Authors ‘The News Sorority’ Tells the Story of Female TV News Anchors By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 29, 2014 - 4:22 PM In her new book, Shelia Weller tells the triumphant story of how leading female TV news reporters Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Christiane Amanpour achieved success. The story reveals how these women climbed the ladder to succe ...
View Post Adaptation ‘Infinite Jest’ Adapted in Lego By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 29, 2014 - 3:00 PM Kevin Griffith, an English professor in Ohio has teamed up with his 11 year old son to create a Lego adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest. “Brick Jest” recreates 100 scenes from the tome. The ...
Authors Suge Knight Shooting May Have Stemmed From Book Proposal By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 29, 2014 - 2:15 PM Former Death Row Records co-founder/CEO Suge Knight was shot last weekend at a VMA pre-party hosted by rapper Chris Brown. Now rumors are circulating that the incident may have gone down been because Knight was shopping a tell-all ...
View Post Book Biz Academic Collects 2.6M Copyright-Free Images on Flickr By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 29, 2014 - 1:30 PM American academic Kalev Leetaru has been going through the Internet Archive to build a database of copyright-free photos online. He has uploaded the collection and tagged them on Flickr. So far the collection boasts more than 2.6 ...
View Post Libraries Florida University Opens ‘Bookless’ Library By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 29, 2014 - 12:30 PM The Florida Polytechnic University has opened its doors for the semester with a new library, but the library doesn’t have any print books. Instead, the new space designed by modernist Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, f ...
View Post Authors Sherman Alexie & Jess Walter Hosts a Literary Podcast By Maryann Yin on Aug. 29, 2014 - 10:10 AM Two writers, Sherman Alexie and Jess Walter, plan to launch a podcast called “A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment.” The premiere podcast was unleashed on August 25th and it contains two episodes. Followers can expect a new ...
View Post Book Biz Viking Children’s Books to Publish New Sarah Dessen YA Novel By Maryann Yin on Aug. 29, 2014 - 9:20 AM Young adult author Sarah Dessen has signed a deal to pen her twelfth novel Saint Anything. The story stars a young girl named Sydney who deals with the despair and consequences that follows from her older brother’s incarcera ...
View Post Awards Pen Center USA Unveils 24th Annual Literary Award Winners By Maryann Yin on Aug. 29, 2014 - 8:30 AM PEN Center USA has unveiled some of the winners of the 24th annual literary awards. Each writer will receive a one thousand dollar cash prize. At this point in time, the Graphic Literature Award winner and the recipient of the org ...
Digital ‘The New World’ Turns Novel Into Digital Experience By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 28, 2014 - 4:05 PM Chris Adrian and Eli Horowitz, winners of the Webby & SXSW Interactive Awards for their digital novel The Silent History, have a new digital novel out from Atavist Books that pushes the boundaries of the published word. The s ...
Publishing Crowdfunding 101: INFOGRAPHIC By Dianna Dilworth on Aug. 28, 2014 - 3:00 PM Thinking about launching a crowd funding project? HiveWire has created an infographic which explores trends in crowd funding based on numbers from Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The graphic includes analysis of all campaigns on Kickst ...