Apple announced this morning that they will start taking pre-orders in the US for the iPad on March 12, and the unit will arrive a few days later than originally planned, on April 3. (That’s for wi-fi models; 3G units will come in late April.) The company says that “all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.”Release In other device news, the WSJ reports on plans by Sony to introduce “a portable device that shares characteristics of netbooks, electronic-book readers and handheld-game machines” later this year […]
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Grand Central’s romance imprint Forever will expand from 36 titles per year to 48 in in 2011. As part of that expansion, Selina McLemore has been promoted to senior editor and will become second-in-command to editorial director Amy Pierpont. Alex Logan has been promoted to associate editor, adding romance authors to her list as well as acquiring more for GCP and 5 Spot. Biographer and director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library Jean Strouse has won the first BIO Award, to be given each year by the Biographers […]
The April 2010 Indie Next Picks
I Thought You Were Dead by Peter NelsonThe Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo GiordanoMatterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl MarlantesThe Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy WebbBite Me: A Love Story by Christopher MooreSecret Daughter: A Novel by Shilpi Somaya GowdaA Murderous Procession by Ariana FranklinSolar by Ian McEwanThe Creation of Eve by Lynn CullenThe Spellmans Strike Again: A Novel by Lisa Lutz31 Bond Street: A Novel by Ellen HoranNowhere to Run by C.J. BoxThe Bride Collector by Ted DekkerWhiter Than Snow by Sandra DallasAnthill by E. O. WilsonEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New […]
BEA to Feature Grisham, Rice, Stewart and More
BookExpo America (BEA) has announced authors and speakers for this year’s convention. The Thursday breakfast packs John Grisham and Condoleeza Rice and Mary Roach along with emcee Jon Stewart (in conjunction with fall publication of The Daily Show Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race). Sara Gruen is among the Thursday luncheon authors for her delayed second novel Ape House, and Sarah Ferguson will be among the Wednesday children’s breakfast authors. Author featured authors include Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Christopher Hitchens, Patton Oswalt, Richard Peck, and Mitali Perkins. BEA says they are adding a third on-the-floor […]
Blair Memoir Set for September
Random House will publish former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s book TONY BLAIR: THE JOURNEY this September, via Hutchinson in the UK and Knopf and Knopf Canada in North America. The company says rights have been sold in twelve territories. (They acquired rights in October 2007.) Random UK ceo Gail Rebuck promises in the announcement that “his book is frank, open, revealing, and written in an intimate and accessible style. As an account of the nature and uses of power, it will have a readership that extends well beyond politics, to all those who want to understand the challenge of […]
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At Atlantic Books, Margaret Stead will join the company in late April as editorial director. She was previously editorial director of The Harvill Press. Current editorial director Caroline Knight has resigned, by will continue to work for the company after relocating to Kent. Barnes & Noble announced the winners of the 2009 Discover Great New Writers awards: Playwright Victor Lodato‘s debut novel MATHILDA SAVITCH (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and Dave Cullen‘s COLUMBINE (Twelve). Daniyal Mueenuddin won The Story Prize for his collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Chicago’s citywide reading program is still going strong, naming Colm Tobin‘s BROOKLYN as […]