Tag: 2013 librarian previews

November 11, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Librarian Preview: Lerner Books (Spring 2014)

Sometimes you just want to get your hands on some reliable nonfiction. The other day I was in the office and we’d spread out the vast quantities of nonfiction samples we’d been sent from a variety of publishers (all of whom shall remain nameless). And while some things were okay and other things were tolerable, […]

October 24, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Librarian Preview: Little, Brown and Company (Spring 2014)

Let’s try something a little different this time around. My usual previews contain all kinds of fun details, and certainly the Little Brown previews are the cream of the publishing crop. I’m talking Yale Club. I’m talking white tablecloths. I’m talking little sandwiches with salmon and capers inside. But before I get to anything else, […]

September 5, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Librarian Preview: minedition (Winter 2013 / Spring 2014)

I do declare that it has been something like a year since I did a good old-fashioned Librarian Preview. Where has the time gone? For a bit I was so overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work such a preview requires that I cut them out of my diet, cold turkey. Well that ends today. […]