View Post Bookselling | Digital Lawsuit Challenges eBook DRM By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 6:23 AM Indie bookstores Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Fiction Addiction and Posman Books have sued major publishers and Amazon, arguing that digital rights management (DRM) locks on eBooks gives Amazon an unfair advantage in the eBo ...
View Post Publishing Brian Selznick Creates Free Children’s Book Week Poster By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 5:23 AM The Invention of Hugo Cabret author Brian Selznick has created the beautiful 2013 Children’s Book Week poster embedded above, a tribute to authors and illustrators Remy Charlip and Maurice Sendak. Schools and libraries can g ...
View Post Events Neil Gaiman, Adam Rex & Benjamin Nugent Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Feb. 21, 2013 - 3:23 AM Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar. 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. The Center for Fiction ...
Awards | Resources Academy Awards Hangout Next Week By Jason Boog on Feb. 21, 2013 - 12:23 AM Who will win the Oscars for best adapted screenplay and screenplay? Below, we’ve linked to all the nominees in the top writing categories. On Monday morning, this GalleyCat editor will talk about the screenplay winners along ...
View Post Resources President Barack Obama Edits By Jason Boog on Feb. 20, 2013 - 8:23 PM Ever wonder what it looks like when Barack Obama edits? The Newsweek Tumblr spotted the photograph embedded above: “A detailed look from White House photographer Pete Souza at Barack Obama, Copy Editor in Chief. ” Fol ...
View Post Book Biz | Digital Free eBook Making Tool Featured on Kickstarter By Maryann Yin on Feb. 20, 2013 - 12:42 PM Hol Art Books has raised more than $22,000 on Kickstarter for their project, The People’s E-Book. These developers will use the funds to build a tool that allows writers to create their own eBooks. We’ve embedded a video a ...
View Post Awards | Resources Free Samples of the Nebula Award Nominees By Jason Boog on Feb. 20, 2013 - 7:23 AM The nominees for this year’s Nebula Awards have been revealed, and we’ve collected free samples of all the nominees below–the best science fiction books of 2012. Many of these stories are available to read for fr ...
View Post Adaptation | Publishing Josh Boone to Direct ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ By Maryann Yin on Feb. 20, 2013 - 6:23 AM Fox 2000 has brought on filmmaker Josh Boone to direct The Fault in Our Stars movie adaptation. Last year, Boone wrote and directed an original film called Stuck in Love. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Neustadter� ...
View Post Book Biz Cover Revealed for Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ By Jason Boog on Feb. 20, 2013 - 5:23 AM Random House has revealed the cover for megabestselling author Dan Brown‘s new novel, Inferno. The book will be released on May 14th. The cover features a portrait of Dante, the Italian city of Florence, and a diagram of the ...
View Post Revolving Door Publishing Jobs: Hachette, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Zondervan By Nadine Cheung on Feb. 20, 2013 - 4:23 AM This week, Hachette is hiring an editor for its Orbit imprint, while Farrar Straus & Giroux needs a production editor. Zondervan is seeking an editorial director for Zonderkidz, and Greenleaf Book Group is on the hunt for a de ...