June 4th, 2009 by admin

We met a lot of people at Book Expo, but one of our favorite encounters was with music industry veteran Mike Ragogna, who writes two weekly columns for the Huffington Post. His latest is about the books that he found most interesting at Book Expo and we’re psyched to see that The 27s was one of them. Read the article about The 27s at Book Expo here.

June 2nd, 2009 by admin

The 27s won the 2009 IPPY award for popular culture

We just came back from New York City and Book Expo, which is the largest book trade show in the country. Long lines for our official author signing and we even ran out of books. Thanks to everybody who showed up!

Friday night we headed down to The Providence, a former church and recording studio where Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and even Guns N Roses have all laid down tracks. It’s a really cool club and definitely worth checking out if you’re ever on the west side.

The Independent Publisher Book Awards is a broad-based awards program to laud the best in independent publishing and we were up against the best of the best produced in small, medium, and university presses across the country.

The show, which you probably understood by now, was held at The Providence and The 27s won silver in the popular culture category. David Byrne of the Talking Heads won this last year for one of his books, so we’re psyched for the recognition.

April 5th, 2009 by admin

Parts of Eric Segalstad’s interview with NPR’s Robert Smith about The 27s is posted here, at least an hour before it officially airs on All Things Considered.

February 25th, 2009 by admin

New York Times bestselling author + filmmaker Ian Halperin (Director of The film The Cobain Case, Author of Who Killed Kurt Cobain and Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain) took time out of his busy schedule to read through The 27s.

After he sent an enthusiastic mid-way dispatch (”I love your book”), we were excited to read his thoughts after reading The 27s all the way through. Here it is:

“As much as this book is about The 27s, it is about music; about America; about the art and perils of the music industry; about the mystique behind death at age 27; and finally about history itself. The 27s is a must read for anyone interested in knowing more about the greatest musicians of modern times. It’s presented like a resonance of sound in the clearest grain of a violin. Well done!”

Thanks Ian! We hear Halperin has two new books in the pipeline, so stay tuned to these upcoming titles.