Resources Undiscovered Talent: A Writer to Watch By Jeff Rivera on Sep. 28, 2009 - 4:30 AM Canadian writer, Russell Brooks has created an innovative way to build a fan base for his action thriller novel, Pandora’s Succession. He hired an actor to read serialized excerpts of his novel and even had the recording sco ...
Book Biz Gothenburg Book Fair Continues By Jason Boog on Sep. 26, 2009 - 8:23 PM The editors of GalleyCat couldn’t attend the 25th Annual Gothenburg (Göteborg) Book Fair, but author and GalleyCat correspondent Scott Andrew Selby is filing dispatches from the four-day book fair. Today, he saw four cr ...
Bookselling Gothenburg Book Fair Dispatch By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2009 - 3:23 PM This GalleyCat editor couldn’t attend the 25th Annual Gothenburg (Göteborg) Book Fair, but author and GalleyCat correspondent Scott Andrew Selby will file dispatches from the four-day book fair with 2,100 speakers and n ...
Reviews Weekend Werewolves and the D.C. Book Fest By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2009 - 2:23 PM Looking for some weekend literary excitement? We’ve got you covered. Tonight the 92YTribeca in Manhattan features a night of werewolf love, co-hosted by the authors of the book,”The Werewolf’s Guide to Life: a Ma ...
Authors Why You Should Keep Writing Despite Rejection By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2009 - 12:23 PM Most writers have a few unpublished manuscripts in their closet, but a little rejection didn’t stop them from writing again. Today’s guest on the Morning Media Menu was Shani Petroff, author of the young adult series, ...
Digital Federal Judge Postpones Google Books Hearing By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2009 - 11:23 AM U.S. District Judge Denny Chin postponed the fairness hearing scheduled for October 7, a hearing that would have helped decide the fate of the Google Books settlement–scheduling a “status conference” to reassess ...
Publishing Job Detective: Go Guinness By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2009 - 10:23 AM Despite the impending weekend, publishers have posted five new jobs today. Like a hardboiled gumshoe, GalleyCat has been investigating publishing work on the mediabistro.com job boards. For your resume-making pleasure, here are a ...
Book Biz How Can You Change Publishing Today? By Neal on Sep. 25, 2009 - 9:00 AM Yesterday afternoon, we sat in on a talk by Seth Godin, one of our favorite business motivational writers, sponsored by the Digital Publishing Group, a network of publishing professionals who are interested in figuring out how to ...
Bookselling Give Us Links Or We Won’t Sell Your Books: Really? By Neal on Sep. 25, 2009 - 8:04 AM When we stumbled across an item on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books last night about allegations that Barnes & Noble was leaning on authors, through their publisher, by “REFUSING to put in an order if their site is not listed ...
Revolving Door Steve Rubin Resigns at Random House By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2009 - 7:23 AM After serving as executive VP and publisher-at-large for Random House since February, former Doubleday Broadway Group publisher Steve Rubin has resigned from the restructured conglomerate. According to Publishers Weekly, the execu ...