To celebrate Mediabistro’s upcoming Media App Summit, we are hosting The World’s Longest Literary Vampire Remix writing contest.
Follow this link to sign up for our new writing contest. With the help from writers around the country, we will rewrite Varney the Vampire–a bestselling vampire novel from the 19th Century filled with enough star-crossed romance, vampire action and purple prose to inspire another Twilight trilogy.
You will rewrite a small section from the book your own unique style (from poetry to Twitter updates to cartoons to imitations of your favorite writer). We will publish the final product as a free digital book (complete with Victorian-era illustrations) that anyone can download. Every contributing writer will receive a byline, a short biography and a website link in the remixed novel. In addition, we will reprint our favorite remixed passages and share your work with Mediabistro readers.
Intrigued? You can sign up at this link.
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At the Publishing App Expo yesterday, two digital publishing executives shared advice for helping readers find your digital books in a sea of digital content.
Disney Publishing Worldwide digital media VP Lyle Underkoffler and Barnes & Noble NOOK apps program director Claudia Romanini both offered frank advice for writers looking to join these crowded marketplaces.
Below, we’ve collected their most important points that can help publishers and authors make sure their digital writings don’t get lost in this new landscape.
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Join us at Publishing App Expo, December 7-8, and get an inside look at how to bring your stories to tablets and mobile devices. Early bird rates end tomorrow, November 9. Register now and save.
You will learn how to build apps within budget, maximize discoverability, and monetize content across all publishing platforms. The conference program features magazine, book publishing, and app development experts and leaders who will draw a comprehensive roadmap of the publishing app world.
View full program here. You’ll hear from Lyle Underkoffler (VP of digital media, Disney Publishing Worldwide), Jeanniey Mullen (global executive VP and CMO, Zinio), Craig Ettinger (general manager, Time.com), Adam Schneider (manager of business development, Microsoft TAG), and more.
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