http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KassiaKrozser/ A shorter version of Booksquare. In theory. en-us 2005-02-22T17:08:51+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Kassia Krozser hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KassiaKrozser/index.html#20050222110827 Before we get started, we must say, again, that while many ills can be laid at Harlequin's feet (and we can detail them, if provoked), ripped bodices are not on the list. We reiterate our plea to journalists everywhere: drop the cliches. They make you look like hack writers. Try to come up with something fresh for us to rant about. We need a good challenge. Now that we've settled that, let us delve into the conundrum that is TorStar profits and why they're dwindling. More than one ... Kassia Krozser 2005-02-22T17:08:27+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KassiaKrozser/index.html#20050217235026 We can't speak for all our readers, but when we go purse shopping, we evaluate based on the following criteria: wallet fits (big wallet, but that depends on mood and season), cell phone has a convenient slot (we have an unfortunate history with cars catching on fire), notebook space (this varies, depending on our mood), space for sundries, and room for at least one book. One never knows when one might have a few seconds to read. Now, perhaps we're a bit cynical or perhaps because we have a ... Kassia Krozser 2005-02-18T05:50:26+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KassiaKrozser/index.html#20050107184004 We do not believe books are going away -- though, the more we think on the topic, it's not so much the books as the stories our species craves. We love our stories. That many of them are contained in books is a major boon to natural readers. In a way, other methods of delivering stories, television for example, are just expansions of sitting our the campfire. Only the husbands are fatter and the wives clearly married down. Libraries haven't been just about books since, well, the inception ... Kassia Krozser 2005-01-08T00:40:04+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KassiaKrozser/index.html#20041202234606 Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network recently posed a question about the role of litblogging (more on this discussion in the future, but we're wondering if this variation of blog will make the next version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary). This was something that made us think. Blogs have great advantages over print media and traditional websites, including immediacy and intimacy. For authors (such as Jill, hint, hint) and publishers, blogs provide a big opportunity. For ... Kassia Krozser 2004-12-03T05:46:06+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KassiaKrozser/index.html#20041028200457 Torstar, parent to Harlequin Books (no, we don't have time to look up the corporate structure, we may not have proper corporate names), has reported another drop in earnings. This is a scary trend. The article is unclear, but seems to suggest that the company's net sales were in line with other publishers (either that or the net sales were in line with the U.S. division -- if only we spoke Canadian). Thankfully, all the balance sheet gobbledy gook is summarized neatly for us: "In the ... Kassia Krozser 2004-10-29T01:04:57+00:00