View Post Social Media Twitter Starts To Connect Stories To Authors By Jason Boog on Aug. 30, 2013 - 2:23 PM Twitter has started to link online stories to the Twitter account of the person who wrote the article. AllTwitter contributor Allison Stadd illustrated the technique by responding to a New York Times article (image embedded ab ...
View Post Bookselling Barack Obama Writes To Booksellers By Jason Boog on Aug. 30, 2013 - 10:40 AM President Barack Obama has sent a long letter to New England Independent Booksellers Association executive director Steve Fischer. Publishers Weekly has the complete letter. Responding to independent bookseller outcry ov ...
View Post Publishing | Reviews Kate Atkinson, L.M. Augustine, & Shari Aupke: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Aug. 30, 2013 - 8:23 AM Here are some handpicked titles from our Coming Attractions page. Want to include your book? Just read our Share Your New Book with GalleyCat Readers post for all the details. A Groovy Chef Cooks At Home by Shari Aupke: “ ...
View Post Bookselling 5 Million Copies of ‘Fifty Shades’ Books Sold in First Half of 2013 By Jason Boog on Aug. 30, 2013 - 3:23 AM Fifty Shades of Grey is the publishing gift that keeps on giving. E L James sold five million print and eBook copies of her erotic trilogy around the world during the first six months of 2013 (sales through Random House’s En ...
View Post Book Biz Free Books To Celebrate Mary Shelley’s Birthday By Jason Boog on Aug. 30, 2013 - 2:23 AM Happy birthday, Mary Shelley! To celebrate her birthday, we’ve rounded up a collection of free eBooks you can read from the celebrated author of Frankenstein. Washington Post books section deputy editor Ron Charles wrote a ...
View Post People Seamus Heaney Has Died By Jason Boog on Aug. 30, 2013 - 12:42 AM Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney has passed away. He was 74. Follow the links below to read free poems by Heaney from the Poetry Foundation. Here’s more about his early life from the Nobel Prize site: The poet’s ...
View Post Awards 2013 Thurber Prize Finalists Announced By Maryann Yin on Aug. 29, 2013 - 6:18 PM Three finalists have been picked for 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor. The $5,000 prize, named after author James Thurber, honors an “outstanding book of humor writing” for the year. The finalists include Dave B ...
View Post Comic Books Bluewater Productions Offers Free Ad Space for Nonprofits By Jason Boog on Aug. 29, 2013 - 12:23 PM The comics company Bluewater Productions will dedicate “considerable ad-space in their comic books and website” to let nonprofit organizations run free ads. You can visit the company’s contact page to connect. Ma ...
View Post Videos Harlan Ellison Starts His Own YouTube Channel By Jason Boog on Aug. 29, 2013 - 9:57 AM Author Harlan Ellison has started his own YouTube channel. We’ve embedded his brief introductory video above… The great science fiction author already has an official site and the Art Deco Dining Pavilion where f ...
View Post Comic Books James Spader To Play Ultron in ‘The Avengers’ Sequel By Jason Boog on Aug. 29, 2013 - 4:23 AM Actor James Spader will play Marvel supervillain Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the May 2015 sequel to The Avengers. Follow this link to see Ultron’s appearances in Marvel comic books. Ultron made his first Marvel a ...