The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin has acquired the archive of the late David Foster Wallace. The collection will include materials for his forthcoming, posthumous work The Pale King upon the book’s publication, scheduled for April 2011. Little, Brown is donating their own DFW correspondence and internal memos to the archive, too. The center has already posted a few samples from the collection online.Release Macmillan Audio has hired Liz Edelstein as digital content & marketing manager. She was a senior program manager at America Online/Netscape Communications and is the author of twelve romance/science fiction novels.
Archives for March 2010
Announcements: Electronic
Samsung has announced “imminent availability” for their ereader, previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, and Barnes & Noble will drive their electronic store. They say their electromagnetic resonance stylus pen is the device’s “most visibly distinguishing feature,” designed to allow more natural annotations and note-taking. When previously announced, the company indicated high price points, ranging between $399 and $699.ReleaseCompany page Edelweiss will create an online catalog of new titles being exhibited at BEA in conjunction with the convention organizers, and participation will be free to all exhibiting publishers. On his blog Michael Cairns has more information about new […]
More Layoffs at Borders' Stores
Last week Borders is said to have eliminated more jobs across its stores, according to numerous anonymous employee posts on a company forum, though the retailer has not made any official public announcement of reductions. Many individual posts have been made by people who held training supervisor and inventory supervisor positions who say they werelet go. This quote is said to be taken from an internal announcement: “We made the decision to eliminate the training supervisor position so that we could allocate more hours to the sales floor. Training remains an important function in our stores, and the responsibilities of […]
People
Agent Jud Laghi has formed the Jud Laghi Agency. He will continue to be affiliated with LJK Literary Management, where he was a senior agent, and will share office space and collaborate on projects with Kirshbaum and his colleagues. Laghi says, “I’ll continue to represent primarily non-fiction projects, especially narrative, popular culture and business, along with literary fiction and thrillers. And I’m excited to both see, and partake in, what new opportunities will arise for authors in our rapidly evolving industry.” Barnes & Noble.com has hired Jonathan Shar as general manager, digital newsstand and emerging content, responsible for “creating and […]
Asian Prize Changes Focus
For 2010, the Man Asian Literary Prize is “restructuring.” Once focused on works that had not yet been published in English, the new strategy is the inverse: the award will go to “a novel written by a citizen of an Asian country and first published in English in 2010. Translations into English of works originally in another language are also eligible, provided they are first published in English in 2010.” The cash award for the author has been raised to $30,000, and the translator (if any) will receive $5,000 separately.Prize site
Lunch Weekly for Monday, March 8
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 Winner of the AWP Award, Goldie Goldbloom’s THE PAPERBARK SHOE, a […]