Ahead of the London Book Fair, Little, Brown UK announced the title and publication date of JK Rowling‘s novel for adults. Described as a “blackly comic” novel centered around a small town in which everyone is at war with each other that’s exacerbated by the unexpected death of a parish council member, THE CASUAL VACANCY will be released worldwide on September 27. Running approximately 480 pages, the hardcover is priced at $35 and the ebook at $19.99. The full description provided reads: “When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Forthcoming: The Last of the Last Lion Books
Eight years after William Manchester died at age 82, the third volume in his landmark “Last Lion” series on Winston Churchill will be published. Written by Paul Reid, working from Manchester’s beginnings, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 will be published November 1 by Little, Brown. Amazon is taking pre-orders for the ebook only at the moment, with an agency price of $19.99. The book is listed as running 1,729 pages. No print price is listed yet.
Briefs: Tattered Cover Plans Denver Airport Expansion; Ex-Goldman Sachs Op-Ed Writer Shops Book Deal; And More
Tattered Cover Bookstore is in negotiations to open several additional outlets in Denver International Airport. “Yes, we’re hoping to,” owner and founder Joyce Meskis told CBS4. “It’s in the hands of the city at this point.” She added that Tattered Cover would work with Hudson News and take over various airport store locations, which would then be re-branded under Tattered Cover’s name. Greg Smith, the onetime Goldman Sachs executive who resigned in spectacular fashion with a New York Times op-ed last week, is reported by the paper to be shopping for a book deal. Smith, who is being represented by […]
Briefs: Early Vonnegut Novella Published as Kindle Single; Patient Says Doctor Violated Her Privacy in 2009 Book
A previously unpublished novella by Kurt Vonnegut, BASIC TRAINING, is available today from RosettaBooks as a Kindle Single for $1.99. The 22,000-word autobiographical novella, “satirizing the military, authoritarianism, and most of the assumed mid-century myths of the family” was originally written in the late 1940s and meant to be published under the pseudonym “Mark Harvey.” In a complaint filed in Rhode Island federal court on March 16 and obtained by Courthouse News, Gabrielle Lisnoff claimed that Dr. Michael Stein, who treated her for drug addiction between 2005 and 2010, violated her privacy by using “her most private, embarrassing, and traumatizing […]
Next Wimpy Kid Set For November 13 Release in Seven Countries
Jeff Kinney’s seventh installment of the bestselling Wimpy Kid series will go on sale on November 13 from Amulet Books, with the UK, Australia, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, and Norway to follow the next day. Abrams said that Kinney’s books have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think that Greg Heffley’s stories would be enjoyed by kids around the world,” Kinney said in the announcement. “I’m incredibly excited to have the chance to lay down the seventh Diary of a Wimpy Kid book in seven countries at the same time. My international […]
Klimo to Leave Random House Children’s; New Leaders for Writers House; Rinaldi Joins Harper To Lead New Health and Wellness Line
Publisher of the Golden Books Young Readers Group Kate Klimo is stepping down as of March 31, Random House Children’s president and publisher Chip Gibson announced internally on Friday. Klimo has worked at Random House since 1984, and spearheaded the acquisition of Golden in 2001. She will be director of creative development at Media Assets Management Associates, where she “will continue turning our books into great TV shows.” (Klimo helped develop The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! into a PBS Kids show and “has six other shows based on our books in development.”) Gibson notes, “she […]