Abrams’ Amulet imprint has announced the fifth volume of Jeff Kinney’s bestselling Wimpy Kid series for a November 9 national laydown. The title won’t be revealed until July, but they have confirmed purple as the color of the new book’s cover. Kinney will sign in the Abrams booth at 11 on Thursday at BEA, and they are giving away wimpy water bottles and bookmarks. Kinney says the new book “is about change and the different ways Greg and his best friend, Rowley, deal with it. To me, this book is the lynchpin in the series, and I’m excited to be […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Amazon Adds Crossing, New Imprint for Fiction In Translation
The etailer announced a new imprint today, Amazon Crossing, which will publish English-language translation of works from other languages, starting with Tierno Monénembo’s French novel (and winner of the prix Renaudot) THE KING OF KAEL, translated by Nicholas Elliott. Run by vp of books Jeff Belle, he says “our international customers have made us aware of exciting established and emerging voices from other cultures and countries that have not been translated for English-language readers.” As with their Encore program, they say that they will “use customer feedback and other data from Amazon sites around the world to identify exceptional books […]
Hillendbrand's New Book Set for November; Demi Moore Is Shopping; and More
Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand‘s new book UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption has been announced for publication November 16 by Random House. (Seabiscuit was published in 2001.) They say it “tells the story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete and Army Air Force bombardier who, in 1943, crashed into the Pacific Ocean and floated for 47 days on a small raft, surviving shark attacks, a typhoon, and attack from the Japanese bomber. Captured by the Japanese military, he was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps, where he was held for more than […]
Lost Symbol Paperback Set for October
Anchor has announced their intention to launch a four-million-copy mass upperback edition of Dan Brown’s THE LOST SYMBOL on October 19 at $9.99. Doubleday will follow the paperback release with a $35 hardcover edition of THE LOST SYMBOL ILLUSTRATED EDITION on November in a 350,000-copy printing. The publisher says THE LOST SYMBOL has sold over 5.5 million copies in North America to date.
Catalog News: Minor Details on Palin and Woodward Books
HarperCollins announced a pub date for Sarah Palin’s next book–November 23–and the title: AMERICA BY HEART: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag. And the AP covers Simon & Schuster’s catalog copy for Bob Woodward’s untitled September book on President Obama. “Obama has learned that he is not commander-in-chief of the economy,” the catalog writes. “Many of his high-profile domestic reforms — health care, education, and energy — were largely turned over to Congress.” The digital catalog adds that “Woodward provides the first inside account of President Obama wrestling with the fate of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the […]
People, Awards, Etc.
Courtney Young has been promoted to editor at Portfolio, Sentinel and Current. The Copyright Clearance Center has named veteran attorney Iris Geik as associate general counsel. She was in-house counsel at WGBH and, since 1994, had served as an outside counsel to Reed Elsevier and other organizations on legal and copyright policy issues. Judges have been named for the 2010 National Book Awards and publishers can (and must) request entry guidelines. “The postmark deadline for the Awards entry form is June 15.” In vague news about forthcoming books, St. Martin’s will publish Andrew Morton‘s embargoed Angelina Jolie Bio on August […]