View Post Book Biz 15 Free Books About Mayan Culture By Jason Boog on Dec. 21, 2012 - 9:23 AM Fed up with stories about how the world will end on December 21, 2012, NASA released the video embedded above: Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday. The video provides some excellent insight into the Mayan calendar, an astrolo ...
View Post Revolving Door Bedford/St. Martin’s Seeks Talented Development Editor By Nadine Cheung on Dec. 20, 2012 - 5:30 PM Bedford/St. Martin’s is hiring! The publisher is seeking a creative development editor with strong writing skills to join its New York team. In this role, you’ll manage content development for LearningCurve, the compan ...
View Post Social Media Twitter Fiction Infographic By Jason Boog on Dec. 20, 2012 - 4:23 PM Twitter opened its Twitter Fiction Festival this year, showcasing writers from more than 20 countries that will “push the bounds of what’s possible with Twitter content.” Using a free infographic-making tool, we tra ...
View Post Bookselling Most Expensive Book Sales of 2012 By Jason Boog on Dec. 20, 2012 - 3:42 PM AbeBooks has released its annual list of the most expensive books sold by the used and rare books dealer. This year, an 1603 astronomy text by Johann Bayer topped the list–selling for $47,729. An inscribed first edition of� ...
View Post Bookselling Scholastic’s Revenue Down 10% for Q2 By Maryann Yin on Dec. 20, 2012 - 3:23 PM As predicted in November, Scholastic reported that their revenue in the second fiscal quarter for 2013 has dropped by 10% compared to last year. This also means that the company’s net profit has fallen down by 24%. These re ...
View Post Comic Books | Resources The Best Gift For Writers By Jason Boog on Dec. 20, 2012 - 3:23 PM Inspired by a GalleyCat post about the best gift you can give a writer, author and illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi drew a Will Write for Chocolate cartoon (embedded above) illustrating our simple gift idea. Give the writer in your ...
View Post Book Biz Free Stories by the Brothers Grimm By Maryann Yin on Dec. 20, 2012 - 2:23 PM Google has created an interactive Google Doodle to honor the 200th anniversary of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Click on the image embedded above for a visual exploration of the “Little Red Riding Hood” story. To celebr ...
View Post Libraries Cornell Library Installs Indoor Grass By Jason Boog on Dec. 20, 2012 - 2:23 PM The Olin Library at Cornell University has recently installed grass in the library lobby. The library followed attention restoration theory, the idea that “people can concentrate better after spending time in nature.” ...
View Post Digital Why One Publisher Used Medium to Share Book Excerpts By Jason Boog on Dec. 20, 2012 - 1:38 PM Are you looking for a way to share book excerpts with your readers outside of the retail websites? When Wieden+Kennedy decided to launch the Sharp Stuff imprint, they decided to use the new social network Medium to share excer ...
Publishing | Reviews The Psalter, Wyoming Escape & ShockWaves: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Dec. 20, 2012 - 1:23 PM Here are some handpicked titles from our Coming Attractions page. Want to include your book? Just read our Share Your New Book with GalleyCat Readers post for all the details. The Psalter by Galen Watson: “A medieval pr ...