View Post Book Biz | Digital | Publishing Best Writing Music of 2012 By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 3:42 PM What’s your favorite writing music from 2012? We’ve created our annual list of the new music that helped us write this year. Share the songs or albums that inspired you in the comments section and we will add it to our ...
View Post Awards Tom Wolfe Makes Bad Sex in Literature Shortlist By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 3:23 PM The shortlist for the Literary Review’s annual Bad Sex in Literature Award has been released. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of all the books on the list. Now in its 20th year, the award continues a tradition of ...
View Post Publishing Raine Miller Rules Self-Published Bestsellers List By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 3:07 PM Novelist Raine Miller leads two marketplaces in our Self-Published Bestsellers List with her new novel, All In. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we have compiled lists of the top eBooks in three major ...
View Post Bookselling How Tim Ferriss Cracked the Amazon Bestseller List By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 3:04 PM Author Timothy Ferriss published The 4-Hour Chef today with Amazon Publishing, the book priced at $4.99 for the Kindle edition and $21 for the hardcover. As of this writing, the book is ranked No. 16 among all paid books in the ...
Adaptation Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer Released By Maryann Yin on Nov. 20, 2012 - 2:42 PM HBO has released a teaser trailer for the third season of its adaptation of Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. We’ve embedded the full trailer above–what do you think? Entertainment Weekly reports that Will Champion, ...
View Post Awards Dictionary.com Picks ‘Bluster’ as 2012 Word of the Year By Maryann Yin on Nov. 20, 2012 - 2:15 PM Dictionary.com has chosen “bluster” as its 2012 Word of the Year. The company analyzed data derived from users’ search activities on the site and consulted with lexicographers to make this selection. The word carries t ...
View Post Funny | Videos Blind Cat Wins Best Cat Video of the Year Award By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 1:42 PM A blind cat named Oskar won the best cat video of the year award from Friskies. This adorable and inspiring galley cat has a website, a store and a Facebook page, but he doesn’t have a book deal yet. SocialTimes has more: &# ...
View Post Revolving Door Allan Adler Promoted to General Counsel at AAP By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 1:23 PM Allan Adler, who has led the Association of American Publishers government and legal affairs since 1996, has been named General Counsel and Vice President, Government Affairs, it was announced by Tom Allen, President and CEO of th ...
View Post Adaptation What If the Twilight Saga Was a Tragedy? By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 12:31 PM Most people think of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight series as a romantic story with paranormal elements. But one one reader shared a convincing re-reading of the book–what if Twilight was a tragedy? The final installment o ...
View Post Book Biz Glenn Beck Publishes ‘Author’s Cut’ of Novel By Jason Boog on Nov. 20, 2012 - 10:23 AM Would you read a novel annotated by your favorite author? Conservative author Glenn Beck just released an “author’s cut” of his new novel. AppNewser has all the details: Authors Glenn Beck and Harriett Parke ...