The forthcoming stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, scripted by Aaron Sorkin and produced by Scott Rudin, is slated to open on Broadway this fall. The production’s opening is now in question after Harper Lee’s estate — represented by Tonja B. Carter — sued Rudin’s production company Rudinplay in an Alabama Federal court, claiming that Sorkin’s script violates an agreement that “the play shall not derogate or depart in any manner from the spirit of the novel nor alter its characters.” Harper Lee licensed Rudin an option to produce a new stage adaptation of MOCKINGBIRD on June […]
Archives for March 2018
Barnes & Noble Preserves Their Dividend, Investors Respond
After warning on their quarterly earnings investor call that the company board would “review the upcoming dividend payment,” Barnes & Noble announced Wednesday after the close of the market that the board had in fact approved another standard dividend of 15 cents a share. After approving a budget for fiscal 2019, which begins in the middle of this calendar year, the company also declared guidance of EBITDA “in a range of $175 million to $200 million” for the coming year. They said that EBITDA would “grow through improved sales trends and expense reductions.” In January, the company had reduced earnings guidance […]
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Leslie Meredith has joined Mary Evans as a literary agent, representing memoirs and works on psychology, science, health, nature, animal behavior, spirituality, and mind-body-spirit. She was most recently an editor for 15 years at Simon & Schuster imprints Atria and Free Press. Flatiron Books publisher Amy Einhorn has been promoted to executive vice president, now with all of editorial, both fiction and nonfiction, reporting to her. Melissa Edwards will provide consultation services under MLE Consulting, her new publishing contract service for literary agents and authors, while continuing as literary agent at Stonesong. Serena Longo has been promoted to marketing and events manager for […]
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Stephanie Smirnov has joined Scholastic as evp, head of global corporate communications, reporting jointly to chairman, president, and ceo Richard Robinson and chief strategy officer Iole Lucchese. Smirnov was previously managing director, brand practice at Edelman New York and ceo for the US region of DeVries Global. The Authors Guild elected Monique Truong, author of The Book of Salt and Bitter in the Mouth, as vice president. D.T. Max, author of Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, has joined the governing council as a member. Chelsea Handler and Daniel Novack have each been named senior counsel for Penguin Random House. Publisher […]
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Tina Jordan has left her position as vice president of AAP after 12 years, to “temporarily explore her lifelong passion of becoming a professional surfer.” BookEnds Literary has launched a children’s division, BookEnds, Jr. Miles Franklin Award-winning crime writer (and Gold Dagger honoree) Peter Temple, 71, died on Thursday of cancer. Forthcoming Candlewick will publish two-time Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo‘s eighth middle-grade novel, LOUISIANA’S WAY, returning to the world of Raymie Nightingale, globally on October 2, 2018. Awards The Booker International Prize announced its 13-book longlist, with the shortlist to be announced on April 12 and the winner to […]
Little, Brown Postpones Paperback of Alexie Memoir
On Sunday, a spokesperson at Hachette Book Group indicated in a statement that the planned April 24 release of the paperback edition of Sherman Alexie’s memoir You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me has been postponed “at Mr. Alexie’s request.” The company said: “We were surprised and troubled to hear the allegations that have recently emerged, and are concerned about the distress this situation has caused so many. We’re encouraged that Sherman Alexie has apologized to those he has hurt and has dedicated himself, as he’s said, to becoming ‘a healthier man who makes healthier decisions.'” The company added, “We will be keeping Mr. […]