Book Biz Where Do You Go With 40,000 Readers? By Neal on Apr. 27, 2009 - 3:24 PM Back in February, we told you about a panel discussion at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference about online community building and the publishing community, in which GalleyCat senior editor Ron Hogan interviewed autho ...
Trends Who Wrote the Book on Swine Flu? By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 3:23 PM In 2005, two researchers published a study of another swine flu outbreak in America, a cautionary tale that is (as of this writing) ranked 73,467 on Amazon.com. Another swine flu outbreak in 1976 resulted in billions of dollars in ...
Adaptation Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, David Cronenberg, and a Spy Novel By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 2:23 PM David Cronenberg has plans to adapt Robert Ludlum’s “The Matarese Circle” as a big budget film starring Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington. Variety uncovered more details of the film’s schedule, based on a bo ...
Bookselling The Art of Local Book Promotion By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 12:23 PM With Amazon.com, social networking, and literary blogs connecting writers virtually with readers, it’s easy to forget local ways to reach new readers. In this video interview with New York Round Table Writers‘ Conferen ...
Revolving Door Portfolio Magazine Has Closed By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 11:23 AM Portfolio Magazine, the glossy business publication that featured pieces by literary-minded journalists like Michael Lewis and Tom Wolfe, has closed. Editor-in-Chief Joanne Lipman broke the news to staffers, media reporter Jeff Be ...
Bookselling Celebrity Book Sales Decline in England By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 10:23 AM As celebrity books rake in million-dollar advances around the world, industry insiders in the UK spotted a decline in the actual sales of such popular titles this year–potentially scary news for publishers banking on celebri ...
Awards Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Awarded By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 9:23 AM On Friday evening, Los Angeles Times Book Editor David L. Ulin announced the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes during a ceremony at the Los Angeles Times building. Marilynne Robinson won the fiction prize for “Home;” ...
Book Biz Susan Boyle’s Got Literary Buzz By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2009 - 8:23 AM The grey-haired church lady turned international pop sensation, Susan Boyle, has spawned literary bids around the world. The singer’s spot on the reality show Britain’s Got Talent generated 41 million views on YouTube, ...
People Featured Book of Color By Jeff Rivera on Apr. 27, 2009 - 7:30 AM Latina phenomenon, Maria Celeste Arrarás is the author of my Featured “Book of Color” Pick of the Day. In Make Your Life Prime Time (Atria), Emmy Award-winning journalist Arrarás, shares with the world ho ...
Trends Kindle Ownership an Unreliable Marker of Literary Self-Importance By Neal on Apr. 25, 2009 - 4:00 PM “With Kindle, Can You Tell It’s Proust?” the New York Times asked, rather banally, last Friday (although at least that wasn’t as insipid as the alternative headline on the Times website: “Is a Book St ...