Archives for October 2007

Noted — Junot Diaz won the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize for THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. — At Abebooks.com coo Boris Wertz is “transitioning” to a new job with majority shareholder Burda Digital Ventures, creating a Vancouver-based venture capital business that will target consumer Internet investment opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. […]

Paolini to Expand Bestselling Series The third book in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance series will be published on September 23, 2008, Knopf Children’s announced this morning. Originally envisioned as a trilogy, Paolini is expanding the story into a fourth book. He says in the announcement: “I plotted out the Inheritance series as a trilogy nine years […]

Newsmaking Releases Revelations have started to surface from this week’s release WRITE IT WHEN I’M GONE: Remarkable Off-The-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford, by journalist Thomas DeFrank. Among them: “He said at one point that if the Republicans wanted to win and stop Hillary Clinton, Giuliani would be their best bet.” But much of the […]

The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant […]

Blair: One Done, Thirty to Go? As widely reported following yesterday afternoon’s press release, the auction for former British prime minister Tony Blair’s memoirs, originally including bids from 5 pairs of US and UK publishers, has ended with Random House putting Blair on their shelf alongside Bill Clinton. Knopf will publish the book in the […]

Michigan Will Continue Distribution The board of the University of Michigan Press decided unanimously to continue its distribution agreement with the UK’s Pluto Press, following controversy over the title OVERCOMING ZIONISM. They noted: “Currently, the press distributes for five publishers. As is the case with all such commercial arrangements, books distributed on behalf of clients […]