Allen Guelzo has won the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History for GETTYSBURG: The Last Invasion (Knopf). The $50,000 prize was announced Monday night at a ceremony held at the New-York Historical Society. The Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists were announced this morning, with the winners to be named on June 23. Anne Fine, Rebecca Stead, and Susan Cooper landed on the Carnegie list, while Jon Klassen appears twice on the Greenaway shortlist for THIS IS NOT MY HAT and THE DARK (text by Lemony Snicket). Onetime bestselling weight-loss “guru” and infomercial staple Kevin Trudeau was sentenced to 10 […]
Archives for March 2014
Pastor Mark Driscoll Apologizes for Using Result Source to Manipulate Bestseller Lists
You may have already been following the story in which it was revealed earlier this month that Result Source was hired by the Mars Hill Church in Seattle to manipulate bestseller lists on behalf on their Pastor Mark Driscoll’s book REAL MARRIAGE (co-authored with his wife). At first, a church spokesman defended the move: “Mars Hill has made marketing investments for book releases and sermon series, along with album releases, events, and church plants, much like many other churches, authors, and publishers who want to reach a large audience. We will explore any opportunity that helps us to get that message […]
Judge Rules Open Road Infringed HarperCollins’ Right to License eBook of “Julie of the Wolves”
Last Friday US District Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald granted summary judgment in favor of HarperCollins in their lawsuit brought in late 2011 against Open Road over the epublisher’s publication of JULIE OF THE WOLVES in ebook form. Judge Buchwald writes that, “Based on a plain reading of the contractual language, we hold that the 1971 contract grants HarperCollins the exclusive right to license third parties to publish e-book versions of Julie of the Wolves.” She finds that is “a right which was infringed by Open Road in its unlicensed e-book publication of Julie of the Wolves.” The judge has […]
People
Jostling for talent among the big literary agencies continues. Just as Kirby Kim joins Janklow, Nesbit from WME, Alexandra Machinist is leaving Janklow, Nesbit after 3 years with the agency for ICM Partners. Department co-leader Sloan Harris says “Alexandra’s impeccable taste and commitment to building her clients’ careers has enabled her to represent an incredibly diverse and successful list. The other co-leader Esther Newberg adds, “She is a highly respected agent in the publishing community, and her experience in representing all types of genres will make her a valuable asset to our publications team.” At Disney-Hyperion, Rotem Moscovich has been promoted to […]
Hastings Shareholder Offers to Merge Company With Supplier
Multimedia entertainment retailer Hastings, which has been in steady financial decline for years, has entered into a merger agreement with a company owned by Joel Weinshanker, who already owns a 12 percent stake in Hastings and runs National Entertainment Collectibles Association, a key supplier of movie, book and video game merchandise and collectibles to Hastings for more than a decade. Under the terms of the deal, valued at $21.4 million or $3 a share (a 50 percent premium on the closing share price at the end of last week) Hastings would be merged with Hendrix Acquisition Corp under the parent company […]
Awards: Self-Published Cookbook Takes Top Honors, and More
The self-published STONE EDGE FARM COOKBOOK, from the Sonoma, CA farm and vineyard of the same name, won the IACP‘s Cookbook of the Year award, along with honors as best first book. The illustrated $60 book appears to be available for sale only directly through the farm. The cookbook awards in approximately 20 categories included an award for best ecookbook, presented to THE JOURNEY, which is “the first edition in the Alta Editions Cooking Series.” With recipes from chefs Katy Sparks, Alex Raij, Maneet Chauhan, Rita Sodi and Kathleen Squires, the series is actually presented as a $1.99 a month subscription. […]