Adaptation Sam Mendes and Oprah Winfrey Land “Netherland” Scriptwriter By Jason Boog on Aug. 25, 2009 - 10:23 AM After a long search, director Sam Mendes and Oprah Winfrey’s production company have found a screenwriter to adapt Joseph O’Neill’s “Netherland” for the screen. They’ve tapped Christopher Hampto ...
Book Biz AvantGuild: This Agent’s Cooking Up Plenty of Deals By Neal on Aug. 25, 2009 - 9:00 AM This week’s installment of the mediabistro.com “Pitching an Agent” series touches back with The Lisa Ekus Group, which prides itself on nearly a decade of “working with a wide variety of new and established ...
Book Biz Who Is Oprah’s New Favorite Author? By Neal on Aug. 25, 2009 - 12:23 AM Early last night, Oprah Winfrey went on Twitter to lay the groundwork for the unveiling of her next book club selection—so we immediately went poking around the Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites to see what data points we ...
Digital Exploring Book-Writing Programs By Jason Boog on Aug. 24, 2009 - 4:23 PM Considered blasphemy by some and life-changing by others, book-writing computer programs have helped push authors down the road towards writing the Great 21st Century American Novel. A number of software companies sell pricey prog ...
Trends 21st Century Writing Survival Tips By Jason Boog on Aug. 24, 2009 - 2:23 PM Continuing last week’s focus on balancing a writing career and a day job, today’s special guest on the Morning Media Menu was writing coach, journalism professor, and author Jill Dearman. When asked about the freelance ...
Authors Beach Reading with President Barack Obama By Jason Boog on Aug. 24, 2009 - 1:23 PM Like any good overachieving, obsessive reader, President Barack Obama is bringing a stack of five books on his vacation trip to Martha’s Vineyard. According to Time Magazine, the list includes: “Hot, Flat and Crowded&# ...
Trends Hugo Chavez Hobbles Venezuelan Publishing By Jason Boog on Aug. 24, 2009 - 12:23 PM Between roving book squadrons and his international book club urges, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has exerted an enormous influence on the literary scene in his country. According to Publishing Perspectives, a recent change in ...
Publishing Jane Friedman Raises $3 Million for Publishing Start-Up By Jason Boog on Aug. 24, 2009 - 11:23 AM After studying a SEC filing for former HarperCollins publisher Jane Friedman’s digital book publishing venture, paidContent reports that the industry veteran has raised $3 million in start-up funds for the project. Friedman ...
Trends 15 Short Stories in 15 Days By Jason Boog on Aug. 24, 2009 - 10:23 AM In a super-sized summer short story event, the serialized reading site FiveChapters has launched Infinite FiveChapters— releasing fifteen stories over the next fifteen days. The epic procession of short stories begins with & ...
Book Biz Cover Trends: The Book as Art Object By Neal on Aug. 24, 2009 - 9:00 AM When the finished copy of Beg, Borrow, Steal, Michael Greenberg‘s collection of autobiographical essays, turned up in our mailbox last week, it felt uncannily familiar to us, so we went digging into the stacks of review copi ...