View Post Book Biz | Bookselling Fahrenheit 451 Cover Design Contest Winner Revealed By Maryann Yin on Jan. 29, 2013 - 11:23 AM Matthew Owen has won the Fahrenheit 451 cover design contest from Simon & Schuster and the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. The winning cover (embedded above) was revealed at the ALA Mid ...
Videos Best Video Game Writing of the Year By Jason Boog on Jan. 29, 2013 - 10:23 AM For the sixth year in a row, the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East will celebrate video game writing at their annual awards ceremony. Below, we’ve listed to all the nominees in the Outstanding ...
Resources | Videos Brandon Sanderson Records His Writing Process By Jason Boog on Jan. 29, 2013 - 10:14 AM After wrapping his work on the final book of Robert Jordan‘s Wheel of Time series, fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson will let his fans watch him write a chapter of his new book online. Using the Camtasia screen recording s ...
Publishing Guy Kawasaki Cracks Our Self Published Bestseller List By Jason Boog on Jan. 29, 2013 - 9:23 AM A nonfiction book has finally cracked our Self Published Bestsellers List, as Guy Kawasaki joined the Amazon rankings with his APE handbook for writers. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we have comp ...
View Post Reviews NetGalley Counts More Than 100,000 Members By Jason Boog on Jan. 29, 2013 - 7:23 AM Anybody who thinks literary criticism is dead should read this: the digital review copy community at NetGalley now has more than 100,000 members. AppNewser has more about the company’s growth: Firebrand Technologies, the c ...
View Post Events Tom Colicchio, Eddie Huang & John Irving Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Jan. 28, 2013 - 4:07 PM Here are some literary events to jump-start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date. Top Chef judge Tom Colicc ...
View Post Bookselling | Resources Nine Free College Level Writing & Literature Classes at Coursera By Jason Boog on Jan. 28, 2013 - 2:42 PM Over at the online learning site Coursera, you can take college-level writing and literature courses for free, studying alongside thousands of other students. Below, we’ve linked to nine literary Coursera offerings, classes ...
View Post Libraries 76% of Libraries Don’t Have Enough Computers By Jason Boog on Jan. 28, 2013 - 2:42 PM A new infographic about library technology highlighted a sad fact: 76 percent of libraries do not have enough computers to meet public needs. AppNewser has all the details: “OpenSite.org has created an infographic called, � ...
View Post Social Media Personal Comments on Reddit Drive Sales By Jason Boog on Jan. 28, 2013 - 1:23 PM Have you ever paid for an online ad or sponsored post to promote your book? One author found success by personally writing to every single reader who responded to his sponsored post. Self-published author H.A. Goodman took out a s ...
View Post Resources Free Places To Back Up Your Work Online By Jason Boog on Jan. 28, 2013 - 1:23 PM Running out of space for your writing, photographs, notes and research? Want to back up all your work someplace safe? Social Times has rounded up the Top 8 Free File Sharing Sites, enough storage to save every bit of digital work ...