By admin 1/08/01 12:00am

Distinguished Editors Weigh In: A Pair of Book-Business Books

Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future , by Jason Epstein. W.W. Norton, 188 pages, $21.95.

The Business of Books , by André Schiffrin. Verso, 131 pages, $23.

It is often said–usually by disgruntled authors–that book editors are just failed writers. Actually, there are plenty of crossover successes: Think of Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Read More

By Celia Mcgee 12/08/97 12:00am

Ann Godoff’s Power Play Was Not a Random Move

To hear some of his colleagues tell it, Harold Evans saw Ann Godoff coming a mile away, and planned accordingly. But then, so did she.

Long before Nov. 25, the day he announced he was stepping down as president and publisher of Random House Inc. to become editorial director of Mortimer Zuckerman’s mini-media empire, the Read More