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Directory of GalleyCat Directories This morning, GalleyCat will transition to a brand new WordPress platform. Our tech team will also unveil a simple and sleek redesign for the site. Check out eBookNewser to see how the blog will change, including: Facebook buttons, subject headings,… |
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Writing Professor’s Email Generates 75,000 Hits on Gawker Yesterday Gawker published the complete text of an email written by author and Columbia professor Janette Turner Hospital (pictured, via). They called it "the world's haughtiest email," sparking a debate about relations between MFA programs around the country. The email… |
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Naseem Rakha’s Journalistic Instincts Influence Her Novel Writing Author Naseem Rakha became the only American on the UK's coveted Richard & Judy's Book Club list with her book, The Crying Tree. Her debut novel explores issues connected to capital punishment, mercy, self-reflection, atonement, and forgiveness. GalleyCat caught… |
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Andrew Malkin Explores eBook Content at Zinio Yesterday we launched a new video series with Movable Type Literary Group. Entitled "The Book Futurists," the series will feature interviews with ten digital publishing pros. The first interview is embedded above, as Andrew Malkin explores eBook offerings at Zinio.… |
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Tea Party Coloring Book for Children Really Big Coloring Books has published the most political children's book of the year--The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids!. Sample photos are included above. The 32-page book retails for $3.59, introducing children to the growing political movement… |
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Preston Bailey Launches Four Websites for Four Books Event designer and author Preston Bailey has launched four new sites to support his event planning books. Bailey's four book titles are (with corresponding websites in parentheses): Design for Entertaining (Entertaining), Fantasy Weddings (Weddings), Inspirations (Inspirations), and Celebrations (Celebrations). Bailey… |
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Lauren Myracle Tops Most Frequently Challenged Book List Lauren Myracle (pictured at an ALA advocacy rally) has been singled out as the chart-topper on 2009's top 10 most frequently challenged books. Her Internet Girls series have spawned a writer in many "un-fans" as she calls them. Myracle receives… |
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Haruki Murakami Has 11/1 Odds to Win 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature As literary types speculate about this year's nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature before the official announcement, UK gamblers are hard at work trying to predict a winner of the prestigious prize. According to the betting site Ladbrokes, Swedish… |
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Banned Books, Bank Books & Poetry Performance Get Booked Banned Books Week has brought many literary events. Here is today's Booked feature. The Housing Works Bookstore Cafe will host a Banned Books Week Party featuring Mike Edison, Harold Price Fahringer, Richard Nash, and live music today, September 29th starting… |
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Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids Really Big Coloring Books has published the most political children's book of the year--The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids!. Sample photos are included above. The 32-page book retails for $3.59, introducing children to the growing political movement… |
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The Nine Lives of Chloe King by Celia Thomson to Be Adapted into ABC Family TV Series Today ABC approved a new show based on Celia Thomson's series, The Nine Lives of Chloe King. The YA book series already has a dedicated online following, including the fan-made video embedded above. According to TV Guide, the… |
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Jimmy Carter Will Resume Book Tour After Brief Hospitalization Former president Jimmy Carter was recently hospitalized for an upset stomach, but will resume his book tour for White House Diary today. Carter's hospitalization interrupted four planned stops, including one at Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian museum. The AP reported that 500… |
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Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Teresa Giudice Tweets Her Writing Process One of the stars of Bravo's reality TV show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, gave fans a peek at her creative in the tweet embedded above. Housewives star Teresa Giudice tweeted to her 118,215 Twitter followers yesterday: "Hi… |
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Maggie Stiefvater’s ‘Forever’ Cover Revealed Scholastic unveiled the cover for Maggie Stiefvater's final book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, Forever. Stylistically, it follows the first two books, Shiver and Linger. All three covers feature bold color palettes, a natural woodsy… |
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T-Shirt Made Out of Moby Dick Pages For her entry in a t-shirt contest, reader Kristin Walko created an entire t-shirt out of pages from Moby Dick. The final product is pictured above. Walko entered the Novel-T Photo Contest, a chance to win ten shirts and… |
