About Ron Hogan
photo by Miriam Berkley; caricature by Sarah Manguso
Ron Hogan helped create the literary Internet by launching Beatrice.com in 1995. In January 2010, after writing about the business side of publishing as a senior editor for GalleyCat for several years, he became the director of e-marketing strategy for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He speaks frequently at book festivals and publishing conferences about how the industry can capitalize upon social networking tools and other transformative trends.
He is the author of The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane, a visual tribute to ’70s Hollywood, and a contributor to the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning and the critical anthology Secrets of the Lost Symbol. Interviews from Beatrice have been republished in Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro and Conversations with Bharati Mukherjee. An e-book edition of his “translation” of the Tao Te Ching has been downloaded in various formats by more than 25,000 readers a year for several years running.
Ron Hogan’s media appearances include:
You can contact him at ronhogan [at] beatrice [dot] com.
“Unlike many bloggers, Hogan maintains a civil tone in his critiques, thereby upping his credibility factor.” (February 2004)
“The best lit bloggers are keen and devoted readers, witty gossips and perceptive critics of the book industry. The worst lit bloggers sound like what you’d get if you seated the title characters from Heathers around the Algonquin Round Table and gave them a photo of Zadie Smith on a bad hair day. Ron Hogan… stays on the right side of that line.” (October 2004)
New York Daily News: “Beatrice is a daily read for people in the publishing world…” (July 2005)
Elizabeth Hand: “Litblogs like Beatrice aren’t the wave of the future, they’re the wave of the present. Any writer who ignores that fact does so at her/his peril.” (May 2007)
The Millions: “Beatrice is probably my favorite of all the litblogs. Hogan touches on all the big stories with humor…” (September 2004)
Booksquare.com: “Regular Beatrice readers know the blog frequently discusses chicklit —their fair appraisal of the subject is refreshing, especially because men often don’t write about women’s fiction with any sort of understanding.” (October 2004)
National Poetry Almanac: “…combines sharp wit with journalistic discipline to cast an unflinching eye at the often soap-operatic literary publishing industry.” (November 2004)
