Book Biz | Publishing James Dashner Inks 3-Book Deal at Random House Children’s Books By Maryann Yin on Sep. 21, 2012 - 9:30 AM The Maze Runner author James Dashner has signed a 3-book deal with Random House Children’s Books’ Delacorte Press imprint. Executive Editor Krista Marino negotiated the deal with Dystel & Goderich Literary M ...
Publishing Oberon Books Publishes Toni Morrison and Rokia Traoré’s Desdemona By Maryann Yin on Sep. 21, 2012 - 8:20 AM UK publisher Oberon Books has published Desdomona. This play, a re-imagining of William Shakespeare’s Othello, features writing by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, lyrics by Malian musician Rokia Traoré and a foreword by ...
Publishing Vintage to Release Two Nora Ephron Titles as One Volume By Maryann Yin on Sep. 20, 2012 - 3:20 PM Vintage, a Random House imprint, will be releasing two titles by the late Nora Ephron (pictured, via) as a single volume publication. The books, Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women and Scribble, Scribble: Notes on Media, have b ...
Bookselling | Digital Wal-Mart Will No Longer Sell Kindles By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 20, 2012 - 1:45 PM It’s not just indie book stores that are felling the pressure from Amazon. Large retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are feeling the pressure from competition with the e-commerce giant. This week, Wal-Mart follows Target to b ...
People Novelist Rebuilds After Barn Fire By Jason Boog on Sep. 20, 2012 - 12:15 PM Novelist Cynthia Thayer lost her family’s 153-year-old barn in a fire earlier this year, but readers and writers have rallied to help her rebuild. As you can see by the photo above, the barn is steadily rising. The Maine-bas ...
Awards Elmore Leonard To Be Honored at the National Book Awards By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 20, 2012 - 10:40 AM Crime novelist Elmore Leonard will receive the 2012 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. The National Book Foundation will honor Leonard, who has written more than 40 novels, dozens of short stories and fi ...
Resources Amazon Is The Most Lucrative eBook Sales Channel By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 20, 2012 - 9:10 AM Not surprisingly, Amazon is the most lucrative sales channel for eBooks, according to Revealing the Business of eBooks: 2009-2012, the fourth eBook survey of publishers conducted by Aptara and Publisher’s Weekly. The study, ...
Adaptation Hobbit Trailer Lets You Choose the Ending By Jason Boog on Sep. 19, 2012 - 5:23 PM The new trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been released. If you visit the movie website, you can actually create your own version of the trailer to share with other fantasy fans on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tum ...
Publishing Could Norway’s Publishing Model Work in the United States? By Jason Boog on Sep. 19, 2012 - 4:24 PM In an essay about international publishing models at Stanford’s Arcade, novelist and scholar Lee Konstantinou outlined how the government of Norway helps writers. His example was drawn from Regionalism and the Reading Class ...
Social Media New Twitter Profile Tips for Writers By Jason Boog on Sep. 19, 2012 - 3:42 PM Have you checked your Twitter profile lately? Writers and publishing professionals should make sure they are prepared for the latest Twitter update. Twitter rolled out updates to all its mobile apps this week, changing the way you ...