The New York Times’ February 14 story about allegations that Dan Mallory’s bestselling The Woman in the Window might have plagiarized Sarah Denzil’s Saving April received a prominent update on Tuesday. The revision, which “include[s] additional relevant information that Mr. Mallory’s lawyer and agent provided to The Times after publication,” contains information about initial outlines…
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Abramson Will Add Quotations to Some Passages and Fix Notes
Jill Abramson told the AP that she found some errors in her book MERCHANTS OF TRUTH that she intends to correct: “The notes don’t match up with the right pages in a few cases, and this was unintentional and will be promptly corrected. The language is too close in some cases and should have been…
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The ABA’s board has recommend Jenny Cohen of Waucoma Bookstore in Hood River, OR to join the board of directors for the first time, and Kris Kleindienst, Chris Morrow, and Bradley Graham were all nominated for additional, three-year terms. Per their usual protocol, ABA vice president Jamie Fiocco of Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC is…
Yes, More Salinger Is Coming, and No, Not Soon
The late J.D. Salinger’s son Matt Salinger confirmed to the Guardian that the author left behind a significant body of unpublished work after his death in 2010 which the estate has been working to prepare for publication. “It’s not ready,” Matt Salinger says. “He wanted me to pull it together, and because of the scope…
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Another Crown employee gets a new assignment, as Donna Passannante moves to Penguin Random House Audio on February 4 as senior vice president, marketing & publicity, reporting to president & publisher, Amanda D’Acierno. She was vice president & executive director, marketing at at the Crown Publishing Group. Newly reporting to Passannante are Katie Punia, vice…
Final IRS Guidance On Business Tax Break Favors Publishing Professionals, Except for “Performing Arts” Licenses
On Friday the Treasury Department issued “final regulations and other guidance” to help clarify the application of last year’s tax cut for many owners of sole proprietorships, partnerships, trusts, and S corporations. One closely-watched provision for high-earning authors and other creators, as well as independent publishing professionals such as agents, scouts, publicists and others, is…