Even as the Pentagon and CIA are reviewing the text of “Mark Owen’s” forthcoming NO EASY DAY, the AP “purchased a copy” of the embargoed on Tuesday and the Huffington Post also “obtained” a copy at a bookstore. Publisher Dutton moved up the official release to next Tuesday, September 4. The author tells the AP he did “not disclose confidential or sensitive information that would compromise national security in any way.” In a brief excerpt from his pending 60 Minutes interview, Owen says the release date was not intended to influence the presidential campaign: “This book is not political whatsoever. […]
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Jennifer Schuster has joined NAL as senior editor. She was previously an editor at It Books. At Ecco, Libby Edelson has been promoted to editor. At Penguin Books, Tara Singh has been promoted to associate editor. The Writer, which was due to go on hiatus with the October 2012 issue after more than 125 years of continuous publication, has been acquired by Madavor Media, a privately held niche and enthusiast media company, from Kalmbach Publishing (which also sold off Birdwatching Magazine in the same deal.) Various government agencies, including the Pentagon and the CIA, are now reviewing manuscript copies of […]
Pseudonymous SEAL Author of NO EASY DAY Identified
Just one day after Dutton announced the September 11 publication of NO EASY DAY, a firsthand account of the SEAL Team Six mission that killed Osama Bin Laden, and controversy swirled over whether the book had been properly vetted by government agencies, author “Mark Owen” was identified by a number of news outlets as Matt Bissonnette, 36, who retired from the SEALs last summer. A Dutton spokesperson did not confirm “Owen”‘s real identity, saying in a statement that “personal security is the sole reason the book is being published under a pseudonym. “We respectfully request that all news organizations and all […]
Pseudonymous Navy SEAL Book on Bin Laden Raid Surprises White House, Pentagon, Navy
Dutton’s announcement Wednesday that they will publish NO EASY DAY, a “firsthand account” of the May 2011 mission that killed Osama Bin Laden by a pseudonymous member of SEAL Team Six, on September 11 provoked plenty of media coverage but also raised questions about whether the story was vetted by any branch of the US Government. US Military officials told the AP they didn’t believe NO EASY DAY, written by “Mark Owen” with Kevin Maurer, was read or cleared by the Defense Department: “I haven’t read the book and am unaware that anyone in the Department has reviewed it,” said […]
THE CASUAL VACANCY Publicity Efforts: Rowling At Lincoln Center on October 16, And More
A lengthy feature in USA Today looks at Little, Brown’s publicity and promotion plans for JK Rowling’s upcoming novel for adults THE CASUAL VACANCY. Rowling will appear in public in the US just once, on October 16, when she will be in conversation with Ann Patchett at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, with ticket prices ranging between $37 and $44 (including a hardcover copy of the book) though booksellers will be able to live-stream the event as well. Rowling, however, will be making a number of television appearances to promote the book, which is published on September […]
Sampling Amazon’s First Fall Harvest
This fall, Amazon’s New York-based imprint, New Harvest, will formally launch its first full season, after debuting in quiet fashion last March with JEFF, ONE LONELY GUY, by Jeff Ragsdale (with David Shields and Michael Logan.) The imprint’s inaugural list, already slated to be small, is down two books: Billy Ray Cyrus’s memoir HILLBILLY HEART, was pushed back to April 2013 to coincide with his next tour, while dissident Chinese poet Liao Yiwu’s memoir FOR A SONG AND A HUNDRED SONGS won’t be published until June 2013, the 24th anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Protests. With New Harvest bidding to […]