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Anne Frank’s Classmates Book at the Frankfurt Book Fair Theo Coster's book, By The Classmates of Anne Frank, will be shopped around at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Seven of Anne Frank's former classmates contributed to the manuscript. The book has already been published in Dutch and… |
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Jon Stewart & the Daily Show Writers Pack the House The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c… |
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Parenting Book Deal Inspires Barrage of Commentary Yesterday we reported that Jennifer Senior landed a book deal with Ecco after her New York magazine cover story, "All Joy and No Fun: The Parent's Paradox," earned 1.5 million hits on the magazine's website. Gawker wrote about our story,… |
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Chloe Moretz Rumored to Star in the ‘The Hunger Games’ Film Movie executives hope the adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular young-adult series, The Hunger Games, can emulate the Twilight's phenomenal success. At the moment, rumors say that Chloe Moretz will star as heroine Katniss Everdeen. Moretz has… |
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Amazon Prepares eReader App for New BlackBerry Tablet As BlackBerry unveiled the new PlayBook tablet, our eBookNewser blog broke the news that Amazon already has an app ready for it. You can check out the specs, shape, and details on the new 7-inch tablet with an LCD screen… |
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Barnes & Noble Founder Maintains Control of Board Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio and supporters have defeated investor Ronald W. Burkle's attempt to secure more spots on the company board. After a shareholder vote, Riggio and his two nominees, Dave Golden and David Wilson, will… |
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Literary Agent Ralph Vicinanza Has Died Literary agent Ralph Vicinanza passed away last Sunday at age 60. A memorial service will take place this Friday. Vicinanza (pictured, via Suvudu) represented many writers, including Stephen King, Peter Straub, Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, and… |
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Amazon Unveils Kindle for the Web Today Amazon launched Kindle for the Web, allowing readers to sample books through a web browser instead of a Kindle interface. eBookNewser has more: "In addition, bloggers and website owners who are participants in the Amazon Associates Program can embed… |
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How to Keep Track of Book Series The website FictFact has created an enormous database of serial fiction, keeping track of the order and release dates of your favorite series so you don't have to. Readers often complain that the proper reading order is never marked on… |
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Mark Zuckerberg, Comic Book Hero With The Social Network's film release date looming close, who hasn't heard the name Mark Zuckerberg floating around? Now the Facebook founder has his own comic book. Bluewater Productions will release Mark Zuckerberg: Creator of Facebook in December. The… |
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Gene Hackman Lands Book Deal for Western Actor Gene Hackman has sealed a deal to publish his next novel with Pocket Books. Entitled Jubal's Bounty, the new Western takes place in 19th century of New Mexico--recounting the adventures of "a brave young hero who is forced… |
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Celebrate Banned Books Week This past Saturday kicked off Banned Books Week, an 8-day celebration of books targeted for censorship and complaints. There are many ways to take part in this annual event. The Crash Pad puppets celebrated with a video (embedded above), spreading… |
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David Simon, Yiyun Li, and Annette Gordon-Reed Awarded $500,000 Genius Grants Today the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation celebrated 23 creative individuals who will receive one of the Foundation's annual $500,000 awards--the famous "genius grants." Three writers were included among the winners: author and historian Annette Gordon-Reed, fiction… |
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Strand Bookstore Installs Candy Counters The Strand Bookstore in New York City has added a 40-foot long candy counter at the cash register area of the store. Large chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders already sell chocolate bars at the register stations. In an… |
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Andrew Wylie in Comic Strip Form New York Magazine published The Life of Wylie--a comic strip version of literary agent Andrew Wylie's biography. The Dan Goldman-illustrated comic will be featured in the October 4th print edition of New York Magazine. Boris Kachka,… |
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HarperCollins Launches Conservative Imprint Broadside Books HarperCollins will launch a new conservative books imprint, Broadside Books in January 2011. Adam Bellow has been named the head of this new division. According to the New York Times, the imprint is currently set to publish titles including… |
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