View Post Comic Books Archie Comics Adapted into YA Novels By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 20, 2014 - 1:19 PM Archie and Betty from Archie Comics are getting their own YA book. Archie: A Rock & Roll Romance, due out next week, and Diary of a Girl Next Door: Betty, due out July 16 from Archie Comics, are part of Archie Comics’� ...
View Post Authors | Bookselling James Patterson Donates $1M to Indie Bookstores By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 20, 2014 - 12:12 PM Author James Patterson pledged to give $1 million to help support indie bookstores back in September, and those checks have begun to go out. More than 50 stores across the country will benefit from this generous grant. “Ever ...
View Post Publishing The Wikipedia Books Project Aims to Print Site By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 20, 2014 - 11:01 AM PediaPress is hoping to raise $50,000 on IndieGogo for a major undertaking that would turn the entire English Wikipedia into a 1,000 volume print collection which would be available for public exhibition. Each book of The Wikiped ...
View Post Book Biz | Publishing ‘Great Adaptations’ Picture Book Featured On Kickstarter By Maryann Yin on Feb. 20, 2014 - 10:20 AM Tiffany Taylor, an author who holds a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology, hopes to raise $25,000 on Kickstarter for her picture book project, Great Adaptations. The finished book will contain ten stories, written in verse, that talk ...
View Post Events HarperCollins to Publish Neil Gaiman Short Story as an Illustrated Book By Maryann Yin on Feb. 20, 2014 - 9:30 AM HarperCollins will release Neil Gaiman’s short story, “The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains,” as a full-fledged book in June 2014. According to Gaiman’s blog post, artist Eddie Campbell created illus ...
View Post People Bill Gates’ Reading List By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 19, 2014 - 3:05 PM Ever wish you could read like Bill Gates? The entrepreneur has created a list of books on his virtual bookshelf which includes more than 130 books that he has read recently or is currently reading. Books on the list include: Why ...
View Post Awards The L.A. Times Reveals 2013 Book Prize Finalists By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 19, 2014 - 1:35 PM John Grisham, “Robert Galbraith” (aka J.K. Rowling), Doris Kearns Goodwin, A. Scott Berg, Joe Sacco, Percival Everett, Claire Messud, Rainbow Rowell, Alan Weisman, and Gene Luen Yang are among the finalists for The Los Angele ...
View Post Authors Brett Easton Ellis is Working on a New Book, But He Doesn’t Want You to Care By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 19, 2014 - 12:29 PM Less Than Zero author Brett Easton Ellis is working on a new novel, but he doesn’t want anyone to care about it. In an interview with Vice, he confirmed that he is working on a book saying, “I wish it wasn’t importa ...
View Post Publishing J.S. Cooper Leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List This Week By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 19, 2014 - 11:46 AM Author J.S. Cooper has five books on the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we compile weekly lists of the top eBooks in three major marketplaces for self-publishe ...
Bookselling Amazon Expands Coins Currency to Android Phones & Tablets By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 19, 2014 - 10:40 AM Amazon has expanded its Coins virtual payment system to allow customers in the US,UK and Germany to buy, spend and earn Amazon Coins on Android phones and tablets. The currency was previously available only on Kindle Fire ...