Adaptation Publishers Bet Twilight Will Sell Books By Jason Boog on Nov. 21, 2008 - 12:23 PM Publishing folks around the world are placing holiday hopes in Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight series–counting on more sales on the eve of the vampire series’ big-screen debut. According to Elizabeth Eulberg, the publ ...
Editors What’s New With… Reagan Arthur? By Neal on Nov. 21, 2008 - 12:01 PM Last month, when Little, Brown gave Reagan Arthur her own imprint, we called her office and asked if she knew what the first titles at Reagan Arthur Books would be. “I have a pretty good idea,” she told us then, “ ...
Events Which Media Holiday Parties Can’t Be Stopped? By Jason Boog on Nov. 21, 2008 - 11:23 AM In these dark economic days, it’s pretty badass to be celebrating anything. We’ve told you all about the media party cancellations — now we want to focus on the few, the proud: The Media Parties That Will Go On, ...
Awards Exclusive Video Interview with NBA Winner Judy Blundell By Jason Boog on Nov. 21, 2008 - 9:23 AM Judy Blundell won the 2008 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature with her book, What I Saw and How I Lied–surprising GalleyCat readers and the author herself. We caught up with Blundell at the ceremony, get ...
Events The Week in Party Hopping: Sushi, Tacos, & Gin By Neal on Nov. 21, 2008 - 9:04 AM We were invited out to lunch at Nobu Tuesday with a few other media types—including Publishers Weekly editor and novelist Jonathan Segura—to meet Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern; we were among the first to arrive, and whi ...
Trends Everybody’s Got Their Own Word of 2008 By Neal on Nov. 21, 2008 - 7:00 AM Last week, Oxford University Press declared that “hypermiling,” a neologism describing “[an] attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techni ...
Publishing Random House Changes Pension Policy By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2008 - 5:23 PM Starting next year, publishing giant Random House will “freeze” pensions for employees and stop granting such benefits to new employees. Spokesman Stuart Applebaum stressed that current employee pensions “will no ...
Awards Exclusive Interview with NBA Winner Annette Gordon-Reed By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2008 - 3:23 PM Annette Gordon-Reed won the 2008 National Book Award for Nonfiction last night, defying the predictions of GalleyCat readers. At the ceremony, we caught up with Reed to discuss her NBA-winning work of nonfiction, The Hemingses of ...
Book Biz Ten Days To Go! By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2008 - 2:23 PM As GalleyCat recovers from the National Book Awards, we should all cheer on the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) writers pounding away this November. These writers have braved a depressing recession and chased their dream ...
Awards Mark Doty and Walt Whitman By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2008 - 11:03 AM Amid all the excitement yesterday evening, GalleyCat managed to score video interviews with most of the National Book Award winners. To start the festivities, here’s an exclusive interview with Mark Doty, the Poetry winner a ...