Adaptation From Book to Movie, “Children of Men” Style By Carmen on Dec. 28, 2006 - 8:41 AM Caryn James reads the novel, then watches the film.
Digital Lust-ful Librarian Takes It Online By Neal on Dec. 28, 2006 - 8:05 AM Nancy Pearl's new website for book lovers: Your wiki is in my discussion group! No, your discussion group is in my wiki!
Reviews Blame the System, Not the Bosses By Carmen on Dec. 28, 2006 - 7:19 AM Want to make money with an entry-level publishing career? Better start taking notes for your tell-all novel now.
Publishing Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda By Carmen on Dec. 28, 2006 - 6:56 AM UK publishing insiders look back at 2006.
Authors Jazz Historian Takes Work to the People By Neal on Dec. 27, 2006 - 9:40 AM Devra Hall saw our item last week about writers accepting no-advance contracts, and although that approach is “all well and good for best-selling authors,” she says, “or writers whose books fit the fad-of-the mon ...
Digital Taking a Virtual Red Pen to Iraq Report By Neal on Dec. 27, 2006 - 9:15 AM In one of the first projects from his new desk at Lapham’s Quarterly, Lewis Lapham has teamed up with the Institute for the Future of the Book to publish an online version of the Iraq Study Group Report…but unlike the ...
Publishing Osama + Humor = Success By Carmen on Dec. 27, 2006 - 9:12 AM Who would have thought that Osama Bin Laden would figure in Britain’s bestselling humor book of the year? More to the point, why did it take so long for someone to publish an Al Qaeda-esque parody of WHERE’S WALDO? So ...
Revolving Door Regan’s Attorney Unveils Supportive “Ear-witness” By Neal on Dec. 27, 2006 - 8:39 AM As AP publishing industry correspondent Hillel Italie reported yesterday, Judith Regan‘s former temp claims she overheard that phone call, and if Carmen del Toro is to be believed, Regan never uttered the phrase “Jewis ...
Book Biz Welcome, Mother Jones Readers! By Neal on Dec. 27, 2006 - 8:10 AM If you’ve come to GalleyCat after reading Alissa Quart‘s Mother Jones article about the increasing professionalism of online amateurs, welcome! (If you haven’t read this story about “the Mike Leighs of MySp ...
Bookselling A warning bell for independent bookshops By Carmen on Dec. 27, 2006 - 8:05 AM Yesterday afternoon I walked into Coliseum Books, the first time I’d done so in a few months. The 40%-70% off stickers were everywhere, and the walls were still lined with some books, but many had also been sold off. A gloom ...