JK Rowling will write the foreword to Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self, edited by Joseph Galliano (Atria) which will be released on October 25. In the foreword Rowling writes that she was touched by the letters’ “commonality … Nearly everyone who wrote, whether their letter is jolly or poignant, seems to have looked back on their younger selves with compassion.” A portion of the book’s proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. USA Today Speaking of USA Today, their Fall Books Preview highlights 31 titles, with special emphasis on upcoming, much-covered titles by Susan Orlean, Colson […]
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Jessica Tribble has been promoted to publisher of Poisoned Pen Press. Tribble has been with the company since 2004 and replaces Robert Rosenwald, who will continue as president, while Barbara Peters will remain editor-in-chief. Melanee Winder has been named sales and marketing director of Hachette New Zealand, effective October 31. She is currently deputy group sales director at Little Brown UK. At Red Sofa Literary, Jennie Goloboy has been promoted to associate literary agent. She will represent paranormal and science fiction/fantasy, children’s middle grade, young adult and some nonfiction (history and biography). Diesel Books has secured a lease for a new […]
eNews: Piracy Monitoring/Takedown Program For Authors & Agents; Personalized eBook Apps for Kids; and More
The Curtis Agency and E-Reads are launching a piracy monitoring and takedown program through a system developed by Muso TNT, in which authors “authorize the antipiracy service to launch search engine ‘spiders’ to crawl over the Internet and detect unauthorized files.” Once files are discovered and stored in a password-protected area, authors and agents can then authorize Muso to send batch DMCA takedown notices. EReads Founders of e-card service JibJab are entering the children’s ebook market through a new personalized iPad app line for kids called JibJab Jr. A one-book-a-month subscription to the JibJab Jr. line will cost $3.99 a […]
Silly Sony, Funny Forrester, and More Serious eNews
Last week a Dutch website appeared to have leaked the specs for Sony‘s next generation of Reader, the PRS-T1. (That landing page is long gone, but MobileRead tracked down a screenshot of the device.) Allegedly priced at 165 euros, the PRS-T1 appears to be a 6″ device with WiFi and a dual-touch eInk screen. In other words, the finest model that mid-2010 had to offer. The prospect of new gadgets always brings out a plethora of speculation, warranted or otherwise. Which is why we’ll always take Forrester Research predictions with the requisite grain of salt, especially on a device – […]
BAMM Gets OK To Take Over Borders Store Leases; Promotes Finley To President & COO
On Monday afternoon in federal bankruptcy court Judge Martin Glenn gave his approval for Books-A-Million to take over 14 of Borders’ store leases by September 20 after some objections, mostly to do with how much money BAMM must pay landlords, were worked out. “I’m glad that everyone was able to work out the objections,” Judge Glenn said, according to a report from Dow Jones. Books-A-Million also announced that Terrance Finley had been promoted to president and coo of the company, replacing Clyde Anderson, who relinquished the role (though he remains ceo and chairman.) Finley was previously EVP & chief merchandising […]
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Grove Atlantic has hired Judy Hottensen, who will rejoin the company as associate publisher, beginning September 6. She spent the past six years at Weinstein Books, most recently as publisher, but was at Grove/Atlantic from 1992 through 2005. Hottensen fills the position vacated earlier this summer by Eric Price. He is pursuing an interest in the visual arts, but will continue to acquire and edit for Grove’s drama list and assist in various operational and financial matters. Elisabeth Schmitz has been promoted to VP, editorial director, and she and publicity director Deb Seager will both serve on Grove/Atlantic’s executive management committee, along […]