J K Rowling’s TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD–the book of wizarding folk tales referred to in the Deathly Hallows se she wrote by hand and illustrated herself, producing only seven copies, one which was bought at auction by Amazon for $4 million–will be issued in a trade edition after all, on December 4. Rowling will also add “notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive.” Amazon will produce up to 100,000 facsimile “collector’s editions” (at $100/50 pounds) and Scholastic and Bloomsbury will print and distribute trade editions–all on behalf of the Children’s High […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Speaking of Vetting Memoirs
The NYT takes an interest the forthcoming IN HIS SIGHTS, written under the pseudonym of Kate Brennan, “one of the first full-length memoirs of a stalking victim….The stalking, which continues sporadically today, is at once bizarre, terrifying and, owing to Paul’s deep pockets, maddeningly relentless and difficult to trace, according to the book. It led the author to move 16 times in 16 months, she writes.” The paper makes it clear that “her true identity and that of Paul were revealed to the New York Times so that the newspaper could confirm the outlines of her case.” Harper editor Jennifer […]
More Stephenie Meyer
USA Today insists, “Stephenie Meyer is the most famous writer you’ve never heard of. But not for long. Meyer’s growing popularity is like a flashing billboard on our pop culture landscape.” But Meyer says “I think that after 30 years of being the most normal person in the whole world, it’s really hard to become ungrounded. When I’m not out on tour or doing photo shoots, I tend to just forget about it all.” BREAKING DAWN goes on sale just after midnight on Friday, with a first printing of 3.2 million copies. (Her first, and bestselling, book, TWILIGHT, has 3.3 […]
Pelosi on Tour; Carr Care
First female Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was a lot more popular when she signed to write her memoir than she is now as she embarks on a two-week media tour to promote the 174-page memoir, KNOW YOUR POWER: A Message to America’s Daughters. As an LAT story points out, it’s not a political book, even though it comes during presidential campaign season: “Pelosi has charted her journey from homemaker to the first female speaker of the House in an upbeat account her publisher classifies as a self-help book, inspired by conversations with women around the country…. Though she […]
"Waiter Rant" Writer Comes Out
The anonymous blogger behind Waiter Rant is Steve Dublanica, who as come forward to promote the book of the same name based on his misadventures as a waiter. He doesn’t name the restaurant where we worked but it doesn’t take NY Mag’s food blog long to confirm that he worked for six years at Nyack’s Lanterna Tuscan Bistro.Post
Hosseini Paperback for the Holidays
Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling A THOUSAND SPLENDING SUNS will be published in trade paperback on November 25. So far Riverhead says they have shipped more than 2.3 million copies of the hardcover. Their trade paperback edition of Hosseini’s first novel THE KITE RUNNER has been on the NYT paperback fiction bestseller list “for 175 weeks and counting, with more than 6.3 million copies shipped to date.”