumroll please)....Evidence of An Artistic Life...

Here’s a roundup of book news to get your week started off write--I mean, right: --Apparently Agatha Christie and Quentin Tarantino have something in common. Who knew? --Also, what do the Lockerbie bomber, Dick Cheney, Janet Jackson and Tom Ridge have in common? ...

You can’t blame an advertising major for wanting to quote an ad giant. ...

Last week, Ruth La Ferla's eloquent piece in the Style section of The New York Times forecast a new trend for women's fiction: "recession lit." "Once unabashedly focused on the perks of wealth and fame, this spate of new fiction is tackling the recession and its attendant woes," wrote La Ferla...

Tomorrow marks the release of Carolyn Rubenstein’s new book, Perseverance: True Voices of Cancer Survivors, which shares the stories of 20 young people who exemplify success in the face of adversity, and the life lessons Carolyn learned from these brave survivors.The author has decided to c...

I'm a big fan of #FollowFriday on Twitter...

Lots of literature on the silver screen this year—here are some of the latest book-to-film tidbits:Julia Child’s famous cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, has shot back to the bestseller list some 50 years after first being published. Th...

It's time.Actually, the time passed a year or two ago...

***This post is actually written by Kelly Stonebock, new publicist at P&P. Author’s social media success turns to silence Curious indeed. While perusing Twitter, I stumbled upon this Texas Monthly article with native Austinite author Julie Powell. ...

This is not a post about Twitter, or social media, or it's relevance to literary publicity. Gasp! We might risk redundance with a posting on a similar topic this afternoon...

Oh, handsome white boy! You've reigned over our hearts for so long. Your innocuous good looks. Your Abercrombie ads. Your sly, "who me, cultural privilege?" grin. Omg, sooooo cute!!And yet....It's an unsure time for The White Guy. Well, sort of...

First it happened to your local newspaper when bloggers began taking over the traditional roles of reporters and editors. Now your local news station may also going the way of the digital dinosaur...