About
*Emily Gould is an American blogger and novelist best known for her personal blog, Emily Magazine, and her time spent as the editor of Gawker.
Online History
Emily Magazine
On October 13th, 2005, Gould launched her personal blog, Emily Magazine[6] with entry titled “Dumb as a Post,” which explained her motivation for starting a blog:
“Welcome to my totally private diary on the internerd. Emily Magazine is here to fill a gaping niche: the world wide information superhighway does not have enough first person blah blah blah. And even if it was already glutted, my thoughts would be different and special because they’re mine.”
Gawker
Goulding became an editor at Gawker[9] on November 1st, 2006, after working as an associate editor at Hyperion Books. She left Gawker[8] on December 31st, 2007.
Cooking the Books
On August 8th, 2010, Gould launched her web series, Cooking the Books[7] on the web video platform Blip.TV The series features Gould interview authors while they prepare a dish. The series ran for 25 episodes, and many famous authors including Jennifer Egan and Sam Lipsyte.
Emily Books
On October 4th, 2011, Gould launched[3] Emilly Books,[4] the first independent e-bookstore, with Ruth Curry. The e-bookstore also acts as a book subscription service, with visitors able to purchase a subscription so the one book per month they add to their store downloads automatically, or they can purchase the books on a title by title basis. Each month the store also features essays on the selected book. The first book added to their store was the novel No More Nice Girls by Ellen Willis. In September 2013, the store launched an ios7 app[5] which allows subscribers to read each month’s book along with corresponding essays and interviews.
Social Media Presence
Gould created her personal Tumblr blog[2] on June 5th, 2009. As of June 2014, Gould’s Twitter account[1] has gained over 13,000 followers.
Criticism
On May 23rd, 2008, the New York Post[10] published an article titled “The Dangers of Blogger Love,” written by Joshua David Stein, another Gawker blogger who had dated Gould and felt frustrated they she had blogged about their relationship.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Twitter – EmilyGould
[2]Tumblr – Emily Gould
[3]Tumblr – Emily Books
[4]Emily Books – Emily Books
[5]Emily Books – Emily Books Reader
[6]Emily Magazine – Emily Books Reader
[7]Blip – Cooking the Books
[8]Gawker – My Top 8 Greatest Achievements at Gawker
[9]Gawker – Message From The New Editor: Ahh, Smell Those Burning Bridges!
[10]NY Post – The Dangers of Blogger Love