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, […]
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 […]
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 & […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]