View Post People Andy LeCount to Join HarperCollins By Dianna Dilworth on Dec. 9, 2016 - 7:40 AM Andy LeCount will begin his new role as vice president, director of sales for general books at HarperCollins on December 29.
View Post People | Publishing Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Contribute to a Progressive-Themed Essay Collection By Maryann Yin on Dec. 8, 2016 - 3:55 PM Melville House has scheduled the publication date for January 17, 2017.
View Post People | Publishing Luis Carlos Montalván Has Died By Maryann Yin on Dec. 7, 2016 - 9:00 AM Luis Carlos Montalván, a military veteran, collaborated with various co-writers to write books on his relationship with a service dog named Tuesday.
View Post Adaptation | People Hugh Jackman Lands Role in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Movie By Maryann Yin on Dec. 6, 2016 - 1:05 PM The story for this movie project comes from Sherman Alexie's semi-autobiographical young adult novel.
View Post People | Publishing John Lennon’s Imagine to be Published as a Picture Book By Maryann Yin on Dec. 5, 2016 - 3:55 PM Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will release the North American edition on September 21, 2017 (the International Day of Peace).
View Post People | Resources Bill Gates Chooses The Best Books He Read in 2016 By Maryann Yin on Dec. 5, 2016 - 1:50 PM Bill Gates selected four books that belong to a wide range of genres.
View Post People Patton Oswalt Writes an Essay on Fatherhood By Maryann Yin on Dec. 5, 2016 - 11:25 AM The comedic actor explores the issues that come with being a single parent in a piece entitled "Patton Oswalt’s Year of Magical Parenting."
View Post People | Publishing Brooklyn Beckham Inks Deal With Penguin Random House By Maryann Yin on Dec. 5, 2016 - 9:45 AM The eldest child of David Beckham, a soccer star, and Victoria Beckham, a pop singer, intends to create a photography book entitled What I See.
View Post People Assistant at Counterpoint Press Died in Oakland Fire By Dianna Dilworth on Dec. 5, 2016 - 9:00 AM Nick Gomez-Hall, an administrative assistant at Counterpoint Press, died in the Oakland Warehouse Fire over the weekend.
View Post Adaptation | People Two Actors Cast in the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Movie By Maryann Yin on Dec. 2, 2016 - 1:05 PM The story for this project comes from a 2008 novel written by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer.