Publishing NYC Publisher Turned Bookstore Employee and Self-Published Author By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 10:23 AM Tonight former publishing executive Robert Wyatt concludes his stint as a bookstore employee, rediscovering the book business from the ground up at The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, New York. Over his long career, Wyatt served as ...
Funny I’ll Be Homer for Christmas By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 10:23 AM Just a few hours away from the Christmas holiday, and GalleyCat readers are still sending in loads of pet pictures. Author Gwen Cooper contributed this picture, the star of her bestselling book, “Homer’s Odyssey: A Fea ...
Bookselling Borders to Keep 20 Waldenbooks Stores By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2009 - 8:23 AM Borders anticipated closing around 200 Waldenbooks stores in January, but Daily Finance reported today that the company will save 20 of those stores. Here’s more from the article: “Borders spokeswoman Mary Davis did no ...
People Solace of the Road – Siobhan Dowd By Jeff Rivera on Dec. 24, 2009 - 7:30 AM Siobhan Dowd’s Solace of the Road is today’s featured book of the day. Holly Hogan is tired of her life as a foster child. She no longer wants to deal with social workers, or rules, reports, and reviews. She is done wi ...
Authors Jonathan Kellerman’s Guitar Collection By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2009 - 4:23 PM This month’s Guitar Aficionado has a surprise feature about thriller novelist Jonathan Kellerman–a novelist who uses his bestseller earnings to collect vintage guitars. The novelist keeps a collection of 120 guitars in ...
Funny Pet Parade Spinoffs: GalleyDog and GalleyParrot By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2009 - 4:23 PM Despite our blog’s name, not all literary animals are cats. Reader and author Doug Koktavy sent this picture of his handsome dogs, along with this note: “Here are my GalleyDogs, the two guys who are getting all the tal ...
Digital GalleyCat and Other Literary Blogs on the Kindle By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2009 - 3:23 PM With shipping delays slowing the delivery of two major competitors, it appears that Amazon will lead the e-Reader race this holiday season. If you are looking for subscriptions, GalleyCat landed in the Kindle Store this year, a Ki ...
Funny Cat on the Edge of Time By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2009 - 2:23 PM Hardworking GalleyCats have inspired generations of writers. In the case of one well-known author, the cat may have helped a poet and novelist land a reprint deal. Ira Wood, a longtime GalleyCat reader and author of “So You ...
Reviews Illustrating Moby-Dick One Page at a Time By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2009 - 12:23 PM Since August, artist Matt Kish has worked his way page-by-page through Herman Melville’s Moby Dick–illustrating each page along the way. Page 109 is pictured above, a painting entitled: “I will have no man in my ...
Funny The Work of Cat in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2009 - 11:23 AM Not all GalleyCats read breezy romances. At one-year-old, this bright, cute cat enjoys the heady work of cultural critic Walter Benjamin. Jaya Aninda Chatterjee, an editorial assistant at Yale University Press, sent in pictures of ...