Editor Charlie Conrad, 61, died on November 21 from complications of ALS. Throughout his career, he held positions at New American Library, Warner Books, Doubleday, Broadway, Crown, Penguin, and Berkley. He edited Frances Mayes and Jon Krakauer, as well as THE LAST DUEL, adapted into a 2021 film, and THE TERMINAL SPY, which is slated to become an HBO series. In a statement, PRH said, “Conrad was a beloved colleague by all. [He] was a voracious reader and consumer of magazines and newspapers (he preferred old-school print), a lover of music, good food and wine, and an avid NPR listener. […]
Archives for November 2021
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UK Judge Allows Ambramovich’s Libel Suit Against Harper to Move Forward
Last week UK High Court Mrs Justice Tipples made a preliminary ruling that allows Roman Abramovich’s libel lawsuit against HarperCollins and author Catherine Belton over the book PUTIN’S PEOPLE to proceed to trial. The judgment was limited to analysis of “the meaning of the passages” that Abramovich’s alleges are libelous, to “determine the impression that would have been conveyed to the ordinary reasonable reader.” Mrs Justice Tipples found that the book asserts “the claimant is under the control of President Vladimir Putin and, on the directions of President Putin and the Kremlin, he has had to make the fortune from […]
Mark Your Calendars For Discuss Guest Retha Powers, Editor-at-Large, Henry Holt
Join editor Retha Powers online at this Publishers Marketplace link Wednesday, December 1 at noon Eastern for your chance to get the inside scoop on publishing from an editor’s point of view, how she works with agents and authors, how she evaluates submissions, and more. The latest guest on our Discuss forum, Retha acquired Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s My Monticello, already making many of the best of 2021 lists. She is also assistant director of the Publishing Certificate Program at the City College of New York. Just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Retha […]
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Mary Beech will join Scholastic as chief marketing & transformation officer, starting January 1, 2022. She was previously an independent director on Scholastic's Board since 2018.
Former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper Sues DoD for “Improperly” Redacting His Memoir
Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper sued the Department of Defense in a Washington, DC District Court for “improperly” blocking parts of his memoir, A Sacred Oath, an account of his time working for President Trump. William Morrow has the book scheduled for publication on May 10, 2022. Esper is the latest in a line of former DOD officials — including retired General Stanley McChrystal and retired Navy Commander Guy Snodgrass — to claim that his pre-publication review was taking an unusually long time,. “He stayed in regular contact to ensure a timely review was occurring and requested specific deadlines for the […]