At S&S Children’s, Hannah Buchsbaum has joined Little Simon as associate editor. Previously she was at Disney Press. Michael Rediker is joining Books-a-Million as corporate development analyst, responsible for identifying, analyzing and implementing strategic corporate initiatives within the organization, including new business growth opportunities. He will report to evp James Turner. He was most recently with the investment banking firm Paces Battle Group. Author Maeve Binchy, 72, died after what was reported as a short illness. Ireland’s RTE says she sold over 40 million books in 42 languages. Ireland’s president Michael Higgins called her “an outstanding novelist, short story writer and columnist” and […]
Authors
HMH Halts Publication of IMAGINE After Jonah Lehrer Acknowledges Fabricating Bob Dylan Quotes
More than a month after admitting to recycling material from previous articles into his New Yorker blog posts, Jonah Lehrer has resigned from the magazine, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has taken ebook editions of Lehrer’s newest book IMAGINE, published last April, off the market, halted shipment of physical copies, and is “exploring further options” with respect to IMAGINE’s continuing publication. The latest developments emerged after a report in Tablet demonstrated Lehrer fabricated a number of quotes attributed to Bob Dylan in IMAGINE, and that he obfuscated the truth to journalist Michael Moynihan for several weeks before finally admitting to the […]
People, Etc.: Atria Partners With Short Books on Marble Arch Press
In its first international co-publishing agreement, Atria will publish approximately 12 titles annually in print and digital formats from UK publisher Short Books’ list under the banner Marble Arch Press. The fall list will launch with The J M Barrie Ladies’ Swimming Society by Barbara J Zitwer, The House on Paradise Street by Sofka Zinovieff, and For the Love of Letters by John O’Connell. Atria executive vp and publisher Judith Curr said in the announcement: “Even as digital distribution and marketing take on ever-greater importance in our industry, quality content remains the driving force in successful publishing. The Short Books […]
Booker Longlist Announced
The Booker Prize announced its longlist of a dozen books. The list will be winnowed to six on September 11, with the winner announced on October 16. The full list, including US publishers where applicable, or known: The Yips by Nicola Barker (Fourth Estate) The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman (Sceptre/Bloomsbury, March 2013) Philida by André Brink (Harvill Secker) The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon Books/Weinstein Books, Fall 2012) Skios by Michael Frayn (Faber & Faber/Metropolitan) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Doubleday/Random House) Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (And Other Stories) Bring […]
Briefs: RH UK Adds Digital Distribution Service; S&S Downplays PR for Posnanski Bio of Paterno; Rudin, Diller “Exploring” eBooks; And More
Random House UK‘s distribution unit–which include The Book Service and Grantham Book Services–is partnering with ePubDirect to offer a digital distribution service. It “includes e-book storage” and “global distribution in multiple formats to a growing list of customers which allows current access to over 1,000 e-tailers worldwide, and over 25,000 libraries.” ePubDirect CEO Gareth Cuddy says, “I am hugely excited about this agreement with Random House Distribution through TBS and GBS. We have developed our expertise over the last number of years working with many leading publishers and we know that Publisher sales thrive when fuelled by speed, innovation, reach […]
People, Etc.
Margaret Mahy, 76, author of more than 120 books for children and winner of numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, died Monday in Christchurch, NZ after a brief illness. NZ Herald obit Left-wing journalist, editor of Counterpunch and author Alexander Cockburn, 71, died Saturday in Bad Salzhausen, Germany after a two year battle with cancer. NYT obit At Penguin Children’s UK, Eric Huang has been promoted to new business and IP acquisitions director, reporting to Francesca Dow. Paul Biba has resigned from TeleRead after more than five years as contributor and then editor of […]