WorldNetDaily Buys Publisher World Ahead World Ahead Media has been acquired by conservative Internet news site WorldNetDaily, which had been its partner on the WND Books imprint. Founded in 2004, World Ahead’s authors have included Jerome Corsi and Kathleen Willey. WND’s own books list, started in 2002, has included titles by Michael Savage. World Ahead will change its name to WND Books and the company’s ceo Eric Jackson will retain that title for the book line while also becoming evp of strategy for the parent company. World Ahead vp Norman Book will become WND’s evp of operation. (Jackson and Book […]
Lunch for Wednesday, January 23
Beah and Reporters at Odds Author Ishmael Beah released an adamant statement yesterday in response to a series of articles in The Australian defending every aspect of his book, and accusing the man who led to the Australian’s investigation and the paper’s reporters of “defamation” and of “us[ing] innuendo against me when there is no fact. Though apparently, they believe anything they are told — unless it comes from me or supports my account. Sad to say, my story is all true.… I was right about my family. I am right about my story. This is not something one gets […]
Ishmael Beah's Statement
Ishamel Beah’s Statement For months I told Bob Lloyd and The Australians reporter, Shelley Gare, through my publisher, my agent, and my adoptive mother, that unfortunately they were wrong, that the man they claimed was my father was not my father, and that my mother and brothers were not alive, as Lloyd claimed. Last week, when The Australiansent reporters to my home in Sierra Leone, they were forced to acknowledge that this has been a hoax. Now The Australians reporters are trying to raise questions about the dates in my book, A Long Way Gone, regarding when the war came […]
Lunch for Tuesday, January 22
Australian Paper Finds Errors in Beah’s Memoir This weekend The Australian published findings from an extensive investigation into Ishmael Beah’s memoir A LONG WAY GONE, concluding that he was older than he claimed when he was forced to serve in the Sierre Leone army and that he probably only fought for two or three months rather than the two years described in the book. The second page of Beah’s book says, “The first time that I was touched by war I was 12. It was in January 1993.” The paper writes: “But the event he goes on to describe did […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, January 21
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Samantha Harvey’s THE WILDERNESS, about a sixty year old man’s struggle […]
Lunch for Friday, January 18
Personnel News Editorial director of Harcourt’s paperback imprint Harvest Books Tina Pohlman will join Spiegel & Grau as senior editor, hardcovers, and editorial director, paperbacks. Pohlman will start on February 11, reporting to Cindy Spiegel and Julie Grau. Pershing Square Capital Management partner Richard McGuire has joined the board of directors at Borders Group. In the international sales department at HarperCollins, Samantha Hagerbaumer has been promoted to associate director, international sales & marketing and Meredith Greenhouse has been promoted to associate director, international sales. Eryn Wade moves over from the children’s marketing department to the new position of international marketing […]