Olsson’s Faces Bankruptcy Creditors including Random House, Penguin and Hachette Book Group petitioned a bankruptcy court last week to liquidate Washington, DC independent store group Olsson’s, seeking payments of nearly $400,000. The Washington Post reports that Ingram and Sony also hold claims to Olsson’s inventories. An attorney for the stores says that they intend to convert the Chapter 7 filing to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the hopes of reorganizing. The Washington Post reports: “Pressed by creditors who have filed claims against the company’s inventories and by rising overhead costs, Olsson’s is closing at least one store (in Penn Quarter) […]
Archives for June 2008
Lunch Weekly for Monday, June 30
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form 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 deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Reif Larsen’s debut novel THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET, the […]
Lunch for Friday, June 27
UK Judges Narrow Scope, But Requires Author to Turn Over Terrorist Interview A three-person judicial review panel at London’s High Court has reinforced an order for author Shiv Malik to turn over to Manchester police source material for his book on terrorism from suspect Hassan Butt within seven days. While the ruling focuses the scope of what Malik must provide, they criticized him for forcing a judicial review rather than negotiating with officials and ordered him to pay the legal costs of the police. The Guardian reports: “Malik had resisted the production order, arguing it was too broad, and could […]
Lunch for Thursday, June 26
Reeve, Gravett Take Big UK Children’s Prizes Philip Reeve won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for HERE LIES ARTHUR. The judges called it “both a page-turning adventure story and a clever historical novel. It also has clear political resonance for our times, demonstrating humanity’s need to sustain hope and optimism, and our tendency to favour myth over reality to achieve that end.” And for the second time in three years, illustrator Emily Gravett has won the Kate Greenaway Medal, this time for LITTLE MOUSE’S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. Release Rapper Sets Up Imprint Rapper KRS-One is creating an I Am Hip […]
Lunch for Wednesday, June 25
Please Note We have resumed the process of testing and switching over to a new e-mail delivery system for the daily and weekly Lunches. Over the next couple of days, you may receive multiple copies (from the new and old systems) to ensure delivery. To guarantee delivery from the new service, you can add our new dedicated sending address: lunch AT publisherslunchdaily.com to your address book or list of approved senders. If your e-mail system allows “whitelisting” by IP address, the new mail comes from a new dedicated IP of: 67.201.37.93 [i.e., we are the only company to mail from […]
Lunch for Tuesday, June 24
Grogan Returns Author of the bestselling Marley & Me John Grogan’s new memoir, THE LONGEST TRIP HOME, has been announced for publication on October 21 by William Morrow. “From his troublemaking childhood to his courtship of a fiery blond named Jenny, Grogan writes about how he came to terms with who he is and what he believes.” It’s called the “story of a son in the making, and of growing up in a loving, but comically old-school Catholic family.” Grogan says in the announcement, “Even before Marley & Me was published, I knew this was the story I wanted to […]