Using the crowdfunding platform ProjectSite, one artist raised more than $4,500 from 70 donors--all to build a massive 7-foot-long ink pen. Visual artist Jim Woodring (pictured, with his pen prototype) learned how to ink comics with a traditional dip pen,…

A feature by P.E. Logan Read more about GalleyCat Reviews As Hurricane Franzen bears down on the coasts, no matter where you point the literary compass, and words are lashed to typewriters for deconstruction of the deeper meaning the new…

The GalleyCat team will relax this holiday weekend, returning bright and early on Tuesday morning. In the meantime, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy over the weekend. Email GalleyCat to get…

Novelist J.K. Rowling (pictured) has given £10 million to the University of Edinburgh to build a multiple sclerosis (MS) research facility. The new building will be named the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, honoring the memory of Rowling's mother, who…

Paul "Bear" Vasquez has earned 13 million views for his video of a double rainbow in Yosemite Bear Mountain, the viral hit embedded above. As you can see by the video posted below, Microsoft has used his online celebrity to…

McSweeney's is accepting entries for two contests, the the 2nd Annual Columnist Contest and the 2010 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award. With the Columnist Contest, the publisher seeks a writer who has "some hot, fresh blood to fill the semi-regular…

Author Amy Bloom's new short story collection, Where the God of Love Hangs Out, starred in a recent Amazon Kindle ad. In the television spot, an eBook reader enjoys Bloom's book on the beach. Watch the whole ad…

Reviewed by Louise Leetch Read more about GalleyCat Reviews As a lifelong admirer of Eleanor of Aquitaine, I'm always excited to see a book about her and her remarkable family. The Sixth Surrender, a novel by Hana Samek Norton…

Labor Day weekend is the perfect time to catch up on your reading. Our Facebook users have posted more than one hundred upcoming books on our New Books page for you to choose from. Just Friends With Benefits by Meredith…

Hailey Glassman, the ex-girlfriend of reality television star Jon Gosselin, fired off an informal book proposal during a guest post at Radar.com. In her piece, Glassman suggested that she had enough dirt on the former star of Jon …

North Atlantic Books and Evolver LLC have joined forces to create a new imprint, Evolver Editions. The first titles will launch in fall 2011. Based in California, the non-profit North Atlantic Books focuses on alternative health, new consciousness, raw foods,…

Who is your favorite writer on Facebook? Share your recommendation in the comments section and help us build a brand new GalleyCat Reviews directory. Our Facebook page has grown rapidly this summer and more than 100 writers have already posted…

Scholastic announced that Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay has sold 450,000 copies counting both hardcover and eBook sales since its August 24th release. That's an average of 45,000 books sold per day. The final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy has…

Publishers and bookstores should pay attention to the explosive growth of Groupon. Using the group coupon service online, one bookstore found 504 new customers this summer--each paying $10 for a $20 coupon for books, drinks, or sandwiches. Watermark Books and…

The satirical writer Evil Wylie granted his or her first interview to Independent Publisher. For weeks, the anonymous writer has posed as a fictional version of literary agent Andrew Wylie on Twitter. In the interview, Evil Wylie admitted they…

Over the last few weeks, the online writing site Scribd has been testing Scribd Archive, "a premium feature that allows people to download certain archived content for a fee." Readers can still access this special content online and on mobile…

The The Rona Jaffe Foundation announced the 2010 Writers' Award winners yesterday. Each winner receives $25,000. The winners were: Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams (nonfiction), Rachel Aviv (nonfiction), Sara Elizabeth Johnson (poetry), Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (nonfiction), Laura Newbern (poetry), and Tiphanie Yanique…

News broke yesterday that Neil Gaiman's beloved Sandman series is "in the early stages of being developed into a TV series." According to the Hollywood Reporter's scoop, Supernatural creator Eric Kripke leads the shortlist of directors being considered to…

This week Penguin imprint Puffin released a new Roald Dahl collection that includes a secret ending to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a fudge recipe, and excerpts from the author's terrible report cards. Among his collection of bad grades,…

Having trouble writing your cellphone novel? Is every sentence littered with typos from your sticky typing thumbs? Textee might help! The Textee company has designed rubber typing aids to help people use their thumbs more effectively on smartphones. What do…

Simon & Schuster now offers digital titles to Apple users at the UK iBookstore. Now five of the big six houses have made their titles available on the iBookstore. Simon & Schuster joins fellow publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin and Macmillan.…

If you're mesmerized by the deglazing of pans and find cooking extremely compelling, check this out. Oxmoor House is on the hunt for an experienced senior editor to be a creative leader for the production of inspiring food-related bookazines. If…

In his first publishing project since announcing "I've decided not to publish any more books in the traditional way," author Seth Godin will sell a 32-page ShipIt Workbook online. The book will help fans "inspired by" his traditionally published title,…

On August 31st, Chilean artists targeted the German city of Berlin for a poetry bombing. The art collective Casagrande dropped more than 100,000 bookmarks with poems from a helicopter flying over the city--in both a protest against war and a…

In a press conference today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that iTunes users had downloaded 35 million books. eBookNewser covered the event as Jobs unveiled iTunes 10--adding social networking functions to the online store. In addition, Jobs introduced a new…

The literary journal Virginia Quarterly Review has canceled its winter issue following the suicide of managing editor Kevin Morrissey. Carol Wood, a spokeswoman for the University of Virginia, told the New York Times that morale is down. "We thought…

A gunman named James Lee has taken hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland. Many news organizations attribute this webpage to the gunman. The webpage urges the Discovery Channel to celebrate the work of Thomas Malthus and Charles Darwin.…

The finalists for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize were revealed today--six fiction writers and six non-fiction writers. Winners will receive a $10,000 honorarium, and runners-up will receive $1,000. The fiction category recognized Lucy Beckett, Ha Jin, Abraham Verghese…

Will literary trendsetter Oprah Winfrey select Jonathan Franzen's Freedom for her next book club? The Newtonville Books blog has speculated she might pick the novel. Here's an excerpt: "I recently received an email from my Macmillian sales rep alerting…

Vanity Fair just published a long essay attacking author and political figure Sarah Palin. The article also featured a dismissive take on Palin's reading habits. Check it out: "[Aides] would give her some books to read in hopes of…

Mashable profiled the community-oriented writing site Fictionaut today--exploring the site's growth over the last few years. Our eBookNewser blog regularly highlights Fictionaut writers in our Digital Writer Spotlight feature. The feature includes recommendations from community leaders at writing sites--introducing readers…