Revolving Door Job Detective: Penguin Licensing Manager By Jason Boog on Nov. 30, 2009 - 9:23 AM As we reluctantly return from the Thanksgiving holiday, publishers have listed three new jobs. Like a hardboiled gumshoe, GalleyCat has been investigating publishing work on the mediabistro.com job boards. For your resume-making p ...
Bookselling Barnes & Noble’s Nook Selling High on eBay By Jason Boog on Nov. 30, 2009 - 7:59 AM As news broke yesterday that Barnes & Noble’s eagerly anticipated Nook digital reader will only arrive in a few stores on Dec. 7, one blogger spotted the device selling for $465 on eBay–$206 more than the list pric ...
People Dutch by Teri Woods By Jeff Rivera on Nov. 30, 2009 - 7:30 AM Today’s Featured Book of Color Pick of the Day is Dutch by Teri Woods. Dutch is the first book in Woods’ new series starring bad boy Bernard James, Jr., aka “Dutch.” Dutch has turned a stolen heroin busines ...
Publishing GalleyCat Readers Confront “Seg-Book-Gation” in Publishing By Jason Boog on Nov. 27, 2009 - 4:23 PM Nearly forty GalleyCat readers contributed passionate and productive responses to our recent interview feature with novelist Bernice L. McFadden. McFadden thought that publishers “have placed all African-American authors in ...
Videos Holiday Weekend Video Break: “Going West” By Neal on Nov. 27, 2009 - 10:51 AM You may have seen this video making the rounds—we discovered it through Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and quickly discovered The Rumpus had featured it as well—but those of you who haven’t seen it yet are in for a ...
Bookselling Borders UK Enters Administration By Jason Boog on Nov. 27, 2009 - 9:23 AM Yesterday Borders UK entered administration, appointing the insolvency and restructuring company MCR to handle the company’s next actions–creating an uncertain future for 1,150 workers at 45 different stores. The Times ...
Book Biz Who’s Got the Best Book Covers of 2009? By Neal on Nov. 27, 2009 - 9:00 AM Amazon.com‘s Omnivoracious blog has launched a poll asking readers to choose the best book covers of 2009, in categories ranging from fiction and nonfiction to “classics reimagined” (seen above) and “famous ...
People Turn Off Oprah & Get Yourself on the Internets By Neal on Nov. 27, 2009 - 8:00 AM Earlier this week, we encouraged book publishers to get over losing Oprah Winfrey‘s book club, if that’s even what ends up happening when Oprah goes off the air in two years. (As several people pointed out to us, it ...
People Iraqi Girl (Diary of a Teeange Girl in Iraq) By Jeff Rivera on Nov. 27, 2009 - 7:30 AM Today’s Featured Book of Color, Pick of the day is Iraqi Girl (Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq). Iraqui Girl is a collection of blog entries from a real teenage girl living in Iraq during the war. Her blog began in 2003 and ...
Publishing Thanksgiving Leftovers By Jason Boog on Nov. 26, 2009 - 4:23 PM As GalleyCat continues to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, here are a few links to our favorite posts over the last week… A few 2009 National Book Awards finalists shared recession-era advice for writers. Penguin unveiled a t ...