Birth of a Book & End of Sookie Stackhouse: Top Stories of the Week
For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including the sad passing of Carlos Fuentes, the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series and the mildly satirical birth of a book infographic (embedded above).
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Neil Gaiman Shares ‘Secret Freelancer Knowledge’
At a commencement address at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, author and comic book writer Neil Gaiman shared some “secret freelancer knowledge” that all kinds of writers, editors and freelance workers can use.
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Mongoliad Authors in Google+ Hangout
On the Sword & Laser book club this week, hosts Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt interviewed nearly all of the c0-authors of the epic book, The Mongoliad. Novelist Neal Stephenson joined the interview while working out on his treadmill.
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Harlan Ellison to Republish His Juvenile Delinquent Fiction
Harlan Ellison will republish a long out of print collection of pulpy short stories with Kicks Books at the end of the month.
Pulling a Train was originally published in 1959 as Sex Gang, “a brown-paper wrapper collection of his men’s magaz...
How To Sell Your Self-Published Book in Bookstores
The American Booksellers Association has posted a very useful article explaining how self-published authors can sell their books at a few independent bookstores around the country. We’ve posted links to those helpful resources below, but you shou...
Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Script Coming as UK eBook
UK readers can buy a digital copy of the screenplay for Moonrise Kingdom, the upcoming Wes Anderson movie. The script was written by Anderson and Roman Coppola.
To help American readers prepare for the film, we’ve made a Spotify playlist of musi...
Kyle MacDonald Selling Dewritten Book on Etsy
Kyle MacDonald–the writer who bartered his way from one red paperclip to a new house–is selling a “dewritten book” for $345.67 on Etsy.
Inspired by the newspaper blackout poetry of Austin Kleon, MacDonald created a new book by c...
Literary Groups Defend ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Comparing Fifty Shades of Grey to Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Fear of Flying, prominent literary groups criticized the Brevard County Public Library system for refusing to carry E. L. James‘ racy novel.
The National Coalition Against Censorship...
Aaron Sorkin to Write Film Adaptation of Steve Jobs Bio
Sony Pictures Entertainment will adapt Walter Isaacson‘s bestselling biography of Steve Jobs, with The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin writing on the script.
Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal had this statement: “...
Michael Dirda Answers Questions on Reddit
What is the worst book you’ve ever read?
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic and author Michael Dirda held an epic “Ask Me Anything” interview at Reddit, fielding questions online from readers about self-publishing, Amazon and the wors...
Mediabistro Book Club Returns to NYC
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors.
In an ongoing effort to build community among readers, writers, and publishing types in real life, we are hosting our next Me...
