Kate Hamill is leaving her position as editor at It Books/HarperCollins, where she acquired the #1 NYT bestseller SH*T MY DAD SAYS, to join the business development team of the social publishing and reading site Scribd. Her last day is tomorrow. Going forward, she can be reached at kate@scribd.com. Joe Gores, a three-time Edgar Award winner and most recently, the author of SPADE AND ARCHER, the authorized prequel to THE MALTESE FALCON, died Monday. He was 79 and had been in poor health in recent years. A memorial mass will be held on Friday January 21 at 11:30 a.m. at […]
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has hired Andi Sporkin for the new position of vp, communications, reporting to president Tom Allen. Sporkin will “develop and direct integrated communications, external outreach and marketing for AAP’s advocacy efforts.” Her responsibilities will include legal, legislative and regulatory communications; media relations; industry branding initiatives; public affairs; and management of AAP’s Communications team. Sporkin was vp, communications at NPR from 2005-2008, worked for CBS for 13 years, and also led communications divisions at Disney and Sony Pictures. National Book Network has eliminated six positions in their sales force, which company head Jed Lyons says […]
Author News: Salinger Estate Settles With Colting; Coehlo Books Banned in Iran; and More
On December 7, the JD Salinger Estate quietly settled with Frederik Colting, author of the unauthorized Catcher in The Rye sequel 60 Years Later. According to the agreement, Colting will be prevented “from manufacturing, publishing, distributing, shipping, advertising, promoting, selling, or otherwise disseminating any copy of the book 60 Years Later, by Fredrik Colting writing under the name of J.D. California, or any portion thereof, in or to the United States.” Colting is, however, free to sell the book in international territories, and PW reports that is the case in at least a half-dozen countries.PWSettlement agreement Paulo Coehlo accused Iran, […]
Top Children’s Awards Go to Vanderpool and Stead
The ALA presented their many Youth Media Awards this morning on the closing day of their winter meeting in San Diego. (Thanks to the organizers for the live webcast of this year’s presentation.) The Newbery medal went to MOON OVER MANIFEST, by Clare Vanderpool; the Caldecott went to A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGHEE, illustrated by Erin Stead, and written by Philip Stead. Among other honorees, Tomie dePaola won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for “a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.” For the complete list of medalists and honor books, check the ALA site here.
People, Awards, Etc.: Cavin, Orson Scott Card, PM Hires, and More
Mystery book editor for Thomas Dunne Books Ruth Cavin, 92, died yesterday morning. She is remembered by longtime family friend Mike Shatzkin on his blog, who notes “what is unique about Ruth’s career is that she didn’t become an editor until she was past her 60th birthday and didn’t start her more than two decades at St. Martin’s until she was 70.” Also remarkable is Macmillan’s efforts to help Cavin keep coming to the office.Post Orson Scott Card‘s website reports that he suffered a “mild stroke” on New Year’s “He is now back home, retraining his brain so that the […]
Florida Arrests Self-Published Pedophilia Author on Obscenity Charges
Phillip Greaves was extradited from Colorado to Florida, where he faces third-degree felony obscenity charges for mailing his self-published book The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure. Florida Sheriff Grady Judd says, “I was outraged by the content. It was clearly a manifesto on how to sexually batter children … You just can’t believe how absolutely disgusting it was.” Greaves mailed a book to undercover detectives, and said it was his last copy. The volume was the focus on protests when it was found for sale on Amazon last month. But as John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Dennis […]