Posts Tagged ‘ Authors ’

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, one ...
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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...
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Earlier this week, Jennifer Belle shared the bill with author Susan Shapiro at a NYC Barnes & Noble reading and Q&A session.Belle told the audience that that night was her wedding anniversary which meant "I am now officially an eight-year bitch." ...
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This week Forbes published their annual list of the highest paid writers. Novelist James Patterson led the pack with $70 million. Next in line was Twilight Saga author, Stephenie Meyer with $40 million, followed by Stephen King with $34 million.Thr...
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To be perfectly honest, this GalleyCat editor hates airplanes and airports.With that in mind, we had to share this fake news story: "Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport." The humorous Onion video is embedde...
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Last week, author Seth Godin generated headlines around the world when he told GalleyCat: "I've decided not to publish any more books in the traditional way."This week mediabistro.com published a long interview with the bestselling author, entrepre...
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will donate his £4.6 million advance from Random House UK and his profits from memoir sales to the Royal British Legion, a charity for war veterans. The A Journey hardcover carries a £25 price tag. ...
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Philippa Gregory is the New York Times bestselling author of the new book The Red Queen and other historical novels such as The Other Boleyn Girl which was made into a film starring Scarlett Johansson.In my interview with her today, Gregory tells ...
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GalleyCat contributor Jeff Rivera published a short interview with author Seth Godin last week. It included a bombshell announcement from Godin: "I've decided not to publish any more books in the traditional way."The post touched a raw nerve in the...
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New York Times bestselling author and marketing guru, Seth Godin vows to never publish traditionally again. After over 12 books with a legacy publisher, Godin says he's had enough.In my interview with him today for an upcoming Mediabistro feature, ...
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