Funny GalleyCats (and Other Critters), Get Ready! By Neal on Dec. 21, 2009 - 3:01 PM Every year around this time, GalleyCat invites publishing industry professionals (including published authors) to send us pictures of your cats, dogs, and other pets—preferably either engaged in holiday cheer or something bo ...
Publishing The Public Speaking Circuit in the Digital Age By Neal on Dec. 14, 2009 - 10:45 AM One of the great things about writing for GalleyCat over the last four years is the opportunities that have come up to speak about the publishing industry at conferences like Tools of Change and BookExpo America, as well as teachi ...
Authors AvantGuild: Around the World with Kristin Harmel By Neal on Dec. 14, 2009 - 10:30 AM Last summer, we threw a party for Kristin Harmel to celebrate the publication of Italian for Beginners, her latest novel. Now, in the latest installment of mediabistro.com’s “Book Keeping” series, Harmel discusse ...
Digital How Will We Remember the Publishers Who Delayed eBooks? By Neal on Dec. 11, 2009 - 9:00 AM Since Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group announced their plans to delay digital publication of some or most of their frontlists (with HarperCollins following suit the very next day, publishing insiders and observers have ...
Digital Cathy’s Book Not Just for Paper Anymore By Neal on Dec. 9, 2009 - 9:00 AM Remember about three and a half years ago, when Cathy’s Book generated a brief flurry of controversy because its embedded product placements spurred kneejerk protests from anti-commercialists? Since then, the paperback editi ...
Book Biz The Most Metal Fantasy Cover of 2010? By Neal on Dec. 7, 2009 - 8:00 AM We’ve mentioned a few instances this year where we’ve preferred the British book jacket of a particular title to its American counterpart, but in this case the opposite is true. From the moment we saw the cover to Empi ...
Resources So How’d Your NaNoWriMo Go? By Neal on Nov. 30, 2009 - 10:59 PM As this year’s National Novel Writing Month reaches its conclusion, we wanted to spotlight some advice that you may find helpful right about now. “You’re not really done,” observes Justine Larbalestier. ...
Sponsored Content Zondervan Pulls “Kung Fu” Christianity Guide By Neal on Nov. 30, 2009 - 11:33 AM Two years ago, Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite published a book called Deadly Viper: Character Assassins, “a kung fu inspired book on leadership integrity” that did well enough to attract the attention of Zondervan (the Ch ...
Adaptation Is Team Edward Enabling Domestic Violence? By Neal on Nov. 30, 2009 - 10:51 AM For at least a year now, we’ve been hearing complaints about Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight series and how creepy the relationship between Bella and Edward is—keeping in mind that while Edward looks like a teenager, ...
Videos Holiday Weekend Video Break: “Going West” By Neal on Nov. 27, 2009 - 10:51 AM You may have seen this video making the rounds—we discovered it through Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and quickly discovered The Rumpus had featured it as well—but those of you who haven’t seen it yet are in for a ...
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