Book Biz Wattpad CEO Sees India as Digital Book Frontier By Jason Boog on Nov. 25, 2009 - 7:59 AM This week the eBook community Wattpad launched a version of their mobile phone application in the app store for the Indian provider, Bharti Airtel. To find out more about this international move, GalleyCat caught up with Wattpad C ...
People Riley Park By Diane Tullson By Jeff Rivera on Nov. 25, 2009 - 7:30 AM Today’s Feature Book of Color Pick of the day is from Diane Tullson who has written a heart wrenching young adult novel with Riley Park. Best friends Corbin and Darius are your average teenage boys, constantly thinking about ...
Authors Literary Luminaries Sign Sarah Palin Book for Charity By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 5:23 PM At the 2009 National Book Awards, Gawker cornered some of the literary world’s brightest writers, having them sign a copy of Sarah Palin’s memoir, “Going Rogue.” Now they are auctioning the book on eBay for ...
Awards Recession Advice from NBA Finalists By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 4:23 PM At last week’s glitzy National Book Awards (NBA) ceremony, the recession seemed far away. These celebrations create the illusion that some authors are beyond the everyday struggles of regular writers. GalleyCat kept the bad ...
Book Biz New York Magazine’s Political Fictions Contest By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 3:23 PM Sick of political memoirs yet? Get revenge at New York magazine with the Political Fictions Contest. Between now and Dec. 7, the magazine is accepting short stories, movie treatments, or mini one-act plays about real life politica ...
Digital Mind Bending Limited Edition “Vampire Academy” Cover By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 2:23 PM Tomorrow Penguin Young Readers Group Razorbill imprint will release a limited edition copy of the first book in Richelle Mead’s “Vampire Academy” series. The cover will use the same mind-bending “Augmented ...
People Celebrity Book Toolkit By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 1:23 PM Celebrity book deals have multiplied this year, as everybody from Sarah Palin to Tina Fey inked contracts. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. To ease your frustration, GalleyCat has compiled a Celebrity Book Toolki ...
Trends Interview: Self Publishing Your Twitter Feed By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 12:23 PM Yesterday GalleyCat readers both praised and poo-pooed the most recent development in Twitter-land: TweetBookz, a way to self publish your Twitter feed into a self-published $30 hardcover or $20 paperback. To find out more, Galley ...
Digital Smashwords To Supply Books to Amazon Kindle Store By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 11:23 AM This week the digital self-publishing company Smashwords announced that they will now supply ebooks to the Amazon.com (AMZN) in the Kindle Store. According to the release, the company “will pay authors and publishers 42.5 pe ...
Adaptation The Road Trailer: Yay or Nay? By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 10:23 AM Following more than a year of delays, the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” will finally arrive in theaters for Thanksgiving. Watch the trailer here. The future is uncertain, as the film opens beside ...