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Archives for May 2011

People: Dolan Gets New Imprint at HMH, and More

May 31, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

In what has to be considered a case of turnabout being fair play, Eamon Dolan will leave Penguin Press for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to become VP and Editorial Director of his own imprint, Eamon Dolan Books, starting on June 13. Before he’d moved to Penguin Press as editor-in-chief in 2007 – a title removed with […]

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Two Tens for Summer and Fall

May 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

Malcolm Jones at Newsweek picks 10 summer reads: Nothing Daunted, by Dorothy Wickenden The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, by Mark Seal State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett Carte Blanche, by Jeffery Deaver In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson Bloodmoney, by David Ignatius Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, by Alexandra Fuller […]

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UK Site Tries to Combine Kickstarter and Byliner Models

May 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

At the Hay literary festival over the weekend, writer Justin Pollard, publishing veteran John Mitchinson and Crap Towns author Dan Kieran launched Unbound.co.uk, a site that aims to serve as a mash-up of Kickstarter and Byliner for books. The Kickstarter part is a fan-sourced funding mechanism that solicits pledges to finance proposed, with a roster […]

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People, Awards, Etc.

May 31, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

Emma Donoghue and Michael Winter are among the nominees for Canada’s Trillium Book Awards, whose winners will be announced on June 17. National Post Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor reported receiving an advance of $1.175 million from Knopf for her forthcoming memoir last year, according to financial disclosure forms. Newspapers report the sum as if […]

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Bookselling: The Travel Bookshop For Sale; Fire At Ben Franklin Bookstore; and More

May 31, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

The Written Word will open in Brush, CO in August in a 1500-square foot space, with owner Marlene Gippin focused on bringing a “community-based and affordable” store to the town. Fort Morgan Times A fire broke out on May 27 at Ben Franklin Bookstore in Salem, Mass., causing severe damage to the store and to […]

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REDGroup Fails to Reach Deal With Creditors, Will Stop Taking Stock on June 1

May 30, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

The bankruptcy saga of REDGroup Retail appears to be in its closing stages thanks to a number of developments over the weekend. Administrators Ferrier Hodgson failed to reach an agreement with creditors on a reorganization plan, laid off an additional 34 employees at REDGroup’s Melbourne headquarters, and on Monday informed suppliers that the company’s remaining […]

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