View Post Social Media Ideal Image Sizes for Facebook & Twitter By Jason Boog on Feb. 20, 2013 - 3:42 AM Does your Twitter or Facebook profile look unbalanced? The strategic communication company Cerebra has created an infographic outlining the ideal image sizes for photos on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Social Times has more infor ...
View Post Book Biz Audible Users Get an iPad App By Jason Boog on Feb. 20, 2013 - 3:23 AM Audible, the audiobooks platform owned by Amazon, has released its first iPad app. The company also redesigned its iPhone app. AppNewser has all the details: According to Audible, more than 20 percent of the company’s customers ...
Digital Second Life Creators Launch Interactive Storytelling Platform By Jason Boog on Feb. 19, 2013 - 5:23 PM Linden Labs, the creators of the virtual Second Life world, have created a new interactive storytelling platform called Versu. We’ve embedded a video demonstration above, but AppNewser has all the details: To begin, select a ...
View Post Publishing American Writers Museum to Open in Chicago By Maryann Yin on Feb. 19, 2013 - 12:55 PM The American Writers Museum is coming to downtown Chicago. This institution will be “dedicated to engaging the public in celebrating American writers and exploring their influence on our history, our identity, our culture a ...
View Post Authors Scholar Sues Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Over Sherlock Holmes Copyright By Jason Boog on Feb. 19, 2013 - 12:23 PM Scholar Leslie S. Klinger has filed a civil suit in federal court against the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate, hoping to prove that “Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson are no longer protected by federal copyright laws.” ...
View Post Book Biz | People Jenni Rivera’s Posthumous Memoir Coming From Atria By Jason Boog on Feb. 19, 2013 - 11:38 AM Atria Books will publish a posthumous memoir written by Jenni Rivera, the popular singer who died in a plane crash in December. Publication for Unbreakable is set for July. Rivera’s manager Pete Salgado negotiated the deal with ...
View Post Adaptation Killing Lincoln Was a Hit for National Geographic Channel By Jason Boog on Feb. 19, 2013 - 10:11 AM 3.4 million people watched the National Geographic Channel’s adaptation of Bill O’Reilly‘s Killing Lincoln over the weekend. Our sibling blog TVNewser had all the details: The 8pmET airing drew a 2.6 rating, tied for ...
Publishing Marie Force Returns to Our Self Published Bestsellers List By Jason Boog on Feb. 19, 2013 - 8:23 AM Novelist Marie Force has returned to our Self-Published Bestsellers List, rising within the Barnes & Noble and Amazon marketplaces. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we compile weekly lists of the top ...
View Post Digital | Resources Michael Connelly Writing Music on Spotify By Jason Boog on Feb. 19, 2013 - 7:23 AM What kind of music do your characters listen to? Novelist Michael Connelly has created a dark and inspiring soundtrack over the course of his career. At a Sony Readers Book Club event in Los Angeles, Connelly explained that he was ...
View Post Book Biz | Publishing Randi Zuckerberg Signs Two-Book Deal with HarperCollins By Maryann Yin on Feb. 19, 2013 - 6:23 AM Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s sister, has landed a two-book deal with HarperCollins. Zuckerberg will write a memoir called Dot Complicated and an as yet untitled children’s story. According to USA ...