A Good Time To Be Selling Used Books
by Jim Milliot with Ed Nawotka -- Publishers Weekly, 4/13/2009Not all businesses do badly in a recession; one segment of the book market that appears to be holding up fairly well is used books. “People...
View Article'Wonderful World' by Javier Calvo: Pulp fiction with a European twist
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, April 12, 2009By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsEdward Nawotka is a freelance writer in Houston. E-mail books@ dallasnews.com.Spaniard Javier...
View ArticleCarmichael's Bookstore: Bookseller of the Year
by Edward Nawotka -- Publishers Weekly, 4/27/2009 On a cold, rainy night in April, more than 60 people drift into Carmichael's bookstore on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, Ky., the bookstore owned by...
View Article'Woods Burner' by John Pipkin: Engaging debut novel about Henry David Thoreau
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, May 3, 2009By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsEdward Nawotka is a Houston freelance writer.In September 2003, Harper's magazine ran a "Harper's...
View ArticleKeeping the Mailer Spirit Alive
by Edward Nawotka -- Publishers Weekly, 5/4/2009A few months before Norman Mailer died in November of 2007, his longtime collaborator Lawrence Schiller sat down with the legendary author to discuss his...
View ArticleChange Makers: Joyce Meskis
Tattered Cover owner adds new role with Denver Publishing Instituteby Edward Nawotka -- Publishers Weekly, 5/11/2009As a student at Purdue, Joyce Meskis envisioned her future as that of a college...
View ArticleBook review: 'Guts' by Robert Nylen
12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 2, 2009By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Edward Nawotka is a Houston freelance writer. Robert Nylen completed his memoir Guts shortly...
View ArticleE-publisher Stay Thirsty Lures Veteran Writers
by Edward Nawotka -- Publishers Weekly, 6/29/2009Shamus Award–winning mystery writer David Fulmer first heard about Stay Thirsty Press when a friend sent him an e-mail. “It was a notice from Craigslist...
View Article'How to Sell': The Dallas jewelry trade as Nietzchean nightmare
By Edward NawotkaSPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, June 21, 2009 Clancy Martin's debut novel, "How to Sell" — set in the Dallas-Fort Worth jewelry business in the 1980s and '90s — is the kind...
View ArticleBook review: 'Driving Like Crazy' by P.J. O'Rourke
Sunday, June 21, 2009By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsEd Nawotka lives in Houston. He is editor-in-chief of PublishingPerspectives.com and covers the South for...
View ArticleDallas to host 4 days of 'Twilight'
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, July 29, 2009By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsEd Nawotka lives in Houston. He is editor-in-chief of PublishingPerspectives.com and covers the...
View ArticleReview: Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
'Await Your Reply' is a compelling look at a trio with similar traits whose lives intersect By Edward NawotkaSPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, August 23, 2009 A man is hurtling along a...
View ArticleIn 'Strength in What Remains,' author tells story of immigration, return to...
By Edward NawotkaSPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, September 20, 2009 Tracy Kidder's ninth book, "Strength in What Remains," tells the story of Deogratias — called Deo — a Burundian medical...
View ArticleMPIBA Gets Boost from Guns, Tourists, Hype
By Edward Nawotka -- Publishers Weekly, 9/29/2009 1:34:00 PM"Many of our stores are small, in remote or rural areas, and don't have the opportunity to travel to BEA, so the trade show is important to...
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2009 Year in Review from the Dallas Morning News
By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsThe year 2009 has been described as the Year of Anxiety, so it should come as no surprise that the books published in 2009 reflected...
View ArticleBook review: 'Happy' by Alex Lemon
Dallas Morning News, Sunday, January 10, 2010We are, as a culture, obsessed with medical dramas. Just look at the history of television and you'll see dozens of shows based in hospitals, from St....
View ArticleBook review: 'The Possessed' by Elif Batuman
Ed Nawotka lives in Houston. He is editor-in-chief of Publishing Perspectives.comRussian literary scholars aren't known for their sense of humor, unless they're Elif Batuman. Her new book, The...
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An Unforgettable War by Ed Nawotka (Texas Observer) Font Size PRINTFACEBOOKTWITTERSHAREPublished on: Monday, September 24, 2012For nearly a decade publishers have been filling bookstores with tomes...
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"In Between Days" by Andrew PorterReviewed by Edward Nawotka for the Dallas Morning News (September 2012)It is the mid-2000s and the Hardings of Houston — a white, upper-middle-class Texas family — are...
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‘Telephone Road,’ by Austin fiction writer Thomas Derr, often reads like a memoirReviewed by Edward Nawotka for the Dallas Morning News (September 2012)The stories in Thomas Derr’s debut...
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Year in Review: Books trends that got our attention 16 3 Comments (0)A Text Size By EDWARD NAWOTKASpecial ContributorPublished: 16 December 2011 05:42 PMLooking back, 2011 will be remembered as the...
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Home > Entertainment > General EntertainmentBook review: 'The Passage' by Justin Cronin 0 0 Comments (0)A Text Size By ED NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Ed Nawotka of...
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Home > Entertainment > General EntertainmentBook review: 'The Surf Guru' by Doug Dorst 0 0 Comments (0)A Text Size By EDWARD NAWOTKA / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Ed Nawotka...
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The Man Who Knows Too MuchBuy it at AmazonPhotograph by Adam VoorhesBruce Sterling has an unnervingly good track record of predicting the future. And what he sees just keeps getting darker and...
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Andrew Porter's Novel Has a Houston ProblemThe San Antonio writer's novel, In Between Days, doesn't get its Houston setting quite right.by Edward Nawotka for Texas MonthlySEPTEMBER 2012Email...
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