Tag Archives: Publishing

The Freedom to be Free

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Penguin Great Ideas is a series of mainly non-fiction books published by Penguin Books. Titles contained within this series are considered to be world-changing, influential and inspirational. Topics covered include history, philosophy, politics, science and culture. The project has resulted in six series of twenty … Continue reading →

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Not in the Nick of time

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

I recently read that there is a prequel to The Great Gatsby scheduled for publication in January 2021 when the copyright expires on F.Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel. On January 1, 2021, the iconic book enters the public domain in … Continue reading →

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A slight change of Emphasis

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Is This The Prequel You’ve Been Waiting For?

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Suzanne Collins, author of the blockbuster best-selling, major-motion-picture-adapted Hunger Games trilogy, has done what most writers of runaway best-selling, major-motion-picture-adapted book series eventually do, and has  gone and written a prequel. The prequel, titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is … Continue reading →

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Screen to Page

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

While it’s not unusual for books to be made into films, it’s less common for movies to be transformed into print.  A24, the New York City-based entertainment company responsible for the films such as  Moonlight, Spring Breakers, Ex Machina, Room and The Witch has begun … Continue reading →

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This Is The End(papers)

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Those of us who are true book geeks suffer from an obsessive fascination with all aspects of books. We don’t just like reading books, or collecting books, we love the physicality of books. Some of us are into book covers. … Continue reading →

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Happy Reading

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

    Happy Reading is publisher Penguin’s new advertising campaign celebrating the special   relationship that forms between a reader and the books they’ve treasured over the years. Happy Reading consists of a series of posters that feature the well-read, and … Continue reading →

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Thanks, but no thanks

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

If you are a writer, you have likely grown accustomed to the polite, or even insulting, rejections from publishers or editors. My personal favorite rejection came a few years ago when my agent at the time was told by an … Continue reading →

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Get Get Shorty

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Here at TBTP World HQ we are big fans of The Folio Society’s beautifully executed reissues of literary classics and popular modern novels. They have a knack for putting together a stunning package and commissioning the right illustrator for each edition. … Continue reading →

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Nothing Happens

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

 

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