Book Biz Lauren Weisberger Inks Deal for The Devil Wears Prada Sequel By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2012 - 5:23 PM Novelist Lauren Weisberger has landed a book deal for a sequel to her bestselling 2003 novel, The Devil Wears Prada. Simon & Schuster will publish Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns in April 2013. U.K. rights for the book ...
Authors Lawrence Durrell Works To Be Released Digitally By Dianna Dilworth on May. 31, 2012 - 4:23 PM Digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media is releasing the works of British writer Lawrence Durrell digitally, just in time for the 100th anniversary of his birth. For the first time, 28 of the author’s works will be availa ...
Publishing Write a Novel This Summer with NaNoWriMo By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2012 - 3:30 PM Want to write a novel this summer? You should take the Camp NaNoWriMo challenge in June or August. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) takes place every November, but the Office of Letters and Light (the nonprofit behind NaNo ...
Awards Madeline Miller Wins the 2012 Orange Prize By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2012 - 3:07 PM Novelist Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel, The Song of Achilles. Miller accepted her award at a London ceremony along with a £30,000 cash prize (approximately $46,521 USD) and the & ...
Bookselling Stephenie Meyer on E. L. James & Fan Fiction: ‘Obviously, She Had a Story in Her’ By Jason Boog on May. 31, 2012 - 2:42 PM When asked about the bestselling success of E. L. James‘ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy (a series that began as Twilight fan fiction) Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer told MTV News: “Good on her — she’s doing wel ...
People Leo Dillon Has Died By Maryann Yin on May. 31, 2012 - 12:23 PM Caldecott Medal winner Leo Dillon has passed away. He was 79-years-old. Dillon (pictured, via) illustrated more than 50 children’s books with his wife, Diane Dillon. The books included Verna Aardena‘s picture book, W ...
Digital OverDrive To Release Browser-Based eReading Platform By Dianna Dilworth on May. 31, 2012 - 9:34 AM Digital book distributor OverDrive has revealed plans for a new browser-based digital reading platform called OverDrive Read. AppNewser has more: “The platform, which is based in HTML5 and EPUB, allows readers to read eBoo ...
Publishing A Case For Self-Publishing By Dianna Dilworth on May. 31, 2012 - 9:23 AM The stigma around self-publishing is beginning to go away. Now that authors have many of the tools for designing, editing and producing books, as well as marketing themselves, some authors question if working with a publisher is r ...
Bookselling ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ History Excluded from Wayback Machine Archives By Jason Boog on May. 30, 2012 - 5:23 PM We published a long post looking at The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey recently, using the Wayback Machine to explore the Twilight fan fiction roots of E.L. James‘ runaway bestseller. The Wayback Machine has since remo ...
People Kathi Kamen Goldmark Has Died By Maryann Yin on May. 30, 2012 - 5:23 PM Author Kathi Kamen Goldmark has passed away. She was 63-years-old. Goldmark (pictured, via) founded the Rock Bottom Remainders, a literary rock band that toured the country with a rotating line-up of bestselling authors (includin ...