On Galley Cat, 28 February, 2012
How To Find Free eBooks on Pinterest
The Pinterest social network may still be closed to the general public, but that's not stopping readers and writers from using the site as a resource. Currently, anyone can use these Pinterest boards for eBook fans to find free digital books. The site lets users create virtual "pinboards" by pinning images of their favorite things. It includes a host of pages dedicated to books, including a number of pages dedicated to free...
Male Writers Continue to Outnumber Female Writers at Literary Journals
VIDA: Women in Literary Arts have releaseda report entitled "The Count 2011," revealing that male writers outnumbered female writers in many publications last year. Picking up on wherelast year's report left off, this report tracks the statistics of gender balance among writers published at literary magazines, includingThe New Yorker (overall: 165 women, 459 men), Poetry (overall: 134 women, 179 men) and The Threepenny Review (overall: 19 women, 37 men). They also looked at...