View Post Social Media Kate Gavino Profiles Authors in ‘Last Night’s Reading’ Tumblr By Maryann Yin on Nov. 18, 2013 - 12:18 PM Kate Gavino (pictured, via) has launched an art blog called “Last Night’s Reading.” This New York City-based writer regularly attends reading events and subsequently creates drawings that feature an author and a ...
View Post Publishing | Social Media Random House Integrates Website With Pinterest By Dianna Dilworth on Nov. 18, 2013 - 11:01 AM Random House has partnered with Pinterest to help readers connect with books through digital pinboards. Through the partnership, Random House is adding a Pinterest API to its website and will feature the social network’s mo ...
View Post Digital | Social Media Electric Literature #LitWords Twitter Contest By Dianna Dilworth on Nov. 13, 2013 - 11:06 AM Electric Literature is running a #LitWords Twitter contest today, calling all readers to “tweet invented literature-inspired words and definitions with the #LitWords hashtag.” What does that mean? Oh you know, a ̶ ...
View Post Social Media How Writers Can Use Twitter By Dianna Dilworth on Nov. 7, 2013 - 1:26 PM Twitter is making headlines today with news of its IPO. It’s a great time to explore the benefits of using Twitter for writers. Twitter offers writers a great way to connect with other writers or publishing professionals? To ...
View Post Social Media Share Your New Book with GalleyCat Readers By Jason Boog on Oct. 30, 2013 - 12:23 PM Want to share your book with GalleyCat readers? We’ve upgraded our New Books page on Facebook where all our readers can share their new and upcoming work. We receive an overwhelming amount of information about new books at ...
View Post Social Media Random House Acquires Figment By Jason Boog on Oct. 29, 2013 - 3:42 PM Random House Children’s Books has acquired Figment, an social network for teen readers and writers with more 300,000 members. The site was founded by former CEO Jacob Lewis and Dana Goodyear. Lewis now serves as the publishin ...
View Post Authors | Social Media David Beckham To Host Virtual Reading on Facebook By Dianna Dilworth on Oct. 24, 2013 - 11:37 AM Retired soccer player David Beckham’s new memoir is coming out next week and to help promote the new book, he’ll be doing a reading live on Facebook on October 30th, the day that the book comes out. Beckham announced ...
View Post Social Media | Videos How Has Twitter Shaped Storytelling? By Maryann Yin on Oct. 18, 2013 - 11:17 AM Andrew Fitzgerald, a member of Twitter’s news and journalism partnerships team, gave a TED Talk called “Adventures in Twitter Fiction.” We’ve embedded the video above–have you ever shared a short story on Twi ...
View Post Social Media How To Receive Direct Messages From Any Twitter Follower By Jason Boog on Oct. 17, 2013 - 6:23 PM Twitter has made it easier for journalists to direct messages sources or writers to reach out to readers with direct messages. You can see the new setting in the image embedded above… If you feel comfortable communicating wi ...
View Post Social Media Long List of Tumblr Books This Fall By Jason Boog on Oct. 15, 2013 - 3:23 AM Brandon Stanton, the photographer behind the “Humans of New York” (HONY) Tumblr, has published his first Humans of New York book this week. He inked the book deal last December. Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Youn ...