Digital Book World Week is here and while nothing takes the place of being there, the organizers have introduced a new paid livestream option for those who can’t make it to New York for the event on January 16 and 17. The livestream subscription includes the morning keynotes both days, as well as 3 afternoon breakout sessions each day. Details and registration for the livestream only are here. Regular DBW attendees will have full access to the streamed and recorded content through the end of the month, along with their choice of over 50 sessions across two days–show registration is […]
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People: RHPG Decentralizes Trade Paperback Publishing, von Mehren Exits
Random House Publishing Group announced Friday that it will “decentralize” trade paperback publishing. Going forward, individual publishers and imprints will manage their own trade paperbacks, “allowing each title’s original publication team to focus on and publish the book through its full life cycle: hardcover, eBook, and paperback.” As a result of the “decentralized” restructure, svp, publisher trade paperbacks Jane von Mehren is leaving the company after more than eight years. RHPG president and publisher Gina Centrello commended von Mehren for turning Random House trade paperbacks “into a driving force in the industry with an impressive track record in a broad […]
It’s Team of Rivals Vs. Life of Pi In Top Oscar Nominations
The Academy Award candidates were announced Thursday morning, and LINCOLN (based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s TEAM OF RIVALS) topped the list with 12 nominations, followed by LIFE OF PI, based on Yann Martel’s novel, with 11. Both are Best Picture nominees, along with three other titles based on books: ARGO — based on Antonio Mendez’s book of the same name, published in September by Viking LES MISERABLES THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK — based on Matthew Quick’s novel
New for Children: Another Scholastic Original Series
Also forthcoming is a new “multi-platform” house-created series from Scholastic, in the vein of their successful 39 Clues and Infinity Ring lines. SPIRIT ANIMALS is their first fantasy series in this format, and it launches September 10, 2013, with the first title–WILD BORN–written by Brandon Mull and another in January 2014 by Maggie Stiefvater. The series “centers around the fantasy world of Erdas where children who come of age go through a ritual to determine if they have a ‘spirit animal,’ a rare bond between human and beast that bestows great powers to both. Four children from different cultures undergo […]
New and Forthcoming: Fifty Shades Hardcovers, USA Today Picks, and More
Random House’s Doubleday imprint will issue hardcover editions (at $26.95 each) of EL James’s Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy on January 29. They are starting with a total of 200,000 copies of the three hardcovers–compared to sales of over 35 million units in the US so far for the paperbacks and ebook editions, and 65 million units worldwide. Vintage/Anchor’s Anne Messitte says in the announcement, “As interest in the Fifty Shades trilogy has grown, readers have been asking for hardcover editions of the books. These new hardcovers include unique production elements, making them the ultimate collector’s editions for readers of […]
People, Etc.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has hired Brook Colangelo as their chief information officer, reporting to ceo Linda Zecher. Colangelo has been CIO for American in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America since 2009. Antony Topping has been named managing director of UK literary agency Greene & Heaton, where he has worked since 1995. Carol Heaton will continue as chairman, and Nicola Barr has been appointed to the agency’s board of directors. Heaton said in a statement “I am delighted by our new structure. Antony has built up a splendid list while demonstrating real leadership qualities. […]