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July 31, 2006

Day One - a nervous editor begins

Welcome to the new Penguin blog. As part of our push into the 21st century, a commissioning editor has been nominated to be the voice (or fingers) of Penguin on the World Wide Web. And that editor is me (for now, at least). We’ll hopefully be covering all the joys of the publishing process on this site, including signing up new authors, publishing their books, and all the adventures in between.

Please feel free to comment on this site with any questions you might have - Penguin wants to open up this world to anyone, to give everyone a little flavour of what’s behind the books. I’ll be your guide here - not quite sure for how long, but we’ll see…

So, what’s on my desk at the moment? Finished copies of Special Topics in Calamity Physics have just arrived, which is the buzz book of the Autumn. We pre-empted* everyone else in the UK and snapped it up early, and we have the most amazing jacket for it. See it here (if I can work this correctly), and visit the incredible American site for the book here.

*publishing lingo. It just means we grabbed it before anyone else had a chance.

Venetia Butterfield

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Hmmm. Promotion as blog, bog as promotion? We'll see.

Posted by: McDartle | July 31, 2006 at 05:11 PM

There is something very appropriate about welcoming you to our world. I recall as a seven year old how Penguin opening up a whole new vista.

If you are ever in the vicinity of Irish blogosphere there are some very very fine writers.
Paige

Posted by: Paige Harrison | July 31, 2006 at 09:06 PM

Hello Miss Butterfield,

Your links work just fine! I'm excited to see that Penguin has a blog. Ever since I started buying books I've always seen the Penguin logo on my shelves (some Kerouac, DeLillo, Mark Bowden, others).

Anyway, I look forward to reading the blog and seeing what's going at Penguin.

Have a great day!

Posted by: Joe Sherry | August 01, 2006 at 12:41 AM

Looking forward to reading the blog and hearing how things are going at Penguin.
Eoin

Posted by: Eoin Purcell | August 01, 2006 at 03:26 AM

Welcome to the blogosphere, Venetia. I'm glad I followed your link to the book. I was afraid that this title you were all excited about, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, was non-fiction!

Posted by: Marianne Powers | August 01, 2006 at 06:08 AM

Welcome! No need to be nervous. Book lovers are a courteous lot and this idea for a blog, one that gives readers a look at how things are organized behind the scenes, is a terrific one. Good luck with this project and looking forward to your posts, BlogLily

Posted by: bloglily | August 01, 2006 at 12:32 PM

Hello welcome to the blogosphere. You're not the first, but surely not the latest to enter. We shift from books to blogs so good job

Posted by: Bertrand Weegenaar | August 01, 2006 at 08:04 PM

Welcome! I'm looking forward to reading this blog. I'm a huge fan on the Penguin *label,* and I'd love to learn more about it.

Posted by: Jennie | August 02, 2006 at 12:30 AM

Welcome to the blogosphere!

Posted by: Heather Brewer | August 02, 2006 at 03:17 PM

Just want to join the chorus welcoming you to blogdom. Looking forward to getting the insider gossip. Hope you won't keep us waiting long.

Posted by: Julia | August 02, 2006 at 04:22 PM

This is my first foray into blogland, am intrigued to read what happens there. Does this now mean that the penguin staff will get a number one hit with a chav inspired single??
Lovely to get the latest info about books from penguin staff.

Posted by: kittyolone | August 04, 2006 at 02:02 PM

Hi Venetia, look forward to hearing all the ins and outs of publishing at Penguin. I think that bloggers are very appreciative of what you're doing and will keep their eyes peeled. I don't know about other bloggers, but I always visit my favourite blogs every day to check up. And I think that the best blogs are updated at least every couple of days.

Posted by: Dean | August 05, 2006 at 08:51 PM

Another warm welcome to the blogosphere, I love Penguin and it's great to see you blogging!

Posted by: Suzy | August 07, 2006 at 03:05 PM

This is a good idea, looking forward to what is posted. I hope among the topics you cover will be to talk a little more about the new Penguin Praise program.

Terry
http://www.terryburns.net
Daily blog, bookstore and website

Posted by: Terry79104 | August 09, 2006 at 07:30 PM

Greetings from South Africa! "Get closer to Penguin", indeed. This is such a brilliant idea. I'm a huge Penguin fan and cannot wait to get Special Topics in Calamity Physics into the bookshop where I work. Will be checking in on the blog regularly!

Posted by: orchidhunter | August 12, 2006 at 06:51 PM

Looking forward to this.

Posted by: Seahorse | August 13, 2006 at 08:34 PM

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