Publishing HarperCollins Makes Disney/Hyperion Distribution Deal Official By Carmen on Jan. 26, 2007 - 6:05 AM Though the news broke a few months back, yesterday HarperCollins made the news official: they will be distributing books published by Hyperion Books and Disney Book Group, taking over from the former Time Warner Book Group (now, o ...
Book Biz Random House Personnel Data Goes Walkabout By Neal on Jan. 25, 2007 - 2:26 PM A former Random House employee leaked a letter sent by the company to Gawker earlier today, about how a consulting firm hired by Bertelsmann had exposed current and former staffers to the risk of identity theft. Apparently, the pu ...
Comic Books Stephen King Comic On Sale at Midnight,Just Like Harry Potter Novels By Neal on Jan. 25, 2007 - 9:05 AM In the latest iteration of the hype over the Dark Tower comic book, which builds off the characters and stories from Stephen King‘s seven-volume epic, Marvel has convinced nearly 150 comic book shops to open at midnight on F ...
Events Scene @ Grant Stoddard’s Working Stiff Party By Neal on Jan. 25, 2007 - 8:47 AM Grant Stoddard seems to have been reading his new book about life as a Nerve.com sex columnist, Working Stiff, all over New York; last night’s party at SoHo’s McNally Robinson was the fifth Manhattan event in the last ...
Events Scene @ Annabelle Gurwitch’s Fired! Party By Neal on Jan. 25, 2007 - 8:17 AM It was nearly a year ago that we introduced you to Annabelle Gurwitch‘s Fired!, a book full of anecdotes from actors and other famous people about jobs they’d lost unceremoniously. There was also a companion film, whic ...
Authors Drinking and Cooking with Jim Harrison By Carmen on Jan. 25, 2007 - 8:17 AM The New York Times’ Charles McGrath chats with Jim Harrison, author of “rugged, outdoorsy books” like TRUE NORTH, LEGENDS OF THE FALL and THE SUMMER HE DIDN’T DIE. And for many years as a part-time screenwr ...
Events Scene @ Secrets of the Model Dorm Party By Neal on Jan. 25, 2007 - 7:45 AM Much as we’d like to cover every single book party in New York ourselves, we’ve found it impossible to be everywhere. Take last Thursday night, for example: While I was standing in line at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport ...
Book Biz Dream Eaters Gets the Flash Mob Treatment By Carmen on Jan. 25, 2007 - 7:01 AM Though Gordon Dahlquist‘s debut THE GLASS BOOKS OF THE DREAM EATERS didn’t fare particularly well in the US, the opposite looks to be true in the UK, especially after a successful campaign of publishing the book in ser ...
Digital Text Message Novel Published in Finland By Carmen on Jan. 25, 2007 - 6:46 AM Text Message Novel Published in Finland