I know there are certain words that are overused in fantasy titles. It even has a title generator to lovingly mock it ( Read more... )

The September 2010 Indie Next List* has come out. Here it is ( Read more... )

On SBTB, they mentioned a book which has a significantly better title on the British edition than the US edition. Brit: Breakfast at Giovanni's. US: In Bed With Her Italian Boss.

I have a mental list of "bad titling trends," which I will share with you now.

1. Literal description of the contents of the book. This is the problem with "In Bed With ( Read more... )

On the train this morning I saw an interesting ad for a book. The first book in the series was True to the Game by Teri Woods.

The ad was for the sequel, True to the Game IISo what's the deal there? Have we reached the point where we title books like movies and videogames? Was this a tentative title on the publisher's list, but no one ever got ( Read more... )