Blog Profile / GalleyCat
| URL : | http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Media / Publishing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 4687 | |
| Posts / Week: | 43.9 | |
| Archived Since: | May 9, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Irish Teenager Published on National Stamp
A teenaged writer in Ireland has been published on stamps around his country. We’ve embedded the special stamp above, containing a complete 224-word story. Composed by then 17-year-old writer Eoin Moore, the short short story was created...Show More Summary
5 Nobel Prize in Literature Candidates Chosen
Five writers have already been selected as candidates for the 2013 Nobel Prize, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy revealed via a Twitter dispatch today. Who do you think made the top secret list of finalists?
The Nobel Prizes in other disciplines will be revealed between October 7 and October 14. Show More Summary
John Green Delivers Commencement Address at Butler University
The Fault in Our Stars author John Green delivered the commencement speech at the graduation ceremony for Butler University’s class of 2013. Watch the entire speech in the video embedded above (his talk begins at the 1:01:08 mark). Here’s...Show More Summary
Pearson Cuts 19 Employees
Pearson has laid off 19 employees, part of the publishing company’s ongoing shift. When asked about the cuts, the company offered this statement: Pearson’s businesses continue to shift from traditional print models to digital products and services. Show More Summary
Haunting Melissa Explores App Boundaries
Hollywood producer Neal Edelstein explored the boundaries between film and app with Haunting Melissa, a serialized “ghost story that was designed to be watched in the dark with headphones on.” AppNewser interviewed the producer: The film, which was written by Andrew Klavan, isn’t to be watched in one sitting like your usual movie. Show More Summary
Community Bookstore To Open New Store in Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Community Bookstore will open a second shop called Terrace Books, “a (mostly) used bookstore in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn.”
The bookstore will replace the six year old Babbo’s Books, located 242 Prospect Park West, a couple blocks away from Prospect Park.
A grand opening party is being planned for June. Show More Summary
Big Library Read Allows Millions of Library Patrons To Read Simultaneously
From now until June 1st, 7,500 libraries around the world have joined the Big Library Read–allowing millions of patrons to check out and read a single digital book simultaneously. OverDrive and Sourcebooks have teamed up to share The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone. Show More Summary
New York Public Library Hosts a Garcia Lorca Exhibit
The New York Public Library is hosting a special exhibition honoring Federico García Lorca at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. “Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca / Poet in New York” opened on April 5th and will run until July 20th.
This...Show More Summary
What Upstream Color & Walden Can Teach Us About Self-Publishing
Can you self-publish a movie?
While releasing Upstream Color this month, director and writer Shane Carruth opted to to take the DIY distribution route. The film opened in theaters in 20 markets around the country, followed by a wide...Show More Summary
Host a Google Hangout on Your Smartphone
If you have an iPad or an iPhone, you can now host a video Google Hangout on your mobile device–connecting with your writing group, book club or editor in a face-to-face chat. Simply download the free Hangouts app and sync with your Google+ contacts. Show More Summary
Tsundoku: Illustrated Definition of a Book Lover’s Problem
Has your to-be-read pile grown out of control? There is a Japanese word for that!
Avid reader Wemedge had his daughter illustrate the word “Tsundoku,” a informal Japanese
word that describes our out of control book piles. WiktionaryShow More Summary
Authors Can Promote Eco-friendly Books at Audubon
Audubon, one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the country, has been harvesting some of the best earth-minded writing for more than a century. The pub appeals to the well educated, politically active nature lover. Though...Show More Summary
Donate & Share Your Script with a Hollywood Production Company
Trying to sell your screenplay? If you donate to a worthy cause, a production company manager will consider your script. Screenwriter Joe Nienalt and Benderspink manager Daniel Vang have launched a campaign to raise money for heart disease and stroke research. Show More Summary
ABC Studios To Release TV Adaptation of Jason Mott’s ‘The Returned’
ABC Studios has picked up a TV show based on poet Jason Mott‘s The Returned, months before Harlequin MIRA releases the novel. The show is scheduled for the “2013-2014 midseason” and the novel comes out in September. The Killing and Damages writer Aaron...Show More Summary
Google Counts 48 Billion App Installs
How will we read with Google Glass? Mashable has created a Google Glass app called Mashable Velocity for Google Glass, sending quick alerts users to readers before a story goes viral. AppNewser has all the details: When the app predicts that a story will go viral, the Google Glass user will get an alert. Show More Summary
What Writers Need to Know About Assignmint
Assignmint is a new platform aimed at streamlining the process of pitching, writing and billing outlets for your writing. Follow this link to sign up for a free author account. If you are a working freelance writer, you should explore...Show More Summary
Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’ Trailer Released
Marvel has a new television show for fans of The Avengers film. The trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series has been released, bringing back actor Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson. In the past 24 hours, the #CoulsonLives hashtag has appeared in thousands of tweets. Show More Summary
Ergonomic eReader Case on Kickstarter
Ambulant has created an ergonomic eReader case called the Wingo. They hope to raise $55,000 on Kickstarter to cover the costs of manufacturing the product. We’ve embedded a video about the project above–what do you think? Here’s more about the project from Dr. Anthony D. Show More Summary
How a Poem Spread To 1,500 Baseball Fields
As Little League season unfolds this spring, you can see the “He’s Just a Little Boy” poem by Chaplain Bob Fox tacked to fences at 1,500 baseball diamonds around the country. The photograph of one of those signs (embedded above) hasShow More Summary
DOJ Charts Agency Model Price Increases
How much did eBook prices change after five major publishers agreed to the agency pricing model? The Department of Justice shared its “findings of fact and conclusions of law” (PDF link) in a long court document this week. The documents...Show More Summary