View Post Revolving Door Thank You for Five Wonderful Years By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 4:17 PM After five years, I am leaving Mediabistro and GalleyCat. I am moving on to the True Pictures film company, where I will lead the story investigation department and build an online community. You can keep track of my writing ...
View Post Book Biz Free Scary Books for Halloween By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 3:42 PM Looking for some scary books to prepare for Halloween? Below, we’ve collected 25 free scary books you can download right now. In 2010, novelist Neil Gaiman created the “All Hallow’s Read,” literary holida ...
View Post Publishing Self Published Author Jennifer Lyon Among Top Paid iBooks By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 3:23 PM Jennifer Lyon was the only self-published author to make Apple’s list of top paid books in the iBooks this week. The Proposition took the No. 14 spot. We’ve included the complete list of the top paid iBooks below. Yo ...
Adaptation DreamWorks Picks Up Film Rights to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s New Biography By Maryann Yin on Oct. 31, 2013 - 3:07 PM DreamWorks has snatched up the film rights to The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, & the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Simon & Schuster will release the 928-page tome on November ...
View Post Publishing New Publisher Dedicated to International Literature By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 2:42 PM Inspired by a New York Times opinion piece, a international literature publisher Restless Books has opened its doors. Last year, publisher Ilan Stavans and executive editor Joshua Ellison wrote an essay for about how “we ...
View Post Adaptation Amazon Green Lights Michael Connelly TV Pilot By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 2:42 PM Amazon Studios has ordered a two-hour long pilot for Bosch, a TV series based on Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch book series. The Wire writer Eric Overmyer will work on the project with Connelly. Here’s more about t ...
View Post Authors Jane Austen Portrait to Be Auctioned Off at Sotheby’s By Maryann Yin on Oct. 31, 2013 - 2:31 PM A famous Jane Austen portrait will be auctioned off at Sotheby’s. The Guardian has posted up a photo of the portrait. According to The Telegraph, this portrait is “widely regarded as the most famous image of the ...
View Post Book Biz World’s Creepiest Reading of Goodnight Moon By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 1:42 PM Graywolf Press has released a recording of Benjamin Percy reading Goodnight Moon in his incredibly distinctive voice. Percy manages to make the reading of Margaret Wise Brown‘s book both chilling and hilarious at the ...
View Post Authors Neil Gaiman to Teach Fantasy Fiction Workshop at Bard College By Maryann Yin on Oct. 31, 2013 - 1:23 PM Starting next spring, author Neil Gaiman will add “teacher” to his résumé. The prolific novelist will serve as an arts professor on the Bard College faculty. According to The Wall Street Journal, Gaiman will lead an ...
Resources Journalist Reflects on Future of New Orleans Times-Picayune By Jason Boog on Oct. 31, 2013 - 12:23 PM Author and journalist Rebecca Theim wrote about the future of a famous newspaper in Hell and High Water: The Battle to Save the Daily New Orleans Times-Picayune. The book is out this month, and we caught up with the journalist ...