Jeff Kinney’s sixth installment of the bestselling Wimpy Kid series Amulet Books will go on sale this November. There is no additional information being released yet on laydown, cover or title, except that it will have a “winter theme” and “features the Heffley family being snowed in.” Abrams says that Kinney’s books have more than 50 million copies in print in the US and Canada.
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Robert B. Parker Estate Taps New Writers to Continue Spenser and Jesse Stone Series
Putnam announced that two series by bestselling mystery writer Robert B. Parker, who died in January 2010, will continue in the hands of new writers. Producer and screenwriter Michael Brandman will write the first new Parker brand book, ROBERT B. PARKER’S KILLING THE BLUES, which continues the Jesse Stone series and which will publish on September 13. Brandman already has considerable experience with the character as he co-wrote and co-produced the television movies featuring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone. Ace Atkins, whose last few novels have been published by Putnam (and who begins a new series of his own with […]
Briefs: Coulter Mob; Fire Hit Book Cellar’s Building; Amazon’s Japanse POD; BN’s Sinking Shares
Crown has announced the title for Ann Coulter‘s latest, publishing June 7: DEMONIC: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America. If you need or want an explanation, the release is here. A large fire closed a large area in downtown Brattleboro, VT on Sunday night, striking the building in which The Book Cellar is located (along with nine other businesses). According to local reports the fire itself struck the fourth and fifth floors of the building the most severly. The Book Cellar’s Ana McDaniel told a local news station, “We are in shock right now. It is a bit of […]
Leaked Manuscript By ex-Palin Aide Will Publish in May
You may recall that in February, a manuscript by Sarah Palin’s former chief of staff Frank Bailey was leaked to the press, along with the pitch letter from the Carol Mann Agency. And author Joe McGinniss–whose own Palin book is set for publication this September–was at least one of the leakers. But today Howard Books announced they will still publish ahead of McGinniss, publishing BLIND ALLEGIANCE TO SARAH PALIN this May. The publisher says it will be a “chilling expose.”AP In other forthcoming book news, former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson said at a forum in China recently he […]
Shatzkin Files, Compiled
An unabridged collection of the first two years of consultant Mike Shatzkin’s publishing strategy blog The Shatzkin Files has been released as an ebook, billed at roughly 800 pages and listing for $3.99. Kobo, which first suggested the publication to Shatzkin, has an exclusive on the title for the first 60 days. eBook link
Memory Lane: Steven Tyler On His Book…From 2009
A recent announcement from HarperCollins confirmed that Steven Tyler’s autobiography DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU? will be published May 3, promising “the unbridled truth…straight for the horse’s lips.” Overlooked by many outlets is that Tyler signed to write the book in 2008 and it was originally scheduled for publication the following year. That’s when the rocker, before he was spruced up for regular public consumption on American Idol, appeared at Book Expo America. Interviewed by Chuck Klosterman, you may recall it is one of the odder BEA celebrity showcase presentations, as Tyler was joined on stage by […]