Sponsored Content Confirmed: Mantle Novel Lyons’ Biggest Book By Neal on Feb. 28, 2007 - 4:39 PM Sarah told you earlier this morning that Lyons Press acquired Peter Golenbock‘s 7, the novel in which Mickey Mantle’s ghost recounts his sex-filled exploits. Now, the Associated Press reports that Lyons is preparing a ...
Awards Harper (Unsurprisingly) Sweeps B&N Awards By Neal on Feb. 28, 2007 - 4:18 PM At the beginning of the month, we told you about the shortlist for Barnes & Noble‘s Discover Great New Writers award, where four of the six slots (three each for fiction and nonfiction) were held by HarperCollins books. ...
Comic Books ’60s Comics Star Hospitalized After Collapse By Neal on Feb. 28, 2007 - 3:52 PM Comics Reporter correspondent Tom Spurgeon notes the hospitalization of Arnold Drake, one of the standout writers from the Golden and Silver Ages of superhero comic books. Drake, seen at left in a picture I took during Comic-Con l ...
Book Biz We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful, Part Two By Carmen on Feb. 28, 2007 - 2:24 PM When Mark Sarvas began blogging about literary matters in late 2003 at The Elegant Variation, he never shied away from mentioning there was a novel in the works, but was understandably discreet about giving out details. Now heR ...
Digital Amazon Plunks Cash into Shelfari By Neal on Feb. 28, 2007 - 12:20 PM The Shelfari content model is pretty simple: Users of the “interactive social media site for book lovers” set up a homepage listing their favorite titles, with links to their reviews, and then they can browse around an ...
Events Scene @ Friends: A Love Story Launch By Neal on Feb. 28, 2007 - 11:05 AM Monday evening at the Yale Club, former Eli drama school classmates (and, more to the point, current husband and wife) Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance were feted with a party celebrating the publication of their joint memoir, ...
Publishing Today in AMS: “Transition Vendor” and Pressure on Non-Consentings By Carmen on Feb. 28, 2007 - 10:26 AM Today is a special day in the annals of publishing, as it is technically the last day of Publishers Group West‘s existence. Tomorrow the company will be known as Transition Vendor, and the switch of many publishers to distri ...
Adaptation Searles Gets Film Deal for STRANGE BUT TRUE By Carmen on Feb. 28, 2007 - 9:55 AM The Hollywood Reporter reveals that GreeneStreet Films, the production company behind “A Prairie Home Companion” is bringing Cosmopolitan magazine deputy editor John Searles‘ offbeat mystery novel STRANGE BUT TRU ...
Publishing Lyons Press Picks up Ill-Fated Mickey Mantle Novel By Carmen on Feb. 28, 2007 - 9:36 AM Remember 7, by Peter Golenblock? The book that was the alleged last straw breaking Judith Regan’s career at HarperCollins? Well, the New York Times’ sports section reports the book has found a new home with the Lyons P ...
Digital Random House Launches its Own Flash Player By Carmen on Feb. 28, 2007 - 8:56 AM Publishers Marketplace broke the story yesterday (and featured the player on its home page all day, too) but the official word is out about Insight, Random House‘s own online book content search and browsing service. The com ...