View Post Authors | Comic Books Chuck Palahniuk Announces ‘Fight Club’ Sequel By Maryann Yin on Jul. 24, 2013 - 4:07 AM “The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club.” Do the same rules apply to the Fight Club sequel? Novelist Chuck Palahniuk plans to write a sequel to his cult book as a serialized graphic novel. ...
View Post Book Biz Little, Brown Acquires 7 George Plimpton Books By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2013 - 3:23 AM Little, Brown will republish seven books written by the great Paris Review editor and journalist George Plimpton. The books scheduled for release in 2015 include: Paper Lion, Out of My League, The Bogey Man, Mad Ducks and Bears, ...
View Post Book Biz Cosplay Photography Book on Kickstarter By Maryann Yin on Jul. 24, 2013 - 2:23 AM Have you ever dressed up like your favorite character? Cosplay in America author Ejen Chuang wants to create a new book profiling cosplayers and how they create their elaborate costumes. Chuang hopes to raise $35,000 to cover the ...
View Post Resources Goodreads Counts 20 Million Members By Jason Boog on Jul. 24, 2013 - 12:42 AM Goodreads now counts 20 million members, adding another 10 million readers in less than a year. In addition, the company shared the ten most popular books published in 2013 on the site. We’ve included that infographic above. ...
View Post Book Biz | Digital Royal Baby Gets a Book By Jason Boog on Jul. 23, 2013 - 12:42 PM While the royal baby and future king is only a few hours old, he already has a book. Angela Levin has released Diana’s Baby: Kate, William and the Repair of a Broken Family. Published by Melanie Phillips Electric Media, the ...
View Post Resources The Raymond Chandler Gimlet By Jason Boog on Jul. 23, 2013 - 12:10 PM Happy Birthday, Raymond Chandler! In Follow Her Home, debut novelist Steph Cha drops a number of allusions to Chandler’s private detective novels. At one point, her character even references the gimlet recipe from my favo ...
View Post Publishing The Lorax Exhibit at Joslyn Art Museum By Maryann Yin on Jul. 23, 2013 - 6:42 AM How did Theodor Seuss Geisel create The Lorax? With “The Lorax” exhibit at a Nebraska museum, Dr. Seuss’ fans will see the birth of this beloved picture book. This special program will feature doodles, cray ...
View Post Digital | Resources Free App Converts All Uppercase or All Lowercase Text By Jason Boog on Jul. 23, 2013 - 5:23 AM Do you have an all-caps email or article you wish you could read with correct punctuation? AppNewser has more about a free app to help you perform this conversion online or within Google’s Chrome browser. Here’s more a ...
View Post Publishing New Adult Fiction Rises on Self-Published Bestsellers List By Jason Boog on Jul. 23, 2013 - 4:42 AM New adult fiction continued to rise on our Self-Published Bestsellers List this week, as S.L. Jennings entered our rankings with Fear of Falling. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we compile weekly li ...
View Post Events Free Shakespeare Round-Up By Maryann Yin on Jul. 23, 2013 - 3:42 AM If you live near New York City, summer means lots of free theater in the park. We’ve rounded-up some outdoor Shakespeare plays running until the end of the season. Shakespeare in the Park’s musical adaptation of Lo ...