Publishing Philosophers Launch a News Site By Dianna Dilworth on Jan. 31, 2014 - 4:17 PM The School of Life has created a new news site called The Philosophers’ Mail, which looks a lot like The Daily Mail but has a very unusual take on headlines. Rather than just report big stories, the team of journalists are w ...
View Post Authors How a Photo Collecting Hobby Turned Into a Bestselling Novel By Dianna Dilworth on Jan. 31, 2014 - 3:28 PM Ransom Riggs the author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children did not set out to write novels. In fact, the filmmaker and nonfiction author got his start in fiction through his hobby of collecting creepy photos with c ...
View Post Authors Judge Sentences Fugitive to Read Malcolm Gladwell By Dianna Dilworth on Jan. 31, 2014 - 1:54 PM As part of her punishment for aiding the Earth Liberation Front in burning $40 million worth of property, ecoterrorist Rebecca Rubin has been sentenced to read David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell and Nature’s Trust by ...
View Post Libraries Unreturned Books Are Shrinking the Collection at Brooklyn Libraries By Dianna Dilworth on Jan. 31, 2014 - 1:30 PM Brooklyn Public Library’s collection is shrinking because of unreturned books. According to a report in The Daily News, the library systems counted 70,144 books unreturned books in 2012 across the system’s 60 branches. Th ...
View Post Publishing | Reviews Sorcerer & Love Water Memory: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Jan. 31, 2014 - 11:18 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. Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge: “W ...
View Post Digital eBook Platform Screwpulp Raises $330K in Investment By Dianna Dilworth on Jan. 31, 2014 - 11:08 AM Self-publishing startup Screwpulp has secured $330,000 in seed investment. The eBook publishing platform plans to use the money to improve the site’s shopping and reading experience for readers, as well as to make the pub ...
View Post Publishing NY Historical Society to Host the ‘Madeline in New York’ Exhibit By Maryann Yin on Jan. 31, 2014 - 9:38 AM The New York Historical Society will host an exhibition called “Madeline in New York: The Art of Ludwig Bemelmans.” This art show was organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of the first Madelin ...
View Post Bookselling Amazon’s Net Sales Were $74.45B Last Year, Up 22% From 2012 By Dianna Dilworth on Jan. 30, 2014 - 4:18 PM Amazon’s net sales increased 22 percent to $74.45 billion in 2013, as compared to $61.09 billion in 201, the company revealed today. The company’s net sales increased 20 percent to $25.59 billion in the fourth qua ...
View Post Adaptation | People ABC to Shoot Pilot for TV Show Based on Eddie Huang Memoir By Maryann Yin on Jan. 30, 2014 - 3:50 PM ABC plans to shoot a TV show pilot based on chef Eddie Huang’s memoir, Fresh Off the Boat. Random House’s Spiegel & Grau imprint released the book back in January 2013. Deadline reports that Huang himself will ...
View Post Book Biz Fruitlands Museum Featured on Kickstarter By Maryann Yin on Jan. 30, 2014 - 3:00 PM The Fruitlands Museum team hopes to raise $5,000 to create a commemorative book called 100 Objects 100 Stories 100 Years at Fruitlands. In addition to crowdsourcing for funds, the organizers are asking people to share their per ...