Brendan Deneen is leaving Macmillan to join “multi-platform production company” Assemble Media as president of literary and IP development, still working on both publishing and film/TV: “I look forward to working with authors, agents and publishers on book ideas, and tracking the publishing world for material that would make fantastic, commercial films and television shows,…
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Oprah Pick, New Proposals and Untitled
Oprah Winfrey‘s latest selection for her book club (specially promoted through Amazon as usual) is Anthony Ray Hinton‘s The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. A rare nonfiction pick, she says of the book: “This story reads like an epic novel and it is all true. You will, throughout the…
Comey’s A Higher Loyalty Sells More Than 600,000 Units In First Week
Flatiron Books announced Tuesday morning that James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership sold more than 600,000 units in its first week on sale. They company says they have “over a million copies in print.” Bookscan will post data for print sales through the outlets they track on Wednesday morning. Earlier in the year,…
Briefs: Prince’s Memoir, Comey’s Launch, and More
Forthcoming In a podcast with Variety, Esther Newberg at ICM confirmed that Prince‘s memoir, sold to Chris Jackson at One World shortly before the performer’s death in 2016, will indeed be published. She suggests the title will be ready soon, “hopefully at next Christmas” (meaning 2019, apparently). The publisher tells us that a publication date…
Forthcoming: Silva, Tolkien, and More
The London Book Fair kicks off with a few publication announcements of high profile books due shortly (and available for pre-orders) trying to be called recent signings. HarperCollins will publish six more books by Daniel Silva for publication around the world, starting with THE OTHER WOMAN in July. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish the third…
Clinton Book Tour Details Announced
Dates and locations have been announced for Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s book tour for The President is Missing. The first event will take place at Book Con on Sunday, June 3, where Clinton and Patterson will have a book signing and discuss the novel on a main stage panel. Eighteen appearances are listed so far, with…