“The average American misses out on $600 per year in credit card rewards,” reads the Glyph website. Glyph promises to help make sure that users don’t miss out on these benefits.

Using the Glyph iOS app, you can track the benefits from all of your rewards credit card programs and keep track of points and miles without having to carry around membership cards.

The app will tell you which purchases to make with which credit cards in order to get the most points. You can also use the app to map your spending habits and identify the best cards for you based on your spending behaviors. You can apply for these credit cards directly from the app, so it’s a good app if you are looking for a new loyalty program and you’d like to make the decision based on your personal spending habits.

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A fascinating new book, Springsteen on Springsteen, reveals how musician Bruce Springsteen has changed over five decades in music.    

I'm a commissioning editor at 4th Estate but my background is in interactive products – and creative writing. I was hired to be a digitally-minded editor – to me that doesn't mean an editor who knows about ebooks and apps. It means an editor who is alert to the ways in which people's behaviour has changed in the wake of the digital revolution. This is what we are calling – in a slightly tongue-in cheek fashion – 'the post-digital' mindset.
 

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This week's podcast heads into strange territory, guided by the Books site's editor-for-a-day, Neil Gaiman.

First, we follow Damien Walter on the trail of Weird London, a parallel city that has been built on the banks of another Thames by writers of fantasy fiction. He explores why the capital has made such fertile ground for writers who look beyond the real, along with Tom Pollock, M John Harrison and the owner of the Atlantis Bookshop, Geraldine Beskin.

Back in the studio, Cory Doctorow outlines how the digital revolution is transforming writers' lives. But how are authors to make money? The agent Jonny Geller and the head of Faber Digital, Henry Volans, investigate how writers can survive in a new publishing landscape.

We finish with a live reading by Neil Gaiman of the haunting story he contributed to the Guardian's Water stories, Down to a Sunless Sea.

Reading list

The City's Son by Tom Pollock (Jo Fletcher Books)
From Hell by Alan Moore (Knockabout Comics)
The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison (Flamingo)
Down to a Sunless Sea by Neil Gaiman

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Women have been the untold half of history - but that is changing, says Jane Thynne.    

A new biography has lots of good material about the iconic band, but it is let down by poor writing.    

Pirated copies of Stephen King‘s print-only Joyland are already circulating online.

If you think book piracy is hurting your book sales, you can confront pirates online by using the tools listed in our Five Ways To Fight Book Pirates post at AppNewser.

At the same time, a few GalleyCat readers suggested that authors engage with pirates instead of taking legal action…

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Gerard DeGroot enjoys an instructive look at how Britain threw off post-war austerity.    

Gerard DeGroot enjoys an instructive look at how Britain threw off post-war austerity.    

Here are some handpicked titles from our Coming Attractions page. Want to include your book? Just read our Share Your New Book with GalleyCat Readers post for all the details.

Star Born written by Lovendice Sugar & illustrated by Patti Roberts: “Sidra is on the hunt for a wurdalak – a werewolf that has also been turned into a vampire. She didn’t expect to become hunted herself, when the Alpha of the Black River Pack decided he wanted to claim her as his mate!” (January 2013)

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Institute of Museum and Library Services statistician Justin Grimes mapped all 17,000 public libraries in the United States, revealing the reach of our library system. Atlantic Cities has the scoop:

If you have ever felt overwhelmed by the ubiquity of McDonald’s, this stat may make your day: There are more public libraries (about 17,000) in America than outposts of the burger mega-chain (about 14,000). The same is true of Starbucks (about 11,000 coffee shops nationally).

Follow this link to see the complete Google Map Grimes created.

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Apple executive Eddy Cue took the stand Thursday morning to answer questions about his negotiations with the five settling publishers and offer his version of how Apple came to agency model and what they expected from publishers. (As an aside, Cue too came in court attire, rather than his standard…

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster Children’s Books. Starr plans to adapt the song, “Octopus’s Garden,” into a picture book.

If you want to listen to the song, we’ve collected 20 versions of ”Octopus’s Garden” as a free Spotify playlist.

The Beatles originally recorded that song for their 1969 hit album, “Abbey Road.” According to the release, the finished book will feature a CD “with audio content to include an original, previously un-heard music track from Ringo and a reading of the story.”

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Renaissance Learning has released its fifth edition of the What Kids Are Reading report. Among the many topics covered in the free report, it compared high school reading across the last century.

Below, we’ve linked to free eBook copies of the most popular books in 1907, 1923 and 1964. The complete report noted “a decline over time in the complexity of required texts for high school students.” Follow this link for an infographic summary of the research. Here’s more from the report:

Although our analysis is restricted to the  period of 1907 to 2012, there is evidence that writing has become less complex over the last several hundred  years. Complexity is impacted in part by average sentence length; books with longer sentences tend to be more  difficult to comprehend than books with shorter sentences … it is worth noting that just because the books students are being assigned to read are less complex than in  prior years, this does not necessarily mean that they cannot read or comprehend books at higher levels, nor can  we assume that assigning more complex texts would necessarily lead to improvements in achievement.

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Maree McCaskill has resigned as CEO of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) after more than seven years in the position. Her resignation is effective from 14 June 2013. ‘Under Maree’s leadership the APA has continued to serve the diverse needs and challenges of local trade and educational publishers,’ said the APA in a statement. ‘On

Penguin Australia has announced that it will publish a series of books with the Australian Football League (AFL) for ‘supporters of all ages’. The children’s titles, which will be branded with the AFL logo and illustrated with ‘a variety of official team mascots and colours’, include activity, colouring and sticker books for

The finalists for this year’s Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are: Regional Bookseller of the Year (North Island) Paper Plus Masterton The Children’s Bookshop, Wellington Vic Books, Wellington   Regional Bookseller of

The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards, including the PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award, have been announced. The titles shortlisted in the best designed cover category are: At the White Coast (Janet Charman, Auckland University Press), designed by Keely O’Shannessy

The League of Canadian Poets revealed the winners for its three annual awards June 8 at the LCP Poetry Festival and Conference in Toronto.

The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year. The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award recognizes the best first book of poetry published by a Canadian in the preceding year. The Raymond Souster Award is given for a book of poetry by an LCP member published in the preceding year. Each award carries a $1,000 prize.

Pat Lowther Memorial Award
Song and Spectacle, Rachel Rose (Harbour Publishing)

Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
Notebook M, Gillian Savigny (Insomniac Press)

Raymond Souster Award 
The New Measures, A.F. Moritz (House of Anansi Press)

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