Julia Haav has joined Yale University Press as publicist. She was previously publicist in the New York offices of Europa Editions. At Chronicle Books, Emily Haynes has been promoted to senior editor, entertainment. Andrea Au Levitt has joined Reader’s Digest as a senior editor, acquiring and developing health and food books. She was projects director, Prevention Books at Rodale. Lara Hancock will move to Simon & Schuster UK Children’s as editorial director for picture books and novelty in early May. She is currently publishing director for picture books and gift at Egmont UK. The PEN American Center has elected Peter […]
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez eBooks Available Through Co-Venture Between Leer-e and Random House Mondadori
On the eve of his 85th birthday Tuesday, Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s international bestseller 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE is now available in ebook format in multiple Spanish-speaking countries thanks to a co-publishing arrangement between Garcia Marquez’s longtime print publisher Random House Mondadori and Spanish ebook company Leer-e. It’s the fourth book by Garcia Marquez to be published in a digital edition, as CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD, LIVING TO TELL THE TALE, and THE STORY OF A SHIPWRECKED SAILOR were previously released in November 2010. (The digital list price for SOLITUDE is 5.82 euros before tax, and is available […]
Cheryl Strayed’s Wild Tops April Indie Next List
Here are the April picks: #1. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheyrl Strayed The Cove: A Novel, by Ron Rash The Book of Jonas: A Novel, by Stephen Dau Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d’Art, by Christopher Moore Angelmaker: A Novel, by Nick Harkaway The Gods of Gotham: A Novel, by Lyndsay Faye The Beginner’s Goodbye: A Novel, by Anne Tyler The Book of Madness and Cures: A Novel, by Regina O’Melveny The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac: A Novel, by Kris D’Agostino Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son, by Anne Lamott, […]
Doubts About Veracity Cloud Deborah Feldman Memoir
Deborah Feldman’s memoir UNORTHODOX, detailing her Satmar Hasidic upbringing and how she eventually broke from it a few years ago, was no stranger to controversy even before its February 14 publication date. Close-knit communities are almost never happy about having their customs aired to a larger public, especially by someone, like Feldman, whose book details many grievances she had with her onetime way of life. Prominent appearances on “The View” and a feature article in the New York Post likely exacerbated matters. But post-publication a number of serious charges have emerged as to whether UNORTHODOX stretched the truth on multiple […]
Controlling Share In Agatha Christie Estate Sold to Acorn Media
As part of the unwinding of Britain’s Chorion, Washington, DC-based Acorn Media Group has purchased Chorion’s 64 percent interest in Agatha Christie Limited, calling it “the most important deal in the company’s history.” The Christie estate includes over 80 novels and stories, 19 plays, almost 40 TV movies, “and many more TV and feature films in development.” Acorn is “the leading distributor of British TV on home video in the US.” Chorion bought their rights to the Christie Estate in 1998 for 10 million pounds. The Christie family retains its 36 percent holding and Mathew Prichard, Agatha Christie’s grandson, remains […]
Rowling Will Publish This Year (and Settled With Christopher Little)
Further to yesterday morning’s announcement of JK Rowling’s new novel, which did include release timing, Rowling herself told the Twitter the book will be “out later this year.” Agent Neil Blair confirms to the WSJ “that he negotiated directly with Little, Brown in the UK for world English rights rather than offering the title for auction,” which is what we inferred, but apparently has surprised some people. Little-noticed was last month’s preamble to yesterday’s announcement: The Daily Mail “was informed” by London-based reputation and crisis-management firm Project Associates that Rowling settled with former agent Christopher Little. The statement indicated that […]