Colleen Lindsay to be agent with FinePrint Literary Management
Colleen Lindsay, who has been a publicist and marketer for more than 20 years, now hangs out her shingle as an agent with FinePrint Literary Management...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Behind the Wainscot #12 an experiment in hypertext
The 12th issue of Behind the Wainscot is an experiment in hypertext written by Jonathan Wood...
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Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union to be a Coen Brothers film
Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union will be the third of his books brought to the big screen by producer Scott Rudin. Writer/directors the Coen Brothers are...
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Rogue Wolf buys comics distributor Cold Cut
13-year-old small- and mid-size comics distributor Cold Cut Distribution has been sold to two-year-old publisher Rogue Wolf Entertainment...
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Wrong World buying short stories for text-on-DVD publication
Wrong World is looking for scary short stories to publish in their quarterly text-on-DVD anthologies, and paying 7.5 cents per word...
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Actress Eva Dahlbeck Dies
Swedish actress Eva Dahlbeck (1920-2008) nearly made a career out of appearing in Ingmar Bergman films...
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Artist John Alvin Dies
Artist John Alvin (1948-2008) was responsible for some of the most memorable genre movie posters of all time, including E.T., Inner Space, Hook...
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Neil Gaiman giving away one novel online for free; you choose
Neil Gaiman is offering one of his novels as a free, downloadable book, but you have to help him choose which one...
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New Thunderbirds novels coming soon
FTL Publishing head Joan Marie Verba will write the first new original novel, and expects to publish it...
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The other half of Clockwork Phoenix
Editor Mike Allen announces the other half of his anthology. Contributors include: Cat Rambo, Vandana Singh...
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Tolkien estate sues New Line Cinemas over Lord of the Rings movie profits
The J.R.R. Tolkien estate, represented by The Tolkien Trust, is suing New Line Cinema, claiming they never received their 7.5% cut of the three films...
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Comics artist Steve Gerber dies
Comics artist Steve Gerber died Sunday at the age of 60. He created, among others, Howard the Duck and Omega the Unknown. The Comics Reporter has a nice obituary here.
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Lilley Press looking to hire editor
Canadian small press publisher Lilley Press is looking to hire more editorial talent...
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Read Tor’s newsletter, get free eBooks (more reading)
Tor is offering a free electronic newsletter, and to go with it, free eBooks, including...
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Comics artist Marie Severin recovering from stroke
Long-time comics artist Marie Severin recently suffered a stroke, but has recently moved out of the hospital to an...
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