Social Media Twitter Follow Button Simplified for Publishers, Authors & Readers By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2011 - 4:34 PM Before today, clicking the “Follow us on Twitter” button on a website would redirect a reader to your Twitter page, a distracting detour away from your actual website. Today Twitter changed the interface, revealing a n ...
Events Ann Patchett, Max Blagg & Summer Reading Kickoff Get Booked By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2011 - 4:20 PM Here are a few literary events to brighten up your day. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Educators are invited to a Summer Reading Kickoff event at the Bronx Library Center. ...
Book Biz | Resources HuffPo Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Blogger Lawsuit By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2011 - 3:38 PM The Huffington Post‘s lawyers have urged a New York City judge to dismiss Jonathan Tasini‘s lawsuit filed on behalf of unpaid bloggers on the site. The filing argued that “no rule of statutory or common law, in N ...
Reviews Romance Novels Compared To Pornography; Spawns #RomanceKills Hashtag By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2011 - 3:23 PM In an article at Utah’s KSL.com, psychologist and author Dr. Juli Slattery compared romance novels to pornography. As the article stirred controversy on Twitter, author Jason Pinter started a satirical “romance kills ...
Book Biz | People Preg-NOT Teen Shopping a Book Deal By Jeff Rivera on May. 31, 2011 - 3:13 PM To say Gaby Rodriguez‘s life has changed in the last few weeks is a gross understatement. After Rodriguez created a live social experiment for her senior class project, posing as a pregnant teen at her high school, she had n ...
Adaptation | People The Hobbit Release Dates Revealed By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2011 - 2:23 PM Release dates have been announced for the Peter Jackson‘s two Hobbit movies. According to Variety, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will come out on December 14, 2012 and The Hobbit: There and Back Again will hit theater ...
Book Biz | Resources Tools To Promote Your Author Blog By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2011 - 12:42 PM Nearly all writers launch some sort of blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page and/or Tumblr blog to promote their book online. But most of them have no idea how to get people to actually read these sites. Over at Splitsider, author and ...
Adaptation | People | Social Media Donald Sutherland Cast in The Hunger Games By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2011 - 11:45 AM Golden Globe-winner Donald Sutherland (pictured, via) has been cast as President Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games film adaptation. Sutherland has acted in literary adaptations including Pride & Prejudice and The Eagle. He h ...
Authors | Book Biz Paulo Coelho To Judge Fable Contest By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2011 - 10:23 AM Author Paulo Coelho will judge a fable writing-contest at the young adult writing community, Figment. The winner will receive $1,000 in prize money. Here are more details about the contest: “Your challenge is to write a fabl ...
Bookselling | Publishing Why Did Liberty Media Bid for Barnes & Noble? By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2011 - 9:23 AM As we previously noted, Liberty Media Corporation, a company chaired by entrepreneur John C. Malone, has submitted a proposal to bid for Barnes & Noble. The offer of $17 per share appraises the company valuation at $1.02 billi ...