Publishing Korea’s Ghostwriting Scandal By Carmen on Dec. 27, 2006 - 7:49 AM Looks like the publishing industry here wasn’t the only one to feel the scandal pitch. The Korea Times updates folks on the year that was in their publishing world, focusing on two particular ghostwriting-related scandals. F ...
Digital Amazon.com: “Best Ever” Holiday Season By Neal on Dec. 26, 2006 - 12:43 PM The Associated Press picks up on an Amazon.com press release touting their holiday success, including more than 4 million orders on December 11 alone. Among the top books cited in this seasonal windfall: The Audacity of Hope by Ba ...
Trends Publishing a Clef By Carmen on Dec. 26, 2006 - 9:07 AM The rule of thumb is that it’s not a trend unless there are three books with the same theme, but it doesn’t stop the LA Times’ Josh Getlin from profiling Debra Ginsberg and Bridie Clark, the respective authors of ...
Publishing Beatles Fans Go On Their Own By Carmen on Dec. 26, 2006 - 8:17 AM The New York Times’ Alan Kozinn expresses some amazement that there’s still life left in Beatlemania, at least on the book front. Guess again, he says. Now, if mainstream publishers reject their work as too specialized ...
Book Bix 2007 Publishing Predictions By Carmen on Dec. 26, 2006 - 8:13 AM We sent out the call for what to expect in 2007, and the answers are still trickling in. Steve Clackson thinks that the WSJ was onto something with his story about Vanguard Press, saying that it may “set a trend,” as w ...
Authors Bratton Seeks a Book Deal By Carmen on Dec. 26, 2006 - 7:33 AM There aren’t too many would-be authors who have the LA Times as a mouthpiece to talk about a book that a) hasn’t been finished b) hasn’t been published anywhere yet. But then, LAPD Commissioner William Bratton is ...
Reviews Wanted: Savvy Sci-Fi Critic for NYTBR By Neal on Dec. 24, 2006 - 12:55 AM It’s taken as a given that the litblogosphere has it in for Sam Tanenhaus and the New York Times Book Review, with this blog counted among the critics, but I like to think that the ‘Cat has been supportive, albeit in a ...
Book Biz What a Week! We’re Exhausted… By Neal on Dec. 22, 2006 - 12:00 PM Thanks to the recognition bestowed upon us by several mainstream media outlets recently, GalleyCat has seen its readership swell—and we hope that our new visitors have liked what they’ve seen of our coverage not just o ...
Events Party Hopping on Rivington Street By Neal on Dec. 22, 2006 - 10:10 AM Tuesday night, Sarah and I dropped in at the Lower East Side restaurant Verlaine for a small party hosted by the aggregating litblog network MetaxuCafé in celebration of its first anniversary, where we ran into publicist Laur ...
Book Bix Letterhead No Longer So Essential By Neal on Dec. 22, 2006 - 9:00 AM In response to yesterday’s query about book reviewers contacting publicists on company letterhead, one publicist confirmed via email that “most of us treat it as an antiquated rule.” Reviewers working with any bi ...