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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An Island Mystery & The Cusp of Everything: Coming Attractions
Here are some handpicked titles from our New Books section. Want to include your book? Just read our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post. Don’t forget to include your title’s exact release date and a link.
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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 Record Sound & Images With One App
As if readings weren’t stressful enough, these days authors have to remember to take photos and videos and post them on their social networking pages afterwards.
A new app called StoryMark aims to make it a little easier. The new iPhone app lets ...
Hailey Leithauser Wins Emily Dickinson First Book Award
Hailey Leithauser has won the Poetry Foundation’s 2012 Emily Dickinson First Book Award. The 57-year-old poet has been writing off and on since the late 1970s. Since 2000, her work has been published in The Antioch Review, The Gettysburg Review, Pl...
Cubes: Check Out IPG’s ‘Desk of the Future’
In this episode of “Cubes,” we tour the worldwide headquarters of IPG Mediabrands, the media holding company responsible for $34 billion in global revenue from advertising agencies such as Universal McCann. IPG’s work includes the G...
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...
Jean Craighead George Has Died
Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George has passed away. She was ninety-two-years-old.
George (pictured, via) enjoyed a career in children’s book publishing that spanned more than six decades. She won the Newbery for Julie of the Wolves in 197...
Barack Obama Fails ’50 Shades Of Grey’ Pop Culture Test
As part of his campaign efforts, president Barack Obama was on The View, where he took a pop culture quiz. It turns out that the president has never heard of the top selling erotica book, 50 Shades of Grey.
When asked the question, “what is the...
Andrew Shaffer’s Ultimate BEA Party Guide
BookExpo America (BEA) arrives New York City’s Jacob Javits Center in early June.
To prep for the conference, 50 Shames of Earl Grey author Andrew Shaffer (a.k.a. EvilWylie) has compiled the “Ultimate BEA Party Guide,” collecting all ...
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...
