How Thought Catalog Uses Social Media Data To Drive Book Publishing

Chris Lavergne, publisher of Thought Catalog Books, knows what his social-savvy data is saying: Create ‘an experience that isn’t efficient.’ Read More

Response and Responsibility: Writers in Time of Terror

Where do you place the courage of your convictions in your work? When events such as the shootings in Orlando and West Yorkshire are so compelling, can ‘never talk about religion or politics’ remain true in an author’s life and work? Read More

New Readers & #KathNiel: Wattpad Presents in The Philippines

#KathNiel is the most-searched term on Wattpad in The Philippines. There, Wattpad is known as much more than a huge online reading and writing community. Its arm called Wattpad Presents generates content for film and television productions. Announced in September 2014, the partnership sees TV5 Manila dramatize popular stories from the Toronto-based Wattpad site. The program is heavily… Read More

Author: Beware Having Lunch With A Logo

Have you ever shaken hands with a corporation? Have you ever kissed a building façade on both cheeks at a cocktail party? Have you ever chatted with a book cover on legs? Of course not. Which makes it all the more ridiculous that we seem to be expected to do these things online all the… Read More

Writerly Mystique Vs. Self-Exposure: Mind The Gap

‘About My Generation’ When the teacher comes around asking, “How did you spend your weekend?” my answer will be…responding to comments at Writer Unboxed. As a regular contributor to that large, avidly commented-upon authors’ site, I provide columns under the branding “Provocations in Publishing.” The idea of that phrase is to help the unprepared reader of… Read More

"Influenced by people": Tumblr & Mozilla at #FutureBook14

“It’s about how people collaborate, how people meet each other…” When Jennie Rose Halperin joins theFutureBook Conference’s Changing Technology panel, she’ll be carrying a message from Mozilla that echoes that of Tumblr’s Rachel Fershleiser on #futurebook14’s Long-Term Role of Social Media panel: Think community. “For us, the emphasis is on community and creativity,” Tumblr’s Fershleiser says. “We’re the place… Read More

Night Of The Social Media

“Your ignorance is stunning!”…That line got one of my Twitter followers muted recently. And she has stayed muted. And she will stay muted. I only regret that I have but one chance to mute her. Despite this follower’s flattery — I’d never speak of my own ignorance in such vaunted terms — she is one author I will… Read More