View Post Digital 3 Million Books Read on Reading Rainbow App By Jason Boog on Sep. 24, 2013 - 2:23 AM Kids have read more than three million books using the Reading Rainbow app. AppNewser has more about the app’s success: [Burton] teamed up with business partner Mark Wolfe, obtained the rights to the brand and launched ...
Book Biz The Most Frequently Challenged Books of the Year By Jason Boog on Sep. 24, 2013 - 12:23 AM It is Banned Books Week from September 22 until 28, and readers around the country are celebrating their favorite challenged books. You can also recognize Banned Books Week Heroes, join the Twitter Party or participate in the ...
View Post Authors | Awards | Events Lois Lowry Wins the Best of Brooklyn, Inc. Award By Maryann Yin on Sep. 23, 2013 - 6:23 PM This year’s Brooklyn Book Festival brought more than three hundred writers to the literary borough. Brooklyn Borough president and event founder Marty Markowitz boasted that it is now the third largest literary festival ...
View Post Videos Charles Bukowski Stars in Scotch Commercial By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 4:41 PM After a day plagued with Gmail problems, most readers are probably ready for a drink. The late writer Charles Bukowski stars in a new ad for Dewars “White Label” Scotch. We’ve embedded the video above–wh ...
View Post Events David Dinkins & Rachel Kramer Bussel Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Sep. 23, 2013 - 1:23 PM Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week. 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. McSweeney’s ...
View Post Bookselling Scholastic Donates 1 Million Books To Nonprofit By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 12:27 PM Scholastic has donated one million books to the early literacy nonprofit Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit that distributes free books to low-income families during doctor visits. The nonprofit won the $150,000 David M. Rubenstein ...
View Post Book Biz Paul Ryan Lands Book Deal By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 11:05 AM Representative and former Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan has inked a book deal with Grand Central Publishing’s Twelve imprint. Williams & Connolly attorney Robert B. Barnett negotiated the deal with editorial dire ...
Resources Goodreads To ‘Delete Content Focused on Author Behavior’ By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 3:42 AM Goodreads will now enforce stricter posting guidelines, promising to “delete content focused on author behavior” when posted on the social network for books. You can learn more at the site’s review guidelines f ...
View Post Bookselling Author Accused of Copying Twilight Fan Fiction By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 2:23 AM Goodreads reviewer Ari Bookzilla pointed out similarities between Shey Stahl’s For the Summer and a work of Twilight fan fiction. The book has many scenes, lines and phrases that can be found in Dusty, a fan fiction ...
View Post Authors | Publishing Writing Advice From a 23-Year-Old Published Author By Guest on Sep. 23, 2013 - 12:42 AM Kara Taylor is not your typical 23-year-old. While many young adults are struggling to find a job, Taylor has had the kind of early success most young writers only dream of. At 23, she has already released her debut novel, Prep Sc ...