Tor Books announced publication dates for the “commercial editions” of the four novels that Brandon Sanderson first offered through his massive nearly $42 million Kickstarter campaign. Tor’s editions will release three months after each “premium edition” is delivered to Kickstarter backers. (Gollancz will publish in the UK.) Significantly, Tor is only announcing print, hardcover editions at this time. eBook and audiobook versions are only available through Kickstarter. Tor will publish quarterly, starting with TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA on April 4, 2023.
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Prince Harry’s Memoir Said to be Set for Publication on January 10, 2023
Prince Harry’s long awaited memoir, the subject of near endless speculation and rumor over the past few months, is said to now have a firm publication date of January 10, 2023, “according to industry executives” who spoke to the NYT. Everything else in their story recapitulates previous reporting. The book was originally hoped for in “late 2022.” Netflix reportedly postponed a documentary featuring Harry and his wife Meaghan, produced by the couple’s Archewell Productions and Netflix, originally said to stream in December, following the new season of Netflix’s The Crown. But Netflix continues to insist, “There’s never been any documentary […]
Wylie Reports on Rushdie’s Wounds, Tells Tales About The Trial
Spanish newspaper El Pais interviewed Andrew Wylie at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where he reported the sad news that Salman Rushdie has “lost the sight of one eye” and “one hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut.” Wylie underscored, “it was a brutal attack” and Rushdie “has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso.” More broadly, the full interview is classic Wylie. He provides a colorful account of what he believes he said in court during the Penguin Random House antitrust trial: “The mistake the Department of Justice made was they were talking about […]
Hoover’s New Novel Sold Over 800,000 Units on Opening Day
Colleen Hoover’s IT STARTS WITH US sold over 800,000 units in the US on its publication day, Tuesday, October 18, publisher Atria reported. That includes considerable pre-orders, along with sales across all major formats (print, ebooks, and digital audiobooks). Atria printed 2.5 million copies, across four printings, and said the book “was the most pre-ordered novel in Simon & Schuster history.” Update: NPD Bookscan subsequently recorded opening week sales of 809,000 hardcovers alone through the outlets that they track.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, Forthcoming from Norton, Wins Booker Prize
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. A creator of rock songs, screenplays and travel stories as well, Karunatilaka’s debut novel, Chinaman (published in the US by Graywolf as The Legend of Pradeep Mathew), won the Commonwealth Prize in 2011. Norton bought North American rights to Seven Moons at auction shortly before the shortlist was announced, and currently has trade paperback publication scheduled for November 1. Independent press Sort of Books published in the UK, and Karunatilaka is represented by David Godwin Agency. In the spring, Little Brown UK […]
Memorial: Joan Didion
Knopf will hold a celebration of the life of Joan Didion on Wednesday, September 21, beginning at 5 PM, in New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue. Speakers will include Hilton Als, Gov. Jerry Brown, Griffin Dunne, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Susanna Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, David Remnick, Patti Smith, Jia Tolentino, Calvin Trillin, and Kevin Young. The service is open to the public and a livestream will be hosted on the Cathedral’s website as well. Didion died on December 23 at the age of 87.