Book Biz Ben Greenman’s Britney “Musical” Now on YouTube By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 2:07 PM I’ve singled out short story writer and New Yorker editor Ben Greenman for his prowess at linking musical parodies to current events before. After publishing a few of them on Gawker last year, he’s taken the format bac ...
Comic Books Biopic of Mad Publisher in the Works By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 12:40 PM Variety reports that John Landis is directing a film about William M. Gaines, the publisher of Mad Magazine and, before that, the EC Comics line. Since the film’s titled “Ghoulishly Yours, William M. Gaines,” one ...
Authors It Takes More Than Blogging to Blog Right By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 11:45 AM “By itself a blog is not a business,” writes Steve Pavlina. “A blog is merely a self-publishing tool. If you want to blog for income… then you must learn to think like an entrepreneur, not just a blogger.&# ...
Awards Edgars vs Nibbies: The Ugliest Award in Literature? By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 11:15 AM UnBeige, mediabistro.com’s design blog, surveys the range of hideous award statuettes, and cites a recent Radar article that singles out the British Book Awards, known as the “Nibbies,” and the Edgars, presented ...
Comic Books The All-New Adventures of Breakup Girl By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 9:00 AM Lynn Harris originally created Breakup Girl with artist Chris Kalb in 1996 for spot illustrations in a relationship advice book, but the character took on a life of her own, leading to an advice-themed website that was acquired by ...
Comic Books Fall Out Boy Extend Brand Into Comic Books By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 8:05 AM icv2 reports a creative alliance between Fall Out Boy and The Dabel Brothers, the latter being a comic book production team best known to date for licensed adaptations of authors like Laurell K. Hamilton and Dean Koontz. Drummer A ...
Digital Be Lucky in Love (Book of Love!) By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 8:00 AM Remember those pink ebook readers Sony and Harlequin packaged? Well, I’m told that they only sold 199 of the 200 “Book of Love” units, holding back one for a promotional giveaway at the I (Heart) Harlequin Presen ...
Book Biz Weird Tales and Old Class Photos: More Online Contests By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 7:43 AM Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, the co-editors of Tachyon‘s New Weird anthology of stories somewhere in the hazy middle of the science fiction/fantasy spectrum, want you to share your own weird story, where the prize isn’t ju ...
Bookselling Let’s Parse Those Book Sales Numbers Again By Neal on Feb. 15, 2008 - 7:29 AM Thanks to yesterday’s Shelf Awareness, I’ve got a better understanding of what’s going on with the differences between the “bookstore sales” that PW Daily posts every month and the “book sales&# ...
Authors Driver in Halberstam’s Vehicular Manslaughter Sentenced By Neal on Feb. 14, 2008 - 6:25 PM From FishbowlNY: The graduate student who was behind the wheel in David Halberstam‘s fatal car crash last April has been sentenced to five days in jail and 200 hours of community service. According to SF Chronicle reporter J ...