At the LAT Festival of Books, the paper awarded its annual book prizes: Biography Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken (Random House Current Interest Michael Lewis, The Big Short (Norton) Fiction Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad (Knopf) Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Peter Bognanni, The House of Tomorrow (Amy Einhorn/Putnam) Graphic Novel Adam Hines, Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One (Adhouse Books) History Thomas Powers, The Killing of Crazy Horse (Knopf) Mystery / Thriller Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (William Morrow) Poetry Maxine Kumin, Where I Live (Norton) Science & Technology Oren Harman, The Price of Altruism: George […]
Archives for April 2011
People: Freese to Recorded Books; Schluep to Amazon; Hunt to Dial; and More
Rich Freese has been named president and ceo of Recorded Books. Most recently he was president of the National Book Network, and in a statement Haights Cross president and ceo Ron Schlosser praised him as “a strong leader who will ensure Recorded Books is focused on achieving its aggressive business goals as well as tracking market trends and utilizing customer feedback about their needs and our strategy and approaches. I am delighted to welcome Rich to Recorded Books and Haights Cross Communications.” Release Chris Schluep has been named senior editor, Amazon.com Books, effective May 23. Previously he was a senior […]
Life with Harper Lee Publishers Shares Confirmation from Alice Lee
On Tuesday The Penguin Press announced their acquisition of Marja Mills’s THE MOCKINGBIRD NEXT DOOR: LIFE WITH HARPER LEE, saying it was written with “direct access to Harper and Alice Lee” and their friends and family. But the next day, the NYT reported on a statement from the Alabama law firm, Barnett, Bugg, Lee & Carter, signed by Harper Lee (who celebrated her 85th birthday yesterday). It read: “Contrary to recent news reports, I have not willingly participated in any book written or to be written by Marja Mills. Neither have I authorized such a book. Any claims otherwise are […]
Bookselling: Labyrinth Will Close; BN College Adds Facebook Initiative
Further to yesterday’s short, the co-owners of Labyrinth Books in New Haven have confirmed that the store will close May 31, blaming the challenge of managing the store while living in Princeton, NJ. The Yale Daily News says they write that they “are finalizing plans for a different independent book retailer to move into the New Haven space that will be left by the current store.” Another six Angus & Robertson stores will close over the next four weeks as part of the reorganization of REDgroup. Barnes & Noble College has announced what they call a “social commerce platform”–which means […]
Forthcoming: Justice Stevens; Baldacci Story; Viral Humor; Another Try for Nesbo; Steven Tyler; and More
Today’s theme is stories about forthcoming books and authors: Retired 91-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens discussed the book he is working on with The Atlantic: “I’m writing a book about the five chief justices that I’ve known, and I’ve got it almost done. I think I’m going to call it The Five Chiefs. It’s primarily personal recollections of each of the chiefs, and I also have some comments about some of their jurisprudence.” The Atlantic says “a book contract is in the works.”Atlantic Adam Mansbach‘s whimsical illustrated “children’s book for adults” GO THE F–K TO SLEEP has gone viral, “seemingly […]
People, Etc.
Laura Hazard Owen will join paidContent as a staff writer covering books and digital publishing beginning in mid-May. Previously she was the editorial manager of Publishing Trends. Judy Courtade will join Perseus Distribution as associate director, client services. Her most recent position was sales director for Black Dog & Leventhal and prior to that she was vp, sales director at Random House Jared Bland will join House of Anansi Press as managing editor on July 4. He is currently managing editor for The Walrus. Simon & Schuster will take over sales, distribution and fulfillment in the United States, Canada and open […]