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Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Spindle Magazine. He won some poetry slams, founded a reading series, co-authored a book of poetry, and still writes when the mood hits him and he has the time. A Mets fan from the Bronx, he has a beautiful wife and two amazing kids. He prefers Pumpkin and India Pale Ales or Skyy Vodka with cranberry, still reads comic books, and hasn’t completely let go of his plans for world domination.

Online vs. Print Reality Check

08-Aug-08

Buried in a glowing American Journalism Review article about the success of The Politico — a politics-only news website that launched a couple of years ago and is getting 25 million page views/month — is the fact that 60% of its revenue comes from its laser-targeted, thrice-weekly 27,000 circ print edition, without which, the site [...]

Thrillerfest: Buzz Your Book

11-Jul-08

I was only able to make it to one session at Thrillerfest yesterday, but it was one I had a particular interest in as it focused on book marketing, a huge black hole in the industry as the miniscule budgets publishers set aside forĀ it are invariably dedicated to the can’t miss A-list authors while the [...]

Thrillerfest 2008

10-Jul-08

Thrillerfest kicked off yesterday at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here in New York and I had the pleasure of attending the full day — I’ll be back tonight and most of Saturday — meeting some great people, picking up some interesting books, and taking in some insightful information on the publishing game from the perspective [...]