For 2010, the Man Asian Literary Prize is “restructuring.” Once focused on works that had not yet been published in English, the new strategy is the inverse: the award will go to “a novel written by a citizen of an Asian country and first published in English in 2010. Translations into English of works originally in another language are also eligible, provided they are first published in English in 2010.” The cash award for the author has been raised to $30,000, and the translator (if any) will receive $5,000 separately.Prize site
Lunch Weekly for Monday, March 8
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Winner of the AWP Award, Goldie Goldbloom’s THE PAPERBARK SHOE, a […]
Today's eNews
Engadget featured “exclusive” pictures of Microsoft’s Courier, a tablet/ereader–now called a “digital journal–that the company is working on.Link Amazon is said to have e-mailed its Colorado-based affiliates to notify them that their relationship with the etailer has been severed as of March 8 as the result of new state legistation “to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers.” The company writes: “The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to ‘voluntarily’ collect Colorado sales tax — a […]
FSG's Lorin Stein New Paris Review Editor
Lorin Stein, 37, will take over as editor of the Paris Review in April when Philip Gourevitch steps down. He has been an editor at Farrar, Straus since 1998. He says: “The Paris Review is an institution like nothing else in American letters. It stands for the newest, the best, the most daring in writing and art, and that’s been the case now for more than fifty years. To be entrusted with that tradition is a true honor.” Publisher Antonio Weiss notes “Lorin has an uncommon literary sensibility and eye for new talent.”
Once Again, Cussler Wins/Loses In Odd Movie Suit
The bizarre case between Clive Cussler and Crusader Entertainment (now Bristol Bay Productions) continues, with a California Court of Appeals ruling once again having both sides claiming victory, at least for now. The court overturned a prior order that Cussler pay Crusader $5 million for breach of contract. But they rejected Cussler’s contention that he was still owed $8.5 million by Crusader for rights to a book of his that was never adapted into a movie. Attorneys for both sides said they won, though Cussler’s lawyer Bert Fields wins the award for best convoluted phrasing, contending that “Crusader was barred […]
Apple Adjusts, Clarifies iPad Release Dates
Apple announced this morning that they will start taking pre-orders in the US for the iPad on March 12, and the unit will arrive a few days later than originally planned, on April 3. (That’s for wi-fi models; 3G units will come in late April.) The company says that “all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.”Release In other device news, the WSJ reports on plans by Sony to introduce “a portable device that shares characteristics of netbooks, electronic-book readers and handheld-game machines” later this year […]