View Post Book Biz Writing Contest in Honor of Elaine Kaufman By Jason Boog on Aug. 26, 2013 - 5:42 AM From now until October 15, 2013, writers can submit a short story, essay or novel excerpt to the Table 4 Writers Foundation’s second annual writing competition. The foundation will award five $2,500 grants to honor the memor ...
View Post Comic Books Sunstone Erotic Comic Counts 20 Million Views By Jason Boog on Aug. 26, 2013 - 4:07 AM Will erotic graphic novels find the same blockbuster success as eBook erotica? A husband and wife team serialized a not safe for work (NSFW) comic called Sunstone on deviantART and the complete collection of artwork earned more ...
View Post Publishing Rachel Van Dyken Leads Self Published Bestsellers List By Jason Boog on Aug. 26, 2013 - 3:42 AM Author Rachel Van Dyken took two top spots on our Self-Published Bestsellers List with her new adult novel, Ruin. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we compile weekly lists of the top eBooks in three maj ...
View Post Libraries Miami-Dade Library Supporters Write Commissioners By Jason Boog on Aug. 26, 2013 - 2:23 AM Library supporters mounted a letter-writing campaign over the weekend, fighting the potential closure of 22 libraries in Miami-Dade county. Follow this link if you want to write letters to Miami-Dade commissioners about the cuts. ...
Events David Levithan & Mary Simses Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Aug. 26, 2013 - 12:42 AM Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date. Scholastic ed ...
View Post Book Biz | Publishing Swedish Author Inks 8-Book Deal for Kid’s Series By Jason Boog on Aug. 26, 2013 - 12:23 AM After selling 2.5 million copies worldwide, the kid’s mystery series Lasse Maja’s Detective Agency is coming to U.S. readers as The Whodunit Detective Agency. Penguin Young Readers Group Grosset & Dunlap imprint, ...
View Post Bookselling | Social Media Can Grammar Cops Be Good Writers? By Jason Boog on Aug. 23, 2013 - 4:42 AM Grammar cops are rarely good writers. Imagination always disobeys. — Sherman Alexie (@Sherman_Alexie) June 12, 2013 Novelist Sherman Alexie generated hundreds of tweets, puns, grammar jokes and arguments with the simple T ...
View Post Awards The Eric Carle Museum Unveils Carle Honors Recipients By Maryann Yin on Aug. 23, 2013 - 3:23 AM The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has announced the recipients of the 2013 Carle Honors. Two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Van Allsburg has been named the “Artist” honoree. Editor Phyllis Fogelman Baker holds the “Me ...
View Post Book Biz | Videos Eric Hudspeth Draws ‘The Resurrectionist’ Cover Outside Strand Bookstore By Maryann Yin on Aug. 23, 2013 - 2:23 AM Last week, author E.B. Hudspeth spent three hours creating a 3D chalk drawing of the cover for The Resurrectionist. The stop motion video embedded above features Hudspeth and his artistic process–what do you think? This st ...
View Post Book Biz | Bookselling 100 Classic Free Books for Your End of Summer Reading By Jason Boog on Aug. 23, 2013 - 1:23 AM Web developer Christopher Pound mounted a data mining expedition deep into the free book lists at Project Gutenberg, creating a list of the 100 most popular books by 100 different authors on the site. The top books list on Projec ...