View Post Resources Free College-Level Writing & Literature Classes By Jason Boog on Feb. 22, 2013 - 6:23 AM Want to go back to college for free? At the online learning sites Coursera, you can take college-level writing and literature courses for free, studying alongside thousands of other students. Below, we’ve linked to nine coll ...
View Post Publishing ABC News Features Colleen Hoover & New Adult Fiction By Jason Boog on Feb. 22, 2013 - 5:42 AM ABC News will feature Colleen Hoover and other “new adult” writers, but many fans of the genre are upset that the network called the genre “smut fiction” in a headline, despite the fact Hoover’s book ...
View Post Authors | Digital | Publishing Edward Gorey Gets a Google Doodle By Maryann Yin on Feb. 22, 2013 - 4:23 AM Google has created a Google Doodle celebrating author and illustrator Edward Gorey‘s 88th birthday. Gorey established his artistic career working as a book designer at Doubleday Anchor. From there, he went on to write and ...
View Post Comic Books Performance Enhancing Drugs of the Literary World By Jason Boog on Feb. 22, 2013 - 12:23 AM How many performance enhancing drugs have you used during your writing career? While many sports are plagued with chemical cheats, artist Grant Snider outlined Performance Enhancing Drugs for Writers in a web comic public servic ...
View Post Digital | Resources Who Will Win the Screenplay Academy Awards? By Jason Boog on Feb. 22, 2013 - 12:23 AM Who will win the Oscars for best adapted screenplay and screenplay? Below, we’ve linked to all the nominees in the top writing categories. On Monday morning, this GalleyCat editor will talk about the screenplay winners along ...
View Post Book Biz Bill O’Reilly to Publish ‘Killing Jesus’ By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 10:42 AM In the same week a Bill O’Reilly made headlines with a highly rated National Geographic adaptation of Killing Lincoln, the Fox News host has revealed his next book. Our sibling blog TVNewser has the complete story: How do ...
View Post Bookselling Grand Central Publishing to Expand Forever Imprint’s List By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 9:56 AM Grand Central Publishing will nearly double the releases from its romance imprint Forever and its eBook-only counterpart Forever Yours this year. The Hachette imprint expects to grow from last year’s list of 64 titles to an ...
View Post Book Biz 60% of Audiobooks Sold Are Now Digital By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 9:23 AM According to the Audio Publishers Association, audiobooks are now a billion dollar part of the publishing industry. Taking results from two studies of the audiobook industry, the association noted that 3.8 million more audiobooks ...
View Post Authors | Resources Celebrate David Foster Wallace’s Birthday With Your Thesaurus By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 8:23 AM The late David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962, so today is a good day to remember that you can get some free writing advice from the great novelist while working on your computer. Every Mac computer contains a copy o ...
View Post Awards | Resources Free Samples of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists By Maryann Yin on Feb. 21, 2013 - 7:23 AM The finalists for the 33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize have been revealed, and we’ve collected free samples of all their books below–some of the best books released in 2012. Here’s more about the awards: R ...