Book Biz | Digital | Resources Best Writing Music of 2011 By Jason Boog on Dec. 26, 2011 - 12:23 PM What’s your favorite writing music from 2011? Share the songs or albums that inspired you in the comments section and we will add it to our growing Spotify playlist (also posted below)–it currently contains six hours o ...
Bookselling Best Indie Bookstores on Twitter By Jason Boog on Dec. 26, 2011 - 10:23 AM Indie bookstore fans around the world have joined Colleen Lindsay’s bkstoreluv hashtag today, sharing support for their local bookstore. To celebrate, we’ve built a Best Indie Bookstores on Twitter directory below, col ...
Authors | Book Biz | Digital 7 Free eBooks Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Everybody Should Read By Jason Boog on Dec. 25, 2011 - 10:23 AM “Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on planet?” one literary Reddit user asked Neil deGrasse Tyson last week. The famous physicist and author responded with a concise list of classic books. I ...
Bookselling | Resources Total Trade Book Sales Down 4.5% This Year By Jason Boog on Dec. 24, 2011 - 10:23 AM According to the latest Association of American Publishers (AAP) net sales revenue report, the adult mass paperback category declined nearly 38 percent (to $37.2 million) in October compared to the same period last year. At the s ...
People Book Christmas Tree Farm By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2011 - 4:23 PM Happy holidays! GalleyCat readers around the world have been building Book Christmas Trees all month. After we shared a photo of a Book Christmas Tree, many of our readers started building their own. We’ve collected 21 trees ...
Resources The Best Gift You Can Give a Writer By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2011 - 1:23 PM Like most GalleyCat readers, you probably have a few writers on your holiday gift list. This GalleyCat editor has a foolproof, economical, practical and meaningful gift that you can give to the writer in your life: TIME. Every wri ...
Authors Lev Grossman Reveals Reading List for Third Magicians Book By Jason Boog on Dec. 23, 2011 - 1:05 PM Novelist and critic Lev Grossman has unveiled the working title for his third book in his popular Magicians series: “The Magician’s Land.” Below, we’ve linked to all the books on Grossman’s reading list w ...
Digital | People | Publishing Patheos to Launch eBook Publishing Venture Patheos Press By Maryann Yin on Dec. 23, 2011 - 12:38 PM Patheos, a community website on religion and spirituality, will launch a new eBook imprint called “Patheos Press.” So far, the press has three projects in the works: Junia Is Not Alone by Scot McKnight, Discovering A ...
Bookselling Wattpad App Now In Amazon App Store By Dianna Dilworth on Dec. 23, 2011 - 12:23 PM Amazon has allowed the Wattpad eReader in the Amazon App Store and it now works on the Kindle Fire. Up until now, users would have to find the social reading app through a web browser and download it onto the Kindle Fire. Amazon ...
Adaptation ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ Trailer Released By Maryann Yin on Dec. 23, 2011 - 11:21 AM CBS Films has released the trailer for film adaptation of Paul Torday‘s comic novel, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. We’ve embedded the trailer in the video above–what do you think? Torday won the Bollinger Everyman ...