Regan McMahon has joined Common Sense Media as book editor, managing their network of book reviewers who provide “information for parents so that they can make great media choices for their families.” McMahon had been a book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and a blogger for the paper’s parenting blog. The TNT television show Rizzoli & Isles, based on the series of books by New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen, has been renewed for a third season. The 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards of $25,000 each, for “women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early […]
Archives for September 2011
Triumph Exits Random House; Bloomsbury Buys Absolute Press
Following the buyback earlier this summer of The Monacelli Press from Random House, sports-focused publisher Triumph Books is also exiting the trade conglomerate to reestablish itself as an independent publisher. President and publisher Mitch Rogatz is buying the company back with the help of an unidentified investor, effective September 1. Random House purchased the unit, which was founded in 1989, in 2006. The newly independent Triumph will be distributed by Independent Publishers Group (IPG). In acquisitions, Bloomsbury has acquired cooking publisher Absolute Press. Specialist publisher Janet Murphy will manage the unit at Bloomsbury, along with the nautical, sports and natural […]
Briefs: JK Rowling Anthology Intro; USA Today Fall Books Preview; and More
JK Rowling will write the foreword to Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self, edited by Joseph Galliano (Atria) which will be released on October 25. In the foreword Rowling writes that she was touched by the letters’ “commonality … Nearly everyone who wrote, whether their letter is jolly or poignant, seems to have looked back on their younger selves with compassion.” A portion of the book’s proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. USA Today Speaking of USA Today, their Fall Books Preview highlights 31 titles, with special emphasis on upcoming, much-covered titles by Susan Orlean, Colson […]