Jeffrey Trachtenberg

2 weeks ago | tovima.com | Jeffrey Trachtenberg

Readers who don’t want to spend $30 for a new hardcover nonfiction book can no longer count on the release of a lower-cost paperback edition. Traditionally, the paperback would hit the shelves about a year after the hardcover. Today, book publishers are printing fewer of them, closing a second-chance window for writers counting on a new cover or marketing campaign to spark sales.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jeffrey Trachtenberg

Mystery writers have questions. These former crime fighters have answers. A Facebook group started by a retired Milwaukee police sergeant has become a valued resource for scribes hoping to avoid amateurish mistakes, from referencing blood splatter (it’s spatter) to featuring oversize whiteboards with Venn diagrams of the bad guys.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jeffrey Trachtenberg

Book publishers are trying to read into what the tariffs mean for them, but say it is too early to fully gauge the potential impact. Publishing has long been global. Many of the book printing presses in the U.S. were made overseas and are dependent on imported parts to keep them humming, said Brian O’Leary, executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, a trade organization that includes some of the country’s largest publishers. Illustrated books are often printed in Asia and Europe.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jeffrey Trachtenberg |Isabella Simonetti

She peppers “The Mel Robbins Podcast” with chummy expressions such as “your friend Mel.” She helps people talk about their feelings and encourages her audience to change themselves for the better, even when it isn’t easy. In a recent episode about how childhood trauma ripples across a lifetime, she asked listeners to reflect on their own pasts.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Jeffrey Trachtenberg |Meghan Bobrowsky

Meta’s META -4.08%decrease; red down pointing triangle former public policy chief signed a nondisparagement agreement when she left the social-media company in 2017. Now, the company is using that agreement to prevent her from promoting her tell-all book. The book, “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism,” by Sarah Wynn-Williams, details CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to make inroads in China and levies harassment allegations against former and current executives.