Revolving Door Goldstein to Take Over Twelve Publicity By Neal on May. 25, 2006 - 11:32 AM Warner Twelve, the Hachette Book Group imprint helmed by Jon Karp, has just hired FSG’s assistant director of publicity, Cary Goldstein—and he’ll be taking on editorial responsibilities as part of the deal. ̶ ...
Trends Desperate Book Clubs By Carmen on May. 25, 2006 - 9:34 AM CBS really, really wants this to be a hit. I mean, look at the way the women are posing, and no doubt the casting call was as Desperate Housewives-ish as humanly possible. The setup? Every Tuesday night, beginning on June 13, eigh ...
Book Biz A Da Vinci Code story that’s actually kind of amusing By Carmen on May. 25, 2006 - 8:43 AM Over the the Philly Inquirer, Tirdad Derakhshani takes the opportunity to castigate the book and movie for one particular point: what’s up with making the albino the villain? “Does Silas really need to be an albino? ...
Book Biz Expat Harem Swings Back Through NYC By Neal on May. 25, 2006 - 8:25 AM About a month ago, I took an early afternoon meeting with Jennifer Eaton Gokmen and Anastasia M. Ashman, the co-editors of Tales from the Expat Harem, a collection of essays by women about their experiences living in Turkey. I was ...
Book Biz HarperCollins and Fox do TV deals By Carmen on May. 25, 2006 - 7:55 AM In its first television deal, HarperCollins Publishers has signed a deal with producer Fox Television Studios to develop original content based on the publisher’s new and backlist titles, according to the Hollywood Reporter. ...
Publishing Bertelsmann arranges buyback deal By Carmen on May. 25, 2006 - 7:27 AM So much for going public. The Guardian reports that Bertelsmann has arranged to buy back the share owned by Belgian financier Albert Frere (responsible for GBL, which owned 25% of Bertelsmann.) The buyback – effective July 1 ...
Events A Night of Non-Fiction Book Parties By Neal on May. 25, 2006 - 7:15 AM mediabistro.com threw a party at the Bubble Lounge last night to celebrate the publication of Tom Zoellner’s The Heartless Stone, an investigation into the powerful forces driving the world’s diamond trade. Among the p ...
Book Biz Belated BookExpo Broadsides By Neal on May. 25, 2006 - 7:00 AM Thanks to Maud Newton, I discovered an antidote to all the wide-eyed BEA coverage (in which I’ve admittedly played my part) in blog posts by Jennifer Nix, “a recovering staff ‘writer'” for Variety who came ...
Digital H4CK3R 3L33T PWNS B00K W0RLD By Neal on May. 24, 2006 - 3:13 PM The Institute for the Future of the Book takes the next step in destroying the hegemony of print by launching GAM3R 7H30RY, a “networked book” that enables readers to comment on New School media studies professor McKen ...
Publishing Triple Crown success By Carmen on May. 24, 2006 - 10:13 AM Without Vickie Stringer, street lit – or hip-hop lit, urban fiction, or whatever you want to call it – may not exist in its current format. Inc. Magazine profiles the ex-con enterpreneur and best-selling author who dec ...