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 Mallory created. The update was acknowledged at the top of Wednesday’s Books Briefing newsletter, in addition to the customary note at the bottom of the piece on the NYT website. A person connected to Mallory told PL that the NYT did not seek out the […]
Authors
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 cited as quotations in the text. This, too, will be fixed.” Additionally, Abramson wrote: “I wouldn’t want even a misplaced comma so I will promptly fix these footnotes and quotations as I have corrected other material that Vice contested.” She noted, “The book is over […]
People, Etc.
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 due to move up to a two-year term as ABA president, and Graham is nominated to serve as ABA vice president/secretary. Jennifer Murphy has joined the American Psychological Association’s Magination Press as assistant marketing manager. Most recently she was marketing coordinator at Harper Collins. Author […]
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The late J.D. Salinger’s son Matt Salinger confirmed to the Guardian that the author left behind a significant body of unpublished work after his death in 2010 which the estate has been working to prepare for publication.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 of the job, he knew it would take a long time. This was somebody who was writing for 50 years without publishing, so that’s a lot of material. So there’s not a reluctance or a protectiveness: when it’s ready, we’re going to share it.” As […]
People, Etc.
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 president, publicity, and Heather Dalton, vice president, marketing. At Chronicle Books, Madison Killen has been promoted to digital marketing manager, children’s; Jennifer Yim moves up to marketing and publicity coordinator, children’s; and Jenna Homen is now digital marketing manager, Adult. At Random House Children’s, Kelly McGauley has […]
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 the section that exempts a “specified service trade or business” (SSTB) from taking the new business deduction if the person’s taxable income exceeds $157,500 (or $315,000 for a married couple filing jointly). Among the exempted fields are “the provision of services” in the “performing arts” […]