View Post Adaptation | Authors | Publishing Judy Blume: ‘You cannot write with a censor on your shoulder’ By Maryann Yin on May. 24, 2013 - 3:23 AM Last night, Judy Blume and her son Lawrence Blume appeared in New York City at a special promotional event for the film Tiger Eyes. Attendees watched the film and joined a Q&A session with both Blumes. One audience membe ...
View Post Resources How to Share Books & eBooks with Our Troops By Jason Boog on May. 24, 2013 - 2:23 AM As you celebrate Memorial Day this weekend, take some time to remember all our soldiers stationed overseas. If you want to help these men and women far away from home, we’ve collected seven different ways you can share books wit ...
View Post Resources Amazon Fan Fiction & Nobel Prize Candidates: Top Stories of the Week By Jason Boog on May. 24, 2013 - 12:23 AM For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week. They included a bookstore struggling to find homes for a half million books, the Nobel Prize candidates and a word that finally describes a book lover’ ...
View Post Adaptation | Publishing ‘Tiger Eyes’ Official Trailer Released By Maryann Yin on May. 23, 2013 - 5:23 PM An official trailer for the Tiger Eyes film adaptation has been released. The trailer includes a first look at Willa Holland as Davey and Tatanka Means as Wolf. We’ve embedded the video above–what do you think? A ...
View Post Digital Shakespeare Apps Coming for Students By Jason Boog on May. 23, 2013 - 5:00 PM Simon & Schuster and Folger Shakespeare Library will release a set of interactive apps aimed at helping students explore the work of William Shakespeare. AppNewser has more about the upcoming apps: Coming this November, the j ...
View Post Adaptation | Book Biz Soman Chainani’s The School for Good and Evil Acquired by Universal Pictures By Jason Boog on May. 23, 2013 - 4:23 PM Universal Pictures acquired the rights to Soman Chainani‘s The School for Good and Evil in a seven-figure deal. The newly released novel is the first installment in epic fantasy trilogy published by HarperCollins. Slat ...
View Post Book Biz Elizabeth Warren Lands a Book Deal with Metropolitan Books By Jason Boog on May. 23, 2013 - 11:04 AM Senator Elizabeth Warren will publish a book about “how Washington is rigged against America’s middle class” with Henry Holt and Company’s Metropolitan Books imprint. Publication is set for the spring of 201 ...
View Post Awards Lydia Davis Wins £60,000 Man Booker International Prize By Jason Boog on May. 23, 2013 - 9:23 AM Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize, chosen from among nine finalists. The announcement was made at Victoria and Albert Museum in London. We’ve included the complete list of finalists below. Here ...
View Post Revolving Door Kathleen Schmidt Joins Weinstein Books as Director of Publicity By Jason Boog on May. 23, 2013 - 7:23 AM Kathleen Schmidt will be the new publicity director of Weinstein Books. She will join the publisher (a Perseus Books Group and Weinstein Company partnership) on July 1. Currently, Schmidt runs her own publicity firm, KMS Publ ...
View Post Resources Digital Tools for Crime Writers By Jason Boog on May. 23, 2013 - 6:23 AM Crime journalist Steve Lillebuen painted a complex and spooky picture of a killer in The Devil’s Cinema: The Untold Story Behind Mark Twitchell’s Kill Room. We caught up with the journalist to find out what digital tools he ...