Music:

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

Written by Johnny Mercer, Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger and Eric Davis

Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00

The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time.

Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in... Read more >

Love Is a Mix Tape
Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Written by Rob Sheffield

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $13.00

Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, that time was one of miraculous love and unbearable grief. A time that spanned seven years, it started when he met the girl of... Read more >

Neil and Me

Written by Scott Young

Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95

Scott Young chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall –... Read more >

Can't Buy Me Love
The Beatles, Britain, and America
Written by Jonathan Gould

Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95

Nearly twenty years in the making, Can’t Buy Me Love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism. That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. In Can’t Buy Me Love, Jonathan Gould seeks to explain why, placing the Fab Four in the broad and... Read more >

The Guitar Handbook

Written by Ralph Denyer

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 20, 1992
Price: $27.95

The most comprehensive resource available for beginning and experienced guitarists alike, whether acoustic or electric. Completely redesigned and with many more full-color photos than the original, this new edition surveys recent models and profiles current masters, includes an expanded lesson section, and encompasses 10 years of technological change in recording and... Read more >

The Inner Game of Music

Written by Barry Green and W. Timothy Gallwey

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: February 21, 1986
Price: $24.95

By the best-selling co-author of Inner Tennis, here's a book designed to help  musicians overcome obstacles, help improve  concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to  reach new levels of performing excellence and  musical artistry. Read more >

A Fine Romance
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00

In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.

An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears... Read more >

This Business of Music, 10th Edition

Written by M. William Krasilovsky and Sidney Shemel
Contribution by John M. Gross and Jonathan Feinstein

Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $29.95

The bible of the music industry! Now in its tenth edition, This Business of Music has been revised and completely updated to reflect the latest changes in the ever-evolving music business. Every chapter has been revised. An entirely new chapter has been added, asking and answering the question “Are there borders... Read more >

Six Steps to Songwriting Success, Revised Edition
The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs
Written by Jason Blume

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $16.95

What’s the secret to writing a hit song? It’s as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Author Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the... Read more >

Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition

Written by Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $21.95

For everyone interested in starting a record label–to market new talent or to release and promote their own music–there has never been a better time to do it!

Music can be released, distributed, and promoted for a fraction of traditional costs. Veteran author and music-business consultant Daylle Deanna Schwartz (who started... Read more >