As the AP reports, two short works from Ray Bradbury will be published posthumously this fall: A three-page intro to The Best American Nonrequired Reading called “The Book and the Butterfly,” and a piece called “Dear Santa,” in the holiday issue of Strand Magazine. Bill Macumber was released from jail earlier this week after serving 38 years in prison for two murders he maintains he did not commit, and Holt is moving up publication of a related book to January 2013. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barry Siegel‘s MAINFEST INJUSTICE: The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought […]
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Jane Harris will join Quercus as executive director, sales and marketing, on January 3, 2013. Previously she was sales and trade marketing director at Walker Books. The FT reaffirms previous reports that Bertelsmann is considering buying back into Springer Science as the current private equity owners evaluate options for reducing their stake or selling entirely. Bertelsmann is said to have “said to have signaled firm intent earlier this year.” THE BURGESS BOYS, Elizabeth Strout‘s first novel since winning the Pulitzer Prize for OLIVE KITTERIDGE, has quietly sat on bookselling sites since at least August, and now it has been “announced” […]
Goldman Helps to Break Greg Smith Embargo; Is “Relieved,” But Also Works Hard to Discredit Author
The release of Greg Smith’s book WHY I LEFT GOLDMAN SACHS is making for some fascinating between the lines reading. On Monday, the NYT found it so compelling they ran a piece on just the first chapter, offered online as a pre-publication excerpt. Today, the front page of business section declares in a head that the “book offers few details on Goldman” (begging the question why that makes it front of the section news). We’re sure the paper’s verdict was not influenced at all by the fact that paper got what they hoped was a scoop on the embargo because […]
WIMPY KID Goes Digital, With eBooks Available on October 30
The first six books in Jeff Kinney’s DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series, which have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide, will finally be available in ebook format as of October 30, while the newly arriving seventh volume, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE THIRD WHEEL, will be published simultaneously in print and digital on November 13. “The decision came after a lot of thought and deliberation,” Kinney told the AP. “I am very excited about this. It feels like the time is right.” Published under a new banner of Wimp-E-Books, the digital editions will list for $13.95, at […]
Shapiro’s THE ART FORGER Leads November Indie Next List
The ABA has announced its November Indie Next List, which includes three titles — FLIGHT BEHAVIOR by Barbara Kingsolver, CONSIDER THE FORK by Bee Wilson, and THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by newly-minted MacArthur fellow Junot Diaz — among the featured excerpts in our popular free ebook anthology of selections from over 30 big forthcoming books, BEA BUZZ BOOKS. With many of the excerpted titles still yet to release, if you haven’t checked BEA BUZZ BOOKS out yet, it’s as relevant now as it was when we released it before BEA. Pick up the “trade version” at the link […]
Rowling Print Sales Are Similar In the US and UK
In its first week on sale, JK Rowling’s highly-anticipated THE CASUAL VACANCY sold approximately 157,000 printed copies in the US in the sales outlets tracked by Nielsen Bookscan. In the UK, where Nielsen Bookscan tracks nearly the entire print sales landscape, they counted sales of roughly 125,000 copies in the first week on sale. The publisher has not reported on ebook sales in either territory.