Digital Digital Books on Christmas Morning By Jason Boog on Dec. 29, 2008 - 10:23 AM Last week’s gift-giving filled stockings with more digital book-reading devices. According to the Huffington Post, five of the six most popular Christmas morning Google searches were iPhone, iTunes, and iPod Touch-driven. Ch ...
Publishing Will Amateur Booksellers Kill Publishing? By Jason Boog on Dec. 29, 2008 - 8:23 AM Over the weekend, NY Times writer David Streitfeld ignited a literary blogosphere controversy by blaming amateur booksellers for publishing’s current state of financial distress. The article’s central point proposed th ...
Authors Harold Pinter Has Died By Jason Boog on Dec. 25, 2008 - 12:23 PM Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter passed away on Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy of 32 plays, one novel, and work on 22 screenplays. The 78-year-old playwright made his career with award-winning plays like “The Birthday Pa ...
Book Biz GalleyCat’s 2008 Year in Literary Web Video By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2008 - 2:23 PM As GalleyCat takes a holiday break, why not watch some literary web video? Just in time for your vacation, we collected some of GalleyCat’s web video content in a single post. Earlier this year, we attended The Sexiest Book ...
Adaptation Curiously Discussing Benjamin Button By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2008 - 1:23 PM As the literary blogosphere closes up shop for the holidays, Jacket Copy will feature a special blogged conversation about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” The story hits ...
Book Biz Riverhead To Publish Barack Obama Book by NY Times’ Staff By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2008 - 12:23 PM Following news of an “instant book” version of Elizabeth Alexander’s inaugural poem, Barack Obama will get the practically-instant-book treatment from the NY Times in February. Riverhead books will publish Obama: ...
Publishing Oprah Winfrey’s Production Company in Court over Digital Book Technology By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2008 - 11:23 AM This morning, GalleyCat reported on two authors who built do-it-yourself book club tours. At the same time, a software developer is suing Oprah Winfrey’s production company for infringing on the company’s digital reade ...
Publishing Authors Create Self-Guided Book Club Tours By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2008 - 10:23 AM As book review outlets and publicity budgets evaporate with the recession, two writers have discovered the perfect way to reach readers–self-guided book club tours. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on how novelists Joshua H ...
Funny Happy Holidays from GalleyCat! By Neal on Dec. 24, 2008 - 9:01 AM Let’s close out our annual winter pet photo parade with a few more holiday-themed pictures… “We were surprised when Lula developed a sudden interest in Judaism, though she has yet to move beyond the ‘knocki ...
Funny I’ve Been a Good Dog, Santa! By Neal on Dec. 24, 2008 - 9:00 AM Kristien Weber, a senior editor at New American Library, and her fiancé took their pug Samson out to have his picture taken with Santa Claus—although she confesses that just a few minutes later, the dog was using Santa& ...