Bookselling | People Shakespeare & Company’s Bookstore Cat Monty Has Died By Maryann Yin on Apr. 28, 2011 - 12:06 PM Shakespeare & Company’s bookstore cat Monty has died (pictured, via). The New York City bookstore mourned the cat in a short post today. Here’s more from the bookseller’s tribute: “Scourge of dogs, inva ...
Digital 75% of Our Readers Prefer Portrait Mode for eBooks By Jason Boog on Apr. 28, 2011 - 10:32 AM According to last week’s eBook orientation poll, a whopping 75 percent of our readers prefer reading in eBooks in portrait view mode (pictured). We will keep the poll open to see how reading habits evolve. In comparison, onl ...
Events Cupcakes & Voices Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Apr. 28, 2011 - 10:07 AM Here are some literary events to jump start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Roisin Meaney will celebrate the release of her new novel on Thursday, April 28th. Part ...
People | Trends Bernie Madoff’s Daughter-in-Law Hunts for Book Deal By Maryann Yin on Apr. 28, 2011 - 8:23 AM Stephanie Morgan, daughter-in-law to fraudulent investor Bernie Madoff (pictured, via), hopes to land a book deal. Folio Literary Management agent Steve Troha represents the widow of Mark Madoff. New York Magazine has spoken with ...
Adaptation | Publishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Trailer Released By Jason Boog on Apr. 28, 2011 - 1:04 AM To promote the July 15th release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two, Warner Brothers has released a long trailer. Above, we’ve embedded the video. What do you think? The Twitter reaction seemed overwhelmingly p ...
Book Biz | Publishing F+W Media Acquires Tyrus Books By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2011 - 3:43 PM F+W Media has acquired Tyrus Books, the company’s first move into the crime book space. Tyrus founder Benjamin LeRoy will serve as publisher of a brand new imprint, F+W Crime. The imprint will publish its first books in June ...
Bookselling | Digital | Resources Macmillan Launches Crime Fiction Community Site By Maryann Yin on Apr. 27, 2011 - 3:23 PM Macmillan has created a new online community for crime fiction and nonfiction readers, CriminalElement.com. Here’s more from the press release: “At launch there will be excerpts, original fiction and articles by author ...
Publishing Penguin Launches Book Country Writing Community By Maryann Yin on Apr. 27, 2011 - 12:13 PM Penguin Group (USA) has launched a new writing community dedicated to genre fiction called Book Country. Readers can review books, post their own writing, and meet other readers at the new site. Right now the site offers articles ...
Book Biz Ward Six Litblog Shuts Down By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2011 - 10:07 AM Writers Rhian Ellis and J. Robert Lennon (pictured) have decided to close their literary review site, Ward Six. They founded the site four years ago, creating a “daily digest of book reviews, literary analysis, personal obse ...
Resources Write Your Script Backwards: Script Frenzy Tip # 26 By Jason Boog on Apr. 27, 2011 - 9:07 AM Stuck in the middle of your script? Try writing your story backwards! Writing blogger Candace Kearns Read explained the technique: “To write an ending that delivers a great emotional payoff, it helps to ‘back engineer& ...