Bookselling GalleyCat Versus BEA 2010 By Jason Boog on May. 25, 2010 - 4:23 PM BookExpo America opened today and GalleyCat prowled the aisles all day–bringing you the best publishing intelligence from the conference. We looked at the banners of BEA, especially the misplaced Google poster pictured above ...
Book Biz Streisand Bio Set for 2012 By David on May. 25, 2010 - 3:23 PM Publishers Weekly reports that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has signed a biography of Barbra Streisand, to be written by William Mann. It will be called Hello, Gorgeous, and it’s set for fall 2012. Mann, who is also a novelist, ...
Bookselling Wal-Mart Versus Major Bookstore Chains: BEA 2010 Intelligence By Jason Boog on May. 25, 2010 - 2:43 PM During an afternoon BEA presentation entitled “‘I’ll Never Pay Over $9.99 For E-Books! and Similar Lies’” a publishing analyst found himself with a line of attendees waiting to get into the cramped co ...
Book Biz Poetry: There’s an App for That, Too By David on May. 25, 2010 - 2:23 PM The Poetry Foundation has released its first iPhone app, designed to let you take some poems on the go. Features include a search function (“Gee, what is that poem I really like with that line about the wheelbarrow?”), ...
Events Hitchhiker Fans Celebrate Towel Day with Towels, Twitter By David on May. 25, 2010 - 12:42 PM It’s Towel Day today, the annual celebration of the late Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The most basic way to participate is to simply throw a towel over your shoulder and go about your ...
Bookselling Ingram CEO at BEA 2010: ‘Digital Versions Didn’t Cause Piracy’ By Jason Boog on May. 25, 2010 - 11:23 AM Farrar, Straus, and Giroux president Jonathan Galassi opened BEA 2010 with a contentious conversation between industry leaders–generating plenty of fireworks, but few conclusions. His publishing CEO panel focused on the them ...
People Zane on How to Go Viral By Jeff Rivera on May. 25, 2010 - 10:30 AM Bestselling author, Zane says she owes all her success to her books going viral. But how do you make your book go viral? Is there a strategy, some magic formula? Zane tells us exactly how she made her books go viral and how you ca ...
Bookselling BookExpo America 2010 by the Banners By Jason Boog on May. 25, 2010 - 9:23 AM The biggest books of BEA are easy to spot–they dangle from rafters on gigantic posters. Like tea leaves or elephants, they provide a graphic illustration of the year’s expected bestsellers. Sometimes, like the banner a ...
Book Biz Literary Magazine Masters the Art of Fact-Checking Fiction By Jason Boog on May. 25, 2010 - 9:23 AM The Canadian literary magazine Taddle Creek just announced that they will provide a free two-year subscription to eagle-eyed readers when they spot a mistake in the text. Along with the project, the magazine will also maintain an ...
Events Industry Hot Shots Go to Literati-a-Go-Go! By Jeff Rivera on May. 25, 2010 - 7:06 AM BookExpo America’s party season began with a bang at Monday night’s annual Literati-a-Go-Go BEA soiree hosted by literary agent, Donna Bagdasarian and publishing industry veteran, David Nudo. National Book Critics Circ ...