View Post People OED Seeks Early Example of ‘Def’ Usage By Jason Boog on Jul. 31, 2013 - 11:00 AM The editors of the Oxford English Dictionary have reached out to readers around the globe, seeking an example of “def” used in popular culture before 1981. You can read the current “def” definition at t ...
View Post Resources WriterDuet Helps You Collaborate Online By Jason Boog on Jul. 31, 2013 - 9:58 AM Ever wish you could work together online with your writing buddy? WriterDuet lets you write at the same time, giving you many common word processor features like pagination, notes, headers and footers, spell check and auto-save.� ...
View Post Book Biz | Publishing Indie Publisher ‘Zombies Need Brains’ on Kickstarter By Maryann Yin on Jul. 31, 2013 - 7:42 AM Editors Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier hope to raise $10,000 on Kickstarter to launch a new small press called Zombies Need Brains LLC. Not only will the funds be used to launch this venture, they also intend to publish a shor ...
View Post Digital Google To Boost Starbucks Wi-Fi By Jason Boog on Jul. 31, 2013 - 5:07 AM Do you use Starbucks as your writing base? You are about to get a Wi-Fi boost as Google brings new Wi-Fi infrastructure to 7,000 Starbucks outlets. AppNewser has all the details: The internet is getting faster at Starbucks now tha ...
View Post Publishing | Resources What Is New Adult Fiction? By Jason Boog on Jul. 31, 2013 - 4:23 AM Our Self-Published Bestseller List has been packed with books labeled as “new adult fiction” and we’ve spotted some articles about the evolving genre. To help GalleyCat readers, we created a quick primer on new ...
View Post Resources Never Buy Email Addresses To Promote Your Book By Jason Boog on Jul. 31, 2013 - 3:23 AM I would like to suggest a simple rule for writers: NEVER buy email addresses to promote your book. Last week, I discovered an online outlet offering to sell lists containing the email addresses of over 15,000 HubPages members and ...
View Post Book Biz If Books Had Ice Cream Flavors By Maryann Yin on Jul. 31, 2013 - 2:23 AM Today (the last day of July) marks the end of National Ice Cream Month. Philadelphia-based publisher Quirk Books designed a list of “ice cream flavors inspired by books” which includes “Berry Potter & The Co ...
View Post Bookselling Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’ By Jason Boog on Jul. 31, 2013 - 12:23 AM Amazon has released a free Kindle Single called President Barack Obama: The Kindle Singles Interview. In the short digital book, Kindle Singles editor David Blum interviewed our President, getting some commentary on the state of t ...
View Post People | Publishing Hip Hop Star Prodigy Launches Imprint with Akashic Books By Maryann Yin on Jul. 30, 2013 - 5:10 PM Albert Johnson, better known as Prodigy from hip hop duo Mobb Deep, has launched his own urban and crime fiction imprint, Infamous Books. The imprint was formed through a partnership with indie publisher, Akashic Books. The ...
View Post Adaptation CBS Renews Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2013 - 1:23 PM CBS has decided to renew its adaptation of Stephen King‘s Under the Dome, leading with an episode written by King next summer. The show currently averages and Amazon 13.84 million viewers and Amazon reported that it is the ...