Resources Facebook Flew, Rice Ran, & Baby Booked: Weekend Reading By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2010 - 6:23 PM New mother and concept designer Adele Enersen melted hearts with her super cute picture of a baby bookworm (embedded above). Amazon announced a $139 Wi-Fi edition of the Kindle eReader. GalleyCat readers began posting literary eve ...
Bookselling Barnes & Noble Adds Nook Boutiques By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2010 - 4:23 PM Today Barnes & Noble announced they will install 1,000 square-foot boutique areas in stores to show off the Nook eReader. The “full-service” boutiques will contain trial devices, a video screen playing demos, and a ...
Publishing True/Slant Blog Network Shuttered By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2010 - 4:03 PM Yesterday our sibling blog WebNewser reported that the blog network True/Slant has been shuttered. The network included blogs by journalists, authors, and publishing bloggers–as the site closes, we wanted to remember some Tr ...
Book Biz Prison Break Creator Inks Book Deal By Maryann Yin on Jul. 30, 2010 - 3:43 PM Nick Santora–co-creator of the television series Prison Break–just signed a deal with Mulholland Books for his novel, Fifteen Digits. Here’s more about the novel: “Fifteen Digits is the story of five ‘ ...
People Timothy Hutton Says Leverage Will Return for 4th Season By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2010 - 3:23 PM This afternoon actor Timothy Hutton announced that his TNT show Leverage would return for a fourth season. Earlier this year, we dubbed Hutton the most literary celebrity on Twitter–based on his dedicated following of bookis ...
Events Granta 111 Launch Party Dispatch By Maryann Yin on Jul. 30, 2010 - 2:43 PM Like everyone else, GalleyCat likes a good party. McNally Jackson Bookstore hosted the launch party for the literary magazine, Granta in celebration of the issue, Granta 111: Going Back. The theme of this issue is “memory.&# ...
Events Bozo the Clown and Friends Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Jul. 30, 2010 - 2:23 PM GalleyCat is grateful to our Facebook readers for sharing events. Keep it up. Here is today’s edition of our Booked feature. The Musers–featuring authors Bethany Griffin, Hannah Moskowitz, and Suzanne Young–are p ...
Videos Rick Moody Vs. Mary Roach: Book Trailer Showdown By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2010 - 1:23 PM How do you review a book trailer? For a special Friday afternoon edition of GalleyCat Reviews, we are comparing two book trailers that reenact scenes from their respective books. Both trailers are embedded below for your weekend v ...
Publishing David Toberisky to Retire from HarperCollins By Maryann Yin on Jul. 30, 2010 - 12:23 PM David Toberisky has announced he will retire as HarperCollins VP, director of inventory management in January. Next month, Sheryl Moore-Anderson will come back to HarperCollins to serve as director of inventory management. Toberis ...
Authors Anne Rice Quits Christianity; Readers Respond By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2010 - 10:23 AM Using social networks to broadcast her message, novelist Anne Rice declared “I quit Christianity” yesterday. From the comments section to our Facebook page, a number of GalleyCat readers responded to her controversial ...