View Post Revolving Door Publishing Jobs: Fodor’s, Macmillan, Zonderkidz By Nadine Cheung on Mar. 27, 2013 - 11:00 AM This week, Random House is hiring a travel editor for Fodor’s, while Macmillan needs a designer. Zonderkidz is seeking an editorial director, and Little, Brown & Company is on the hunt for a senior publicist. Get the sco ...
View Post Adaptation Create a Family Arms for Game of Thrones By Jason Boog on Mar. 27, 2013 - 9:59 AM You can prepare for the Game of Thrones season three season premiere this weekend by creating your own family arms, making a family crest to fly inside the cutthroat world of George R. R. Martin‘s fantasy universe. Follow t ...
View Post Events Lost Wax Micro Fiction Collective Gets Booked By Maryann Yin on Mar. 27, 2013 - 6:23 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 Lost Wax Micro Fict ...
Book Biz Etgar Keret Sentence Animated By Jason Boog on Mar. 27, 2013 - 5:23 AM Electric Literature has released a new “Single Sentence Animation,” bringing the first sentence of a Etgar Keret‘s “Todd” to life. In the video embedded above, Tatia Rosenthal animated the short story ...
View Post Book Biz | Digital Video Game Maker Raising Funds for Interactive Book By Maryann Yin on Mar. 27, 2013 - 4:23 AM Video game maker Joe Booth has raised more than $11,700 on Kickstarter for their iOS book app. The funds will be used the cover the costs to commission an illustrator and finish developing the interactive book. We’ve embedde ...
View Post Resources Use of Mood Words Declining in our Writing By Jason Boog on Mar. 27, 2013 - 3:23 AM Researchers have discovered “a clear decrease in the overall use of mood words” in our writing. They also noticed a rising use of fear words in the last thirty years (mood words chart embedded above). In “The Exp ...
View Post Digital Make Your Own Literary Journal with Flipboard By Jason Boog on Mar. 27, 2013 - 2:23 AM The reading app Flipboard has a new feature that lets readers create personalized magazines out of the content they enjoy reading. Simply download the free app and save stories in a personalized magazine within Flipboard. In the t ...
View Post Awards | Resources Free Samples of the 2013 Orion Book Award Finalists By Jason Boog on Mar. 27, 2013 - 12:42 AM The finalists for the 2013 Orion Book Award have been revealed. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of the finalists for your reading pleasure. The prize honors both nonfiction and fiction, producing a unique mix of authors ...
View Post Book Biz Malala Yousafzai To Publish Her Memoir By Jason Boog on Mar. 27, 2013 - 12:23 AM Pakistani writer Malala Yousafzai will publish her memoir with Little, Brown. I Am Malala will come out this fall. Here’s more about the book: On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani girl was shot in the ...
View Post Book Biz Scott Walker Lands Book Deal By Jason Boog on Mar. 26, 2013 - 5:40 PM Wisconsin governor Scott Walker has inked a book deal with Penguin Group’s Sentinel imprint. President George W. Bush‘s former chief speechwriter Marc Thiessen will co-write. The publisher acquired world rights to ...