Three holiday-themed web videos showed up in GalleyCat's inbox this December. In the spirit of holiday competition, we've collected them in a special Holiday Book Video Showdown.

First up the Penguin USA site (creators of that screening room graphic) has a video featuring a few authors...

As mediabistro.com's eBook Summit nears next week, we've built a special Twitter list collecting the 140-character wisdom from registered summit attendees--a list that includes digital publishers, writers, and journalists.

The list will live at @eBookNewser, the Twitter feed for...

Speaking of musics…looks like Amazon is giving away for free The Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass Sampler Vol.I. If this wets your appetite, I’ll be posting a link to a free download of Glass’s Dracula played by the Kronos Quartet — along with links to other free musics, and art, as I do every...

Chelsea’s post (did anyone else notice that it’s spelled “ADVENTUERES”?) reminded me that David NeSmith’s cartoon, EL GREED, is hilarious and poetic-pithy. You can view them all online, or for $4 you can order a handsome���20p chapbook from Publishing Genius. Also, I’ll send���a copy to the first three commenters who say they want one for free. [...]

Random House CEO Markus Dohle announced today that Crown Publishing Group will be broken into two distinct groups. Crown Publishing Group publisher Jenny Frost is leaving the company. Doubleday Canada's executive publisher Maya Mavjee will take...

To win a copy of Easter Rabbit by Joseph Young, try to emulate his distinctive style (as seen at Frigg and Lamination Colony). Mail up to three mimics to adam@publishinggenius.com by Dec 15. The contest is being judged (blindly) by Ellen Parker, editor of Frigg. Three winners will be chosen. You can win even if you [...]

Yet another reason to be in NYC: next Tuesday’s Open City party, in celebration of their new issue (open bar and a copy with $10 entry), not to mention Sam Lipsyte’s new novel The Ask (also holiday-purchase worthy), and don’t forget their newest book, Rachel Sherman’s Living Room! Please join editors Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas [...]

What is the agent's role in the digital book future? Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was Karen Gantz, a literary agent who has represented to an impressive list of authors including Alec Baldwin and Kathleen Turner.

She explained...

Time Magazine article: http://bit.ly/7JckOv