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Naming The New Book
Isle of Harris Choosing a book title is a time-consuming task for me. The fourth title I've auditioned for the new book is now laying in the road, run over twice. I've decided to try out a new technique—combine something from the novel with something everyone knows, the names of popular films. The book starts in Scotland (where else) in the year 1720. I appeal to my readership, help me sort the following down into the best of all: The Good, The Bad, and the Presbyterian Raide

Scott Archer Jones
2 days ago1 min read


Book Titles—Trends and Formulas, Brilliance and Duh – Our final List based on Things
Let us search the recent winning titles of the Booker, the Pulitzer, and the New York Times Bestsellers (ranked by time on the list) on for those that utilize THINGS.

Scott Archer Jones
Aug 22 min read


Book Titles—Trends and Formulas, Brilliance and Duh
Culture Name or Reference or Activity What Can We Say? It’s The Culture "Music is the emotional life of most people." — Leonard Cohen Let us search the recent winning titles of the Booker, the Pulitzer, and the New York Times Bestsellers (ranked by time on the list) on for those that start with some mirror of the culture (think MUSIC and WRITING). This is a less-represented category, but as you’ll see has some strong candidates. A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth, Daniel

Scott Archer Jones
Jul 271 min read


Book Titles—Trends and Formulas, Brilliance and Duh
Organization or Event Event? Organization? Grounding a Book "At the back of my mind I had a sense of us sitting about waiting for some terrible event, and then I would remember that it had already happened." Ian McEwan Let us search the recent winning titles of the Booker, the Pulitzer, and the New York Times Bestsellers (ranked by time on the list) on for those that start with Organization or Event. This is a less-represented category, but as you’ll see has some strong candi
ohjammer
Jun 281 min read
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