Bum’s Rush

from MEDIAITE Did NY Mag Rush Their James Frey Feature Online Only After Learning OfWSJ Scoop? by Hillary Busis | 1:54 pm, November 12th, 2010 Readers of both NYMag.com and the Wall Street Journal’s website may have noticed that in the wee small hours of the morning,...

WSJ: James Frey’s Next Act

from The Wall Street Journal James Frey’s Next Act Book series, movie deals, disgruntled writers By KATHERINE ROSMAN And LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER For James Frey, success and controversy are a package deal. His 2003 debut book, “A Million Little Pieces,”...

The Automatypewriter

from Up, Not North A new way to interact with fiction October 29th, 2010 Introducing the Automatypewriter, a new way to experience interactive fiction! It’s still a little rough around the edges (in particular, you can see that the spacebar sticks a little, and the...

Stephen Elliot’s “Adderall Diaries” for iPad

from The New York Times Blurring the Line Between Apps and Books By NOAM COHEN STEPHEN ELLIOTT, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, just introduced his first piece of software for sale: an app for the iPad and iPhone called the Adderall Diaries. He’s not exactly a...

The Ecosystem Of Independent Publishing

from Publishing Perspectives  Small Press Maestro: Jeffrey Lependorf and the Ecosystem of Independent Publishing By Kate Travers In 1967 a motley crew of magazine editors including George Plimpton (The Paris Review), Robie Macauley (The Kenyon Review) and Russell...