Sponsored Content Meet This February’s Relationship Advice Icon By Neal on Jan. 31, 2007 - 1:27 PM Since Sarah’s already covered the celebrities and their pals with dating tips angle for today, I’ll turn to the New York Observer, where Choire Sicha spends quality time with J. Courtney Sullivan, whose Dating Up: Dump ...
Publishing Today in AMS: PGW Clients Get Perseus Offers By Carmen on Jan. 31, 2007 - 1:01 PM PW Daily reports that various Publishers Group West clients are sending back signed agreements to the distributor, though as of this writing, not all publishers have yet received offers. Perseus CEO David Steinberger said he had r ...
Authors Terry McMillan Still Bitter, Like You Care By Neal on Jan. 31, 2007 - 8:50 AM There’s a new cycle of anthologies hitting the stores, and Warner Books‘ The Honeymoon’s Over: True Stories of Love, Marriage, and Divorce has a doozy of a contribution in the form of Terry McMillan‘s ̶ ...
Authors Sidney Sheldon Crosses to The Other Side By Carmen on Jan. 31, 2007 - 8:33 AM Admit it: you’ve probably even read, or at least picked up, a Sidney Sheldon novel in your life. The author of bestselling blockbusters like THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT and THE RAGE OF ANGELS – not to mention the Academ ...
Authors Finding the Perfect Boyfriend with Patricia Wolff and Felicity Huffman By Carmen on Jan. 31, 2007 - 8:04 AM The LA Times’ Mimi Avins catches up with DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star Felicity Huffman and her best friend Patricia Wolff, who collaborated on the humor-laden guidebook A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE BOYFRIEND, in stores this wee ...
Publishing New York Answers Brown Family Complaint By Neal on Jan. 31, 2007 - 8:00 AM FishbowlNY continues its first-look hold on the tussle between New York and Nicole Brown Simpson’s family over just who was in attendance at a meeting where News Corp. reps offered somebody money not to complain so loudly ab ...
Revolving Door Weisberg Departs from Random House By Carmen on Jan. 31, 2007 - 7:54 AM PW Daily reported yesterday that Don Weisberg, who has headed the large Random House sales group since Random’s acquisition by Bertelsmann in 1998, will leave the company February 28. Weisberg, who is executive vp and COO of ...
Authors Fantasy Writer Accidentally Torches His Office By Neal on Jan. 31, 2007 - 7:30 AM Last week, bestselling fantasy writer David Edding “was using water to flush out the gas tank of his broken-down Excalibur sports car,” according to the Nevada Appeal, “when some fluid leaked. In a lapse of judgm ...
Book Biz Venue Problems Scuttle Calcutta Book Fair By Carmen on Jan. 31, 2007 - 7:28 AM The Independent reports that India’s undisputed literary capital is in mourning after the loss of one of its most venerable and lucrative institutions: the Calcutta Book Fair. The fair was abruptly canceled right before it w ...
Publishing Simon & Schuster Stays Put in Midtown By Carmen on Jan. 31, 2007 - 6:49 AM while other properties of its parent company, Viacom, are getting the hell out of Midtown because of rising rents, Simon & Schuster is staying put at its Sixth Avenue Offices, reports the Observer, and will do so for the next ...