Thursday, April 30, 2009
New England Barnes & Noble Stores Feature Book
It Was Never About the Babe will be featured at 58 Barnes & Noble bookstores throughout New England from mid-May through mid-June.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
More Positive Response
We had two positive features last week, in the Norwood (MA) Daily News Transcript and the Walpole Times, my hometown weekly.
And I made (long distance) radio appearances last week on WZON (Bangor, Maine) and WXBR (Brockton, Mass.). The station in Brockton had me on for nearly an hour, and it was my second appearance!
God is good!
And I made (long distance) radio appearances last week on WZON (Bangor, Maine) and WXBR (Brockton, Mass.). The station in Brockton had me on for nearly an hour, and it was my second appearance!
God is good!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Another Massachusetts-based Feature!
The Norwood Daily News Transcript ran a big feature today on It Was Never About the Babe, and we continue to be very encouraged at the response we've gotten to the book thus far!
Read the entire feature here:
Read the entire feature here:
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Globe Says "Yes" to It Was Never About the Babe!
Talk about getting bowled over!
I got an e-mail this afternoon from a fan living outside of Boston and, lo and behold, The Boston Globe has issued a ringing endorsement of my book!
In the words of reviewer Katherine Powers, "It Was Never About the Babe: The Red Sox, Racism, Mismanagement, and the Curse of the Bambino (Skyhorse Publishing, $24.95) is an astute, anecdote-rich journey through the shadow of darkness ..."
Hoo-ah! (Sorry! It's my Army background!)
Writes Powers, "Gutlon really hits his stride, however, when it comes to the 44-year regime of Tom Yawkey, an era of 'cronyism, poor management, racism, and downright stupidity' during which key decisions were arrived at by the owner in conference with his 'steam-bath buddies.' Gutlon goes after this and the succeeding Jean Yawkey period with gusto ..."
Now ... on the negative side ... Powers did identify an error I made -- an error I will have corrected before the book goes to a third printing.
I got an e-mail this afternoon from a fan living outside of Boston and, lo and behold, The Boston Globe has issued a ringing endorsement of my book!
In the words of reviewer Katherine Powers, "It Was Never About the Babe: The Red Sox, Racism, Mismanagement, and the Curse of the Bambino (Skyhorse Publishing, $24.95) is an astute, anecdote-rich journey through the shadow of darkness ..."
Hoo-ah! (Sorry! It's my Army background!)
Writes Powers, "Gutlon really hits his stride, however, when it comes to the 44-year regime of Tom Yawkey, an era of 'cronyism, poor management, racism, and downright stupidity' during which key decisions were arrived at by the owner in conference with his 'steam-bath buddies.' Gutlon goes after this and the succeeding Jean Yawkey period with gusto ..."
Now ... on the negative side ... Powers did identify an error I made -- an error I will have corrected before the book goes to a third printing.
Wonderful Book Signing!
Had a terrific afternoon and evening signing books Saturday at A Novel Experience in Zebulon, Ga.
Even though I got there twenty minutes early there already were people waiting to meet me!
Altogether I signed about thirty copies of It Was Never About the Babe, and the store sold twenty!
I also did two interviews - one for a weekly newspaper and a second for a news website! And there's another article coming out Monday in the Norwood (Mass.) Daily News Transcript.
And a former employer of mine, the Griffin Daily News did a nearly full-page feature on me last Friday!
God is really blessing this project!
Even though I got there twenty minutes early there already were people waiting to meet me!
Altogether I signed about thirty copies of It Was Never About the Babe, and the store sold twenty!
I also did two interviews - one for a weekly newspaper and a second for a news website! And there's another article coming out Monday in the Norwood (Mass.) Daily News Transcript.
And a former employer of mine, the Griffin Daily News did a nearly full-page feature on me last Friday!
God is really blessing this project!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Feature Article on It Was Never About the Babe
My former employer, The Griffin Daily News, ran a nice feature today on It Was Never About the Babe.
Check it out! Former GDN editor scores with book about Red Sox.
Check it out! Former GDN editor scores with book about Red Sox.
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