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Following the end of a possible co-location with the ALA’s summer meeting and a look at putting Chicago back on the schedule, BEA show director Steve Rosato writes on his blog that “with the possible exception of 2016, it appears we will be able to lock up dates at Javits either the week prior to or the week after Memorial Day through 2017.” Rosato says the show “will remain mid-week, being a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday event.” One small change: for 2011 they will not have a “book and author” luncheon, though they are keeping the “book and author” breakfasts. […]

Following our reports, Dorchester has issued a formal press release regarding the appointment of Robert Anthony as their new ceo. He says in the statement “my first goal with Dorchester is to reorganize and improve the accounting and internal financial reporting structure. This will include a complete review of the royalty system and other vitally important internal procedures, all of which are intended to focus on shoring up revenue sources and paying off creditors. We will create an atmosphere of transparency and efficiency that was heretofore lacking.” Trained as a CPA, Anthony has been cfo and coo of Backe Digital […]

#1 Pick: Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane Mr. Toppit: A Novel by Charles Elton The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Wolves of Andover: A Novel by Kathleen Kent Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel by Armistead Maupin After the Falls: Coming of Age in the Sixties by Catherine Gildiner Driving on the Rim: A Novel by Thomas McGuane Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Exley: A Novel by Brock Clarke Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow Sunset Park: A Novel by Paul Auster Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately […]

#1 Pick: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel by Tom FranklinThe Mullah’s Storm by Thomas W. YoungThe Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan CaseySafe From the Sea by Peter GeyeThe Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce MachartThe Bells: A Novel by Richard HarvellAt Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill BrysonHow to Read the Air by Dinaw MengestuThe False Friend by Myla GoldbergBury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise PennyAdam & Eve: A Novel by Sena Jeter NaslundSalvation City by Sigrid NunezGreat House: A Novel by Nicole KraussA […]

Random House’s Crown Publishing Group is reorganizing the sprawling division into “three major editorial areas” focused on “core strengths: general interest nonfiction and fiction; branded/category books; and four-color and lifestyle books,” announced yesterday. Crown itself and Broadway will come together to comprise the general interest trade line, with a search for a new executive underway. In the interim, the Crown and Broadway editors will report to recently-appointed Crown Group president Maya Mavjee. The Shaye Areheart Books imprint is being “discontinued” and Areheart will take the position of editor-at-large for Crown, where she will “edit authors with whom she has had […]

We’ll also have a week of speculation and more in advance of April 3’s release of the first iPads. Online reports over the weekend indicated that new pre-orders of the device will not be available until April 12, indicating that the first batch of machines is claimed. But Apple will reportedly have at least some stock available in ther company stores after 3:00.Mashable But Apple said that units will also be available at those “most Best Buy stores” (e.g. those that already have Apple displays) on April 3 as well as the company’s own 221 stores starting at 9:00, though […]