Book Trailer
Serenity Now!
by John Spalding (- book publishing
- Book Trailer
- Globe Pequot Press
- John D. Spalding
- Kate Hanley
- meditation
- serenity
- yoga
- zen
It's no secret that times are tough for book publishers. A recent New York magazine article--darkly titled The End--notes that the publishing world is full of "prophets of doom, Cassandras in blazers and black dresses arguing at elegant lunches over What Is to Be Done." The demise of the book, we are to believe, is as imminent as it is inevitable. "Two, five years from now—who knows? Life moves fast in the waning era of print; publishing doesn’t."
But we at GPP are trying to remain positive amid all the gloom. No matter how bad the news in PW Daily may be, we are determined not to stare out windows, walk into walls, or cry through meetings any more now than we did back when the future was as bright as the sun and money in the bank was as safe as, well, money in the bank.
That's why, to bolster our spirits, we invited author Kate Hanley to come talk to us about her new book, The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide. Written with "a dash of Zen and a large helping of humor," Kate's book features "77 simple strategies for serenity," and we asked her to share each strategy with us--twice:
