As we head home for the 4th of July, we wanted to leave you with plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy during the three-day weekend. Email GalleyCat to get all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in a simple email newsletter.
We announced the winners of our World’s Longest Literary Remix Contest.
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer was released, the video is embedded above. Also, Hermione Granger exited, pursued by a hipster.
Author Molly Ringle wrote the worst sentence of the year.
An 82-year-old grandmother landed a three-book deal, cheering up writers around the world.
Fox Chicago News Library Report asked “Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money?” and angered many, many readers.
Amazon acquired online vendor Woot, utilizing it to sell 4,968 Amazon Kindles in nine hours the very next day.
Wattpad author Abigail Gibbs entered eBookNewser’s Digital Writer Spotlight.
TV host Glenn Beck sold more than 132,000 copies of his thriller The Overton Window–in a week.
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