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Briefs: Harper Will Convert DIESEL Books Into Temporary Record Store To Promote Chabon Novel; Nook Device Prices Drop; And More

August 13, 2012
By Sarah Weinman

As part of its extensive marketing campaign for Michael Chabon’s forthcoming novel TELEGRAPH AVENUE, Harper will convert the Oakland branch of California independent Diesel Books into Brokeland Records — which is the record store co-owned by the main characters in Chabon’s book — between September 7 and 14, the WSJ reports. The store, which will […]

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People

August 8, 2012
By Sarah Weinman

Ryan Doherty will move over to Spiegel & Grau as senior editor. He is currently an editor for Ballantine and Random House Trade Paperbacks, and will continue to oversee film tie-in projects for all of Random House Publishing Group. At Berkley, Leis Pederson has been promoted to editor. Lisa Grubka will join Fletcher & Company […]

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People, Etc.: Nora Ephron Dies

June 27, 2012
By Sarah Weinman

Screenwriter, filmmaker and author Nora Ephron, 71, died Tuesday night in a Manhattan hospital from complications of the blood disorder myelodysplasia, diagnosed six years ago. She was equally known for writing and directing films such as SILKWOOD (1983) WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) and, most recently, JULIE AND JULIA (2009) as she was for her […]

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Initiatives: Faber In Audio Co-Venture with Canongate; Hay House Enrolls Bloggers

May 18, 2012
By Michael Cader

In the UK, Faber has entered in an audio co-publishing venture with Canongate (which acquired audio publisher CSA in 2010). Canongate will produce and sell audio editions of up to about a dozen Faber titles annually, the Bookseller reports. (Faber will continue to publish audio versions of their poetry books independently.) In the US, Hay […]

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People, Etc.

January 31, 2012
By Sarah Weinman

At Kirkus Media, vp business development Meg LaBorde Kuehn has been promoted to chief operating officer, part of the company’s expansion into new lines of business, including digital marketing solutions for publishers and a growing suite of services for unpublished and self-published authors. Kuehn will report to company president Marc Winkelman and lead the business […]

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Samples for the Holidays

December 14, 2011
By Michael Cader

Both Hachette Book Group and Penguin have released free holiday sampler ebooks. (The metadata for each is a little strange depending upon which ebookstore you check. At Amazon, HBG‘s is sub-tagged as “Fiction > Action & Adventure.” At Barnes & Noble, Penguin‘s is listed as “age range: 12 years.”) For a mighty digital list price […]

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