Dan Crissman has joined The Overlook Press as editor, focusing on nonfiction. He was most recently an assistant editor at Hill and Wang. At Red Wheel Weiser/Conari Press, Julian Segal has been named sales and marketing manager. He was formerly the sales director at Heyday Books. In addition, Pat Rose has been named publicity director, moving from UC Berkeley Extension, where she was media relations manager. James Salter, 86, is the newest honoree of the Rea Award for the Short Story. Given for lifetime achievement, judges praised him as “the most stylish and grave and exact of writers.” Calvin Crosby has re-joined […]
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NY Magazine’s Fall Book Picks
In this year’s edition of their fall books preview New York Magazine lists their “most anticipated” books for the season: The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach Habibi, Craig Thompson Parallel Stories, Peter Nadas The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern Lives Other Than My Own, by Emmanuel Carrère Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, by Sylvia Nasar Life Itself, by Roger Ebert The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, by Steven Pinker The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides Zone One, by Colson Whitehead 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami Blue Nights, by Joan Didion The Exegesis of Philip K. […]
Self-Help Bestseller Tim Ferriss Sells New Book To Kirshbaum’s Amazon Imprint
Some days the biggest news happens in the deals section, and today is no exception with Amazon’s announcement that the still-untitled imprint headed by Larry Kirshbaum made its first buy, acquiring Timothy Ferriss’ latest self-help opus, THE FOUR-HOUR CHEF, for publication next year. (Our deals database has more information on the terms.) Previously Ferriss was published by Crown, and both of his earlier books, THE FOUR-HOUR WORKWEEK and THE FOUR-HOUR BODY, have been on the NYT bestseller lists for 84 and 33 weeks, respectively. Amazon’s release ceded most of the “future of publishing” rhetoric to Ferriss, who was quoted as […]
Amazon Fall Books Preview
It’s August, and that means it’s time for the avalanche of previews for fall books. Amazon kicks things off with a slew of choices in fiction, mystery/thriller, science fiction & fantasy, and non-fiction, as well as their Top 10 Editors’ Picks: INHERITANCE, by Christopher Paolini THE MAGICIAN KING, by Lev Grossman REAMDE, by Neal Stephenson 11/22/63, by Stephen King 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern THE MARRIAGE PLOT, by Jeffrey Eugenides THE SUBMISSION, by Amy Waldman THE ART OF FIELDING, by Chad Harbach BOOMERANG, by Michael Lewis Amazon Fall Books Preview page In other Amazon news, […]
Little, Brown Sells Embargoed, Untitled Book, Apparently About Madoff
Little, Brown has been soliciting orders for a untitled, embargoed November 14 release. The publisher bills it in an e-mail as “the inside story of life with one of the most controversial figures of our time.” A company leaker says the book is listed on company systems as written by Andrew Madoff’s fiancee Catherine Hooper and freelance writer Laurie Sandell. Sandell’s graphic novel memoir THE IMPOSTOR’S DAUGHTER was published by Judy Clain at Little, Brown in 2009, represented by Amanda Urban at ICM. The NYT says the publisher’s e-mail promises a “massive media rollout” and an already-booked 60 Minutes appearance. […]
Hastings’ Book On Offer After Little, Brown Cancels
Michael Hastings’ book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan, planned for publication in December from Little, Brown, is now in turnaround. Little, Brown spokesperson Nicole Dewey says that their “publication plans have been cancelled due to editorial differences.” Agent Andrew Wylie is said to be offering the book to others now. The NY Post writes that “an investigation by the Department of Defense [following Hastings’ Rolling Stone article on General Stanley McChrystal, “The Runaway General”] said it could not find people to corroborate some of Hastings’ details and cast some doubt on the […]