View Post Digital Ashley Dupre Writes New York Post’s First eBook By Jason Boog on Jan. 24, 2013 - 10:04 AM Ashley Dupré, the former call girl in the middle of Eliot Spitzer’s career-ending scandal, has written the New York Post‘s first eBook. Our sibling blog FishbowlNY has all the details about the $5.99 eBook: Tricks of The ...
View Post Revolving Door Scribner & Touchstone Publicity Departments Restructured By Jason Boog on Jan. 24, 2013 - 9:23 AM Simon & Schuster restructured today, promoting Brian Belfiglio to vice president and director of publicity of both the Scribner and Touchstone publicity departments. Touchstone director of publicity Marcia Burch will depart on ...
View Post People Dolores Prida Has Died By Jason Boog on Jan. 24, 2013 - 7:47 AM Dolores Prida, the playwright, poet and columnist, has passed away. Her plays included Beautiful Señoritas, (1977), A House of Her Own (1999) and Four Guys Named José … and Una Mujer Named María! (2000). Here is an excerpt ...
View Post Publishing Algonquin Books Launches New Children’s Books Imprint By Maryann Yin on Jan. 24, 2013 - 6:02 AM Algonquin Books, a division of Workman Publishing, will be launching a children’s books imprint called Algonquin Young Readers. This venture has been in development since 2011. This new imprint will publish both fiction and ...
View Post Authors | Bookselling | Publishing | Videos R.L. Stine: ERMAHGERD! My First Big Break By Kevin Eck on Jan. 23, 2013 - 5:07 PM He makes his living scaring children and has been called the Stephen King of children’s books. “Goosebumps” author, R.L. Stine sat down with mediabistroTV to talk about how finding a typewriter at the age of nine ...
View Post Resources Celebrate National Handwriting Day By Jason Boog on Jan. 23, 2013 - 3:42 PM Happy National Handwriting Day! Since 1977, the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) has celebrated the art of handwriting. If you want to give your handwriting a 21st Century spin, read our How To Convert Your Hand ...
View Post Bookselling Letters from Flagship Borders Store Auctioned for Charity By Jason Boog on Jan. 23, 2013 - 3:07 PM Want to own a bittersweet piece of bookselling history? From January 21 until January 31, you can bid on the giant “BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC” letters that used to adorn the flagship Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mic ...
Book Biz James Franco Writes Inauguration Poem By Maryann Yin on Jan. 23, 2013 - 2:43 PM Yahoo News asked a group of poets to write their own inauguration poems, just like President Barack Obama commissioned Richard Blanco to write a poem for the swearing-in ceremony. The participating writers included Pulitzer Pr ...
Book Biz YA Superhero Tale on Kickstarter By Maryann Yin on Jan. 23, 2013 - 1:23 PM Author Brendan Halpin has raised more than $3,500 for his young-adult superhero tale, Enter the Bluebird. Halpin will use the funds to hire an editor and cover artist, printing on the Harvard Book Store’s espresso machine. W ...
Videos Manti Te’o & Samoan Hoaxes By Jason Boog on Jan. 23, 2013 - 1:23 PM Author and Indiana University communication and culture assistant professor Ilana Gershon wrote a fascinating essay looking at the Manti Te’o hoax through her fieldwork with Samoan migrants. Gershon wrote The Break-Up 2.0: Disco ...