Cliffs Notes.....

A few quick Cliffs Notes for you from the world of Comic, Anime and Books......

Gateway Books: Comic pioneers Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman are launching Toon Books (from the Little Lit Library), a new line of kids comics in book form, in 2008. Call it a gateway book as it's targeting kids 4 and up. Pretty cool. Man, I'd love to see them at BEA and NYCC.

What to get the Graphic Novel Lover for Christmas: Our good friends over at The Shelf (Shelf Awareness to the uninitiated) made there Graphic Novel picks for the gift season.

Anime Update, Now With Art! New York Anime Fest is inching closer every day (December 7th if you didn't already know). Forbidden Planet has already sold out of tickets – twice. I have a felling this Festival is going to be berserk. We’ve also narrowed down the finalists for the fan art contest from Del Ray and TheOtaku.com, which can be seen here… Anime Fan Art

Poor Publishers: In the UK concerns over low pay in publishing have led to the creation of a Facebook group entitled "I work in publishing and I'm underpaid". The group has attracted 654 members. No U.S. version has been created...Yet. Try working in a bookshop, that's my advice! Check out the article from The Bookseller : Low salaries lead to Facebook revolt

Emerge and Drink Beer: Emerging Leaders NYC is hosting our 4th quarterly Emerging Leaders Night Out! When: Wednesday, November 28th, 7pm-9pm Where: Housing Works Bookstore Who: Like all our ELNO mixers, this gathering is for young people in bookstores and publishing houses in the New York City area. What: Informal networking opportunities as well as a sense of community for young professionals in the city. *The good folks at Housing Works Bookstore have been kind enough to volunteer happy hour prices in the cafe all evening. In addition to bookish conversation , excellent people, and affordable drinks, we'll have new books and some special guest appearances by NYC authors in our midst.


On My Nightstand: I took a bookstore holiday on Monday and hit about 6 stores in NYC looking for gift inspiration. It worked - I found a book I didn't even know I wanted (or existed)! The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History by Jim Walsh. The Replacements are quite possibly the greatest band you've never heard of. Take this opportunity to acquaint yourself, you will not regret it. And if you don't, I'll look down my nose at you.

-L