Prince Harry’s Publishers
With the release of the publication date (January 10, 2023), title (Spare) and cover of Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir, Penguin Random House has released additional details of interest to the trade but less covered elsewhere. The acquisition itself is credited to Gina Centrello in the US and Tom Weldon in the UK. Editors for the book are Ben Greenberg at Random House and Bill Scott-Kerr at Transworld. There are licenses in 15 additional languages: Outside of the PRH family, publishers include Politikens (Denmark), Hollands Diep (Netherlands), Otava (Finland), Fayard (France), Pedio Books (Greece), Corvina Books (Hungary), Mondadori (Italy), Marginesy (Poland), […]
Prince Harry’s Memoir Said to be Set for Publication on January 10, 2023
Prince Harry’s long awaited memoir, the subject of near endless speculation and rumor over the past few months, is said to now have a firm publication date of January 10, 2023, “according to industry executives” who spoke to the NYT. Everything else in their story recapitulates previous reporting. The book was originally hoped for in “late 2022.” Netflix reportedly postponed a documentary featuring Harry and his wife Meaghan, produced by the couple’s Archewell Productions and Netflix, originally said to stream in December, following the new season of Netflix’s The Crown. But Netflix continues to insist, “There’s never been any documentary […]
Macmillan Extends Remote-Friendly Work Policy Through the End of 2023
Macmillan announced today that their US trade and shared services division will continue its “hybrid & remote-friendly” work policy all the way through the end of 2023. Employees whose work can be done remotely “have the flexibility to choose the number of days per week they work in the office, or choose to work fully remotely.” CEO Jon Yaged says in the announcement: “Two things are clear: people want flexibility and we continue to live in uncertain times. So, we’ll continue what has been working for us while we spend the next fourteen months evaluating the best way to engage […]
Spotify’s Plans for Audiobook Growth Were Based on Magical Thinking About Apple’s App Store
Spotify has answered for themselves the question about whether their long-touted audiobooks offering will have much impact on the market. The company has struggled to obtain approval from Apple’s app store for their efforts to circumvent the well-known rules around in-app purchases. It turns out if you don’t want to pay Apple their 30 percent commission, you wind up with an awkward process: “The Audiobooks purchase flow that Apple’s rules force us to provide consumers today is far too complicated and confusing.” Spotify seems to think there is something new about this: “This harms not only consumers, but, this time, […]
Prescott Prevails on Primary Charges of Plagiarism By Pasternak
In the long-running case brought in the UK by Boris Pasternak’s great-niece Anna Pasternak against Lara Prescott, author of the novel THE SECRETS WE KEPT, alleging copyright infringement of Pasternak’s nonfiction book Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago, UK Justice Edwin Johnson found in favor of Prescott on all of the major claims. If you are a fan of close textual reading, the dense 149-page ruling is a substantial work that stands on its own. Broadly, Justice Johnson was “satisfied that the defendant used Lara only as a secondary source,” calling it “obvious when one […]