Month: December 2007

Penguin has launched the new website for the forthcoming James Bond novel, Devil May Care, by Sebastian Faulks.

The site features a countdown, and a look at the book cover. (See here for a close-up look.)

Cool, and I’m certainly looking forward to it, but I have to admit I have a problem with the attribution: “Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming” — WTF??? I mean, it’s not like they haven’t touted the fact that Faulks was doing this one…and Ian Fleming was REAL, not a franchise name. It comes off like Faulks telling readers “this is only a pastiche…it’s not a serious novel, like the ones I usually write….”

The whole thing strikes me as a bit disrespectful and off-putting, especially since it’s being done for Ian Fleming’s Centenary. I mean, why not just “Ian Fleming’s James Bond in…. DEVIL MAY CARE, by Sebastian Faulks”?

A quick special music post for friends celebrating Hanukkah, which started last night at sundown….

There’s a saying that every Jewish holiday can be summed up as: “They tried to kill us. We survived. Let’s eat.”

Well, somebody (a few members of Rockapella, it turns out) has recorded a song on that very theme:

Jewmongous – “They Tried To Kill Us, We Survived, Let’s Eat.”

The AP story on ePublishing that I’ve mentioned here has been released:

Slow-Starting E-Books Find Niche Markets

Quite a few misquotes (mostly of the variety of combining things I said separately, out of context, into single statements — often completely wrong). Irritating.

Ah well — it’s a wire story, with a photo, and (more importantly) a correct link to my business website. Can’t complain, really.