Authors Bad Attitude Gets Blogger Blackballed from RWA By Neal on Nov. 24, 2009 - 9:00 AM Last night, Dear Author co-editor Jane Litte posted the contents of a rather unusual letter from the Romance Writers of America, in which professional relations manager Carol Ritter informed the romance blogger that, after three y ...
People Oprah May Go, But Publishing Will Carry On By Neal on Nov. 24, 2009 - 8:00 AM Yesterday’s post suggesting publishers need to get over Oprah Winfrey‘s imminent departure from daytime TV resonated with at least one senior editor from the major houses, who emailed us to say: “Oprah picks were ...
Trends Pop-Up Book Champion Has Died By Jason Boog on Nov. 24, 2009 - 7:59 AM Earlier this month, Waldo Hunt, the founder of Intervisual Books and pop-up book champion, passed away at 88-years-old. He left behind a collection of 4,000 pop-up books he found over the course of his life. Here’s more biog ...
People The Trump Card by Ivanka Trump By Jeff Rivera on Nov. 24, 2009 - 7:30 AM Today’s Pick of the Day Feature Book is The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life by Ivanka Trump, the successful businesswoman and daughter of Donald Trump. Ivanka Trump has written a book filled with valuable advice ...
Bookselling GalleyCatnip: Borders UK Struggles with Distributors By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 5:23 PM Three UK book distributors have temporarily stopped supplying Borders UK amidst worries about the company’s future. An anonymous sales director explained to The Bookseller: “We really hope they can get through this, ev ...
Trends “Seg-Book-Gation” in Publishing By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 4:23 PM Ever since she published Sugar ten years ago, novelist Bernice L. McFadden has felt marginalized by the literary fiction world–exiled in the name of diversity. In an email interview with GalleyCat, she explained her problem ...
Book Biz Thirty Cartoonists Tackle Sarah Palin’s Book Tour By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 2:23 PM As Sarah Palin sold 300,000 copies of her book last week, she became an even bigger target for everybody from cartoonists to political readers lurking in the GalleyCat comments section. Today msnbc.com cartoonist and cartoon curat ...
Trends Self Publishing Twitter Feeds with Tweetbookz By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 1:23 PM Just in time for the holiday season, one company has launched a way to self publish your Twitter feed and immortalize your tweets in a $30 hardcover. Tweetbookz currently offers four cover and design styles–covers in color, ...
Awards Best Books of 2009, Airport Edition By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 12:23 PM A few writers received an unexpected bookstore boost today as they nabbed spots on Hudson Booksellers’ Best Books of the Year list. The list will earn these writers some coveted placement in the company’s bookstores, r ...
Revolving Door Macmillan Audio Hires Robert Allen as Editorial Director By Jason Boog on Nov. 23, 2009 - 11:23 AM Robert Allen has been named editorial director at Macmillan Audio, the company announced today. Allen’s publishing career began as Baker and Taylor sales manager, followed by a move to Bantam Doubleday Dell sales. While ther ...