Publishing Catching up with the Folies Lagardere By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2006 - 8:50 AM Even though I’ve been saying to people that the real story won’t emerge for a few months — at least — it’s still good to check in on February’s biggest publishing-related story, that Lagardere ( ...
Publishing Penguin UK’s new imprint By Carmen on Feb. 22, 2006 - 8:44 AM Juliet Annan explains in the Telegraph why, when conglomerization is king and bookstores are trying to be more like Tesco and less like 84 Charing Cross Road, she set up Fig Tree — Penguin’s first new hardcover imprint ...
Adaptation Truth in Advertising, At Least By Neal on Feb. 22, 2006 - 8:10 AM A San Francisco reader wandering around the Castro Theater emailed us about some photos of the JT LeRoy film poster currently up on display that show the sense of humor Palm Pictures is willing to have about the whole “barel ...
Authors Let’s Look at Nasdijj’s Yearbook Picture! By Neal on Feb. 22, 2006 - 8:03 AM While the world waits to see if Esquire is really doing a story on Tim “Nasdijj” Barrus or not, the City Pulse of Lansing, Michigan celebrates its hometown hoaxster. Check out his high school yearbook photo at left; ap ...
Reviews Leon Wieseltier, NYTBR Pit Bull? By Neal on Feb. 21, 2006 - 11:30 AM Leon Wieseltier’s evisceration of Daniel C. Dennett in last Sunday’s NYTBR may well be the most vicious pan to appear in the Review since…well, since Wieseltier went to town on Nicholson Baker in 2004. Granted, D ...
Authors David Irving Accepts History (Too Late) By Neal on Feb. 21, 2006 - 10:55 AM I have to confess: Even as a rabid free-speech advocate, I didn’t lose much sleep last night about David Irving’s conviction for Holocaust denial. While the European press debates the three-year prison sentence handed ...
Authors Esquire Silent on Nasdijj Retrospective By Neal on Feb. 21, 2006 - 10:35 AM Responding to yesterday’s report concerning Tim Barrus’ latest attempt at self-promotion, Esquire has declined to comment on Barrus’ claim that the magazine is preparing a feature article on how he managed to gui ...
Awards Doctorow Snags PEN/Faulkner By Neal on Feb. 21, 2006 - 9:29 AM The 2006 PEN/Faulkner fiction prize goes to E. L. Doctorow’s The March. “I think it’s his best so far,” George Garrett, one of the three judges on the panel, told the Washington Post. The prize adds some dr ...
Publishing The Schiavo battle continues in print By Carmen on Feb. 21, 2006 - 9:16 AM When Terri Schiavo died last year, it seemed like the fight would abate, at least for a little while. But that was before the book deals were signed and now, look for two competing books — one by Terri’s husband Michae ...
Authors Mary Higgins Clark in plagiarism suit By Carmen on Feb. 21, 2006 - 9:02 AM Though it’s easy to make a joke that the grande dame has been writing the same book over and over for years, the new lawsuit launched against her is no laughing matter — at least not if you’re talking to Israeli ...