Digital Apple Tablet Named iSlate? By Jason Boog on Dec. 28, 2009 - 8:23 AM Over the holiday weekend, MacRumors scored the digital scoop of the week, linking Apple (AAPL) to the domain name “iSlate”–a possible name for the fabled Apple tablet computer that many insiders expect in 2010. H ...
People Riot by Walter Dean Meyers By Jeff Rivera on Dec. 28, 2009 - 7:30 AM Today’s Featured Book of Color, Pick of the Day is Riot by Walter Dean Meyers. Sine 1863, New York City has been the setting of some of the worst race riots in American history, partly due to Abraham Lincoln’s draft al ...
Book Biz Gary Vaynerchuk: on Monetizing Short Stories By Jeff Rivera on Dec. 28, 2009 - 6:18 AM Social Media Guru and author of CRUSH IT!, Gary Vaynerchuk talks about another source of income short stories authors can create by implementing an effective social media marketing campaign.
Authors Chinese Author Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison By Jason Boog on Dec. 25, 2009 - 10:23 AM Following a trial that lasted less than three hours, a Beijing court has sentenced Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo to 11-years in prison and and “two years’ deprivation of political rights” for subversion in his writin ...
Funny Happy Holidays from GalleyCat By Jason Boog on Dec. 25, 2009 - 9:23 AM Happy holidays from GalleyCat Headquarters. We are signing off for the holiday weekend, but we’ll be back on Monday with more publishing news, more pet photos, and a comprehensive look at the year in publishing. In the meant ...
People A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck By Jeff Rivera on Dec. 25, 2009 - 7:30 AM A Season of Gifts is today’s featured book of the day. Grandma Dowdel is back and she’s ready to help out the new family that has just moved next door…even if they believe or want the help of their older and much ...
Digital Vanity Fair Analyzes the eBook Summit By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 3:23 PM Today mediabistro.com’s eBook Summit turned up in a Vanity Fair feature, as the magazine asked: “Whoever said digital publishing was boring?” Vanity Fair blogger Lauren Sozio wrote a long feature about the confer ...
Authors Chinese Author Expected to Be Sentenced on Christmas Day By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 1:23 PM Yesterday Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo pleaded not guilty to subversion charges in a three hour trial, the PEN American Center reports. The organization anticipates that the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court will releas ...
Revolving Door Job Detective: Hachette Editorial Assistant By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 12:23 PM In a last minute holiday present for job hunters, publishers have posted five new jobs. Like a hardboiled gumshoe, GalleyCat has been investigating publishing work on the mediabistro.com job boards. For your resume-making pleasure ...
Funny GalleyPug Joins the Pet Parade By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 10:23 AM Even the hardest working GalleyCats need a break from all the reading. Southern Territory Associates representative Teresa Rolfe Kravtin sent in that picture of her literary and musical feline: “My lovely cat, Miles, (who is ...