Grand Central’s romance imprint Forever will expand from 36 titles per year to 48 in in 2011. As part of that expansion, Selina McLemore has been promoted to senior editor and will become second-in-command to editorial director Amy Pierpont. Alex Logan has been promoted to associate editor, adding romance authors to her list as well as acquiring more for GCP and 5 Spot. Biographer and director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library Jean Strouse has won the first BIO Award, to be given each year by the Biographers […]
Archives for March 2010
The April 2010 Indie Next Picks
I Thought You Were Dead by Peter NelsonThe Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo GiordanoMatterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl MarlantesThe Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy WebbBite Me: A Love Story by Christopher MooreSecret Daughter: A Novel by Shilpi Somaya GowdaA Murderous Procession by Ariana FranklinSolar by Ian McEwanThe Creation of Eve by Lynn CullenThe Spellmans Strike Again: A Novel by Lisa Lutz31 Bond Street: A Novel by Ellen HoranNowhere to Run by C.J. BoxThe Bride Collector by Ted DekkerWhiter Than Snow by Sandra DallasAnthill by E. O. WilsonEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New […]
Rove's Book Covered In Advance
Speaking of political books, Karl Rove’s COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE, publishing March 9, is the latest book to have its embargo busted–though it also seems to fit into that category of books that are embargoed even though they aren’t packed with otherwise newsworthy revelations. Apparently he judges Bush’s accomplishments as president “impressive, durable and significant.” Among the many things he defends are the administration’s handling of Hurricane Katrina (he “blames state and local officials for botching recovery efforts”). The Washington Post says it “takes Rove’s defense of the Bush legacy to a new and more detailed level” and is “focused squarely […]
BEA to Feature Grisham, Rice, Stewart and More
BookExpo America (BEA) has announced authors and speakers for this year’s convention. The Thursday breakfast packs John Grisham and Condoleeza Rice and Mary Roach along with emcee Jon Stewart (in conjunction with fall publication of The Daily Show Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race). Sara Gruen is among the Thursday luncheon authors for her delayed second novel Ape House, and Sarah Ferguson will be among the Wednesday children’s breakfast authors. Author featured authors include Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Christopher Hitchens, Patton Oswalt, Richard Peck, and Mitali Perkins. BEA says they are adding a third on-the-floor […]
Blair Memoir Set for September
Random House will publish former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s book TONY BLAIR: THE JOURNEY this September, via Hutchinson in the UK and Knopf and Knopf Canada in North America. The company says rights have been sold in twelve territories. (They acquired rights in October 2007.) Random UK ceo Gail Rebuck promises in the announcement that “his book is frank, open, revealing, and written in an intimate and accessible style. As an account of the nature and uses of power, it will have a readership that extends well beyond politics, to all those who want to understand the challenge of […]
Borders Reportedly Looking to Extend Credit Agreement
The folks at Debtwire–the same outfit, we should remember, that misreported a story earlier this year contending that some vendors had retained counsel to collect monies owed to them by Borders–has filed another long story, carried on the FT web site, about Borders’ credit issues. Close watchers of the company know that there have been two significant liquidity deadlines: their $42.5 million loan from principal owner Pershing Square is due April 1, and the revolving credit agreement that allows them to conduct business expires in July 2011. Getting that credit line renewed in today’s world of restricted lending, particularly since […]