People The Last Prejudice by David Rivera Jr. By Jeff Rivera on Jun. 25, 2009 - 2:57 PM My Featured Book of Color of the Day is The Last Prejudice (Strebor), an erotic romantic novel by Puerto Rican author, David Rivera Jr. This is Rivera’s 4th novel and what makes this book unique is not due to its romantic na ...
Publishing Readers Stoke Publishing Salary Debate By Jason Boog on Jun. 25, 2009 - 2:23 PM Earlier this week, GalleyCat and The New Yorker asked: Do publishing salaries affect literature?. The question drew passionate responses from readers on the site, inside a crowded Twitter-stream, and on other blogs. One GalleyCat ...
Authors Exclusive: CNBC Anchor David Faber on Long-Form Reporting By Jason Boog on Jun. 25, 2009 - 1:23 PM Earlier this week, GalleyCat mingled with news anchors and cable personalities in the posh Bookmarks Lounge during the launch party for CNBC reporter David Faber’s new book, “And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street ...
Adaptation Donnie Darko Meets Richard Matheson By Jason Boog on Jun. 25, 2009 - 12:23 PM “Donnie Darko” director Richard Kelly has adapted one of science fiction’s more memorable concepts, turning Richard Matheson’s 1970 short story “”Button, Button” into a full-length thrille ...
Authors VQR Reporter Absolves Chris Anderson of ‘Malice’ By Jason Boog on Jun. 25, 2009 - 11:23 AM Our blogging sibling FishbowlNY landed a publishing scoop–interviewing the Virginia Quarterly Review journalist who uncovered unattributed Wikipedia passages in Chris Anderson’s new book, “Free: The Future of a R ...
Reviews Listing Summer Reading Lists By Jason Boog on Jun. 25, 2009 - 10:23 AM Even though half the country has been buried under clouds, rainstorms, and generally gloomy weather patterns, blogger David Gutowski has created a gigantic list of more than 100 summer reading lists like good luck charms to bring ...
Publishing BBC Poetry Series Drives Sales By Jason Boog on Jun. 25, 2009 - 9:23 AM A recent spate of poetry-related material has driven poetry sales in the U.K., selling copies of books that had languished on national shelves. According to Bookseller, the BBC’s Poetry Season project actually motivated peop ...
Book Biz Ruben Toledo Is (Re)Modeling the Classics By Neal on Jun. 25, 2009 - 8:00 AM (with apologies to Spike Jones) The good folks at Nylon passed along a link to an item on their website about a new set of Penguin Classics covers by fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo which, according to Rebecca Willa Davis, “ ...
Book Biz Now That’s What We Call Beach Reading By Neal on Jun. 25, 2009 - 7:01 AM Nobody has ever accused the GalleyCat editors of being fashion experts, so it was news to us that the partial-body model on the cover of James Patterson‘s latest, Swimsuit (co-written by Maxine Paetro), is wearing a Perry El ...
Awards Seymour Hersh Wins Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism By Jason Boog on Jun. 24, 2009 - 5:23 PM Investigative journalist and author Seymour Hersh has won the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism, celebrating 40 years of work. Since beginning his career on the police beat in ...