Trends Text Recognition Tools For Dummies By Jason Boog on Aug. 31, 2010 - 6:23 PM Like many journalists, this GalleyCat editor always leaves the library with too many documents photocopied from books and magazines. With the right text recognition tools, we can avoid these problems all together–the best pr ...
Videos Jonathan Franzen Reviewed on Video By Maryann Yin on Aug. 31, 2010 - 4:30 PM Washington Post fiction editor Ron Charles has published a video book review of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. The upload (embedded above) coincides with today’s release of Franzen’s new novel. Charles had a mixed o ...
Publishing | Reviews Best Books for Babies By Jason Boog on Aug. 31, 2010 - 4:23 PM Do you have a favorite board book or cloth book you read with the baby in your life? Today we studied the world of books for babies and toddlers–exploring the list at children’s publisher Priddy Books. Book reviews rar ...
Digital Free eBook Promotion Extended at Kaplan Publishing By Maryann Yin on Aug. 31, 2010 - 3:23 PM Kaplan Publishing’s eBook giveaway has been extended until September 6th. High school and college students can access more than 90 free test prep guides and study aids. Click on the iTunes link to see for yourself. Reader Ga ...
Publishing Random House Reports “Major Increases in Revenues and Profits” By Jason Boog on Aug. 31, 2010 - 3:23 PM Bertelsmann–the corporate parent of Random House–released a positive financial report for the first half of 2010. The report singled out Random House as a particularly successful arm of the company: “despite diff ...
Events Dzanc Books Write-a-Thon Launches This Week By Maryann Yin on Aug. 31, 2010 - 2:23 PM The 3rd annual Dzanc Books Write-a-Thon will take place from September 2nd through September 5th. At the event, writers partner with sponsors for a few days of non-stop writing. The writer collecting the most donations will receiv ...
Bookselling Borders to Close San Francisco Store By Maryann Yin on Aug. 31, 2010 - 12:47 PM Borders will close its San Francisco South Beach store on October 16th. The bookstore occupies the ground floor of a condominium complex, and a Borders spokesperson explained that the branch did not meet “financial objective ...
Bookselling You’ve Got Mail and Bookstore Closings By Jason Boog on Aug. 31, 2010 - 12:23 PM As news broke yesterday that Barnes & Noble will close its Upper West Side superstore in New York City, a number of readers reminded us of the 1998 romantic comedy, You’ve Got Mail–starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan a ...
Events Festivals, Caregiving & Salvation Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Aug. 31, 2010 - 12:03 PM Our Facebook users shared a host of literary events for our regular Booked feature. Author Cindy Laverty will read portions and autograph her new book, Caregiving: Eldercare Made Clear & Simple at Chaucer’s Bookstore (Sa ...
Adaptation Darren Aronofsky Could Direct Wolverine 2 By Jason Boog on Aug. 31, 2010 - 11:30 AM Wolverine 2, one of the most anticipated and worrisome comic book adaptations in recent memory, could have a very unexpected director. Arthouse director Darren Aronofsky (who directed The Wrestler and the adaptation Requiem for a ...