Thursday, January 1, 2009

2009 Predictions: You heard it here first


Here are my predictions for publishing in 2009:

January
Anita Silvey won't be happy with this year's Newbery, either.

February

There'll be no federal bail-out of anyone's backlist.

March

Books will have to be more beautiful and skillfully made to deserve ink and paper.

April

Anyone who
does go to Bologna/Comic-con will find a treasure.

May

Authors will outnumber booksellers at BEA.

June

Jo Rowling will announce her next project -- a "cozy mystery."

July

See April.

August

Obama will have disappointed us from time to time.

September

Something (surely!) will be the next
Twilight/Wimpy Kid.

October

One significant publishing company will close its doors right before Frankfurt.

November

Bowen Press will be thankful not to have been that publishing company (tempting fate, I know).

December

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Any ideas for December, or corrections/changes/additions gratefully received. I'd especially like to be right, however, about November.

4 comments:

Sarah Miller said...

Hee. That was snork-worthy on many levels.

Christina Farley said...

Love it! Very funny

Monica Edinger said...
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Monica Edinger said...

For December, "Our Jo will print ten copies of that cozy mystery on her very own personal Gutenberg press and on Christmas Eve she will read the first chapter from one of these to the two Obama girls at the White House."