People | Publishing Federal Judge Orders Gawker to Remove Sarah Palin Excerpts By Jason Boog on Nov. 22, 2010 - 10:12 AM Last week, Gawker posted photographs of Sarah Palin‘s embargoed memoir–prompting HarperCollins to sue the popular website. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa ordered Gawker to remove the pages on Saturday, the Wall S ...
Publishing | Resources Use Your Smartphone for Novel Writing & Editing: NaNoWriMo Tip #22 By Jason Boog on Nov. 22, 2010 - 8:03 AM Running out of free time to write? Instead of playing games on your smartphone, start drafting your novel using Simplenote or Evernote–programs that let you type on your smartphone, add some more on your lunch hour, and then ...
Social Media 5 Most Expensive Authors Listed at Sponsored Tweets By Jason Boog on Nov. 21, 2010 - 4:23 PM Over at Sponsored Tweets, more than 39,000 socially networked celebrities, authors, dreamers, and publicity seekers are trying to sell their tweets to advertisers. Here’s more about the platform: “Sponsored Tweets is a ...
Awards | Publishing | Resources ‘It’s Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon’ : NaNoWriMo Tip #21 By Jason Boog on Nov. 21, 2010 - 9:33 AM In the clip embedded above, playwright David Adjmi reminded us of an important fact about the writing life: “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.” The advice applies to all National Novel Writing Month write ...
Publishing | Reviews War, Jade, & Milan: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Nov. 20, 2010 - 2:23 PM Here are some handpicked titles from our New Books section for your weekend reading. Want to include your book? Just read our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post. Don’t forget to include your title’s exact release date and ...
Publishing | Resources Start a Writing Bible: NaNoWriMo Tip #20 By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2010 - 11:00 AM Getting lost in your National Novel Writing Month manuscript? No problem–it’s time to create a Writing Bible. Author Pip Hunn adapted Nathan Bransford’s idea for a Series Bible to keep track of a sprawling story. ...
Bookselling | Digital Amazon Kindle Books Now Available as Gifts By Jason Boog on Nov. 19, 2010 - 3:43 PM Today Amazon launched a Kindle book gift program. Customers can now email a Kindle book gift to anyone, even people without a Kindle eReader. The emailed gift can be read on a Kindle eReader or Kindle apps on iPad, iPod touch, iPh ...
Adaptation | People What Will the Stars Do After Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows? By Maryann Yin on Nov. 19, 2010 - 3:23 PM Today marks the official release of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (the trailer is embedded above). What’s next for Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson, the stars of the blockbuster adaptation? Ra ...
Publishing | Social Media How to Self-Publish Your Facebook Page By Jason Boog on Nov. 19, 2010 - 3:03 PM Did you ever wish you could read your Facebook page like a real book? For $24 a year, Ninuku Archivist will collect your Facebook posts into PDF files–a printable record of all the time you spend on the social network. Here& ...
Comic Books | People Betty White Comic Gives Back to Zoo Association By Maryann Yin on Nov. 19, 2010 - 3:01 PM Blue Water Productions will donate part of the sales of Betty White’s new biographical comic to Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA). The star of the Female Force: Betty White comic specifically requested the donati ...