Publishers Lunch

Sorry The service that processes our mail was down almost all day yesterday, so even though Lunch was prepared for mid-day digestion, it didn’t get served until late last night. If you checked PublishersMarketplace.com, however, it was posted there right on time. In case you didn’t know, Lunch is posted at the site every day, […]

NYT Announces Revamped TBR The NY Times has a release out describing their expanded Sunday Book Review Section and broader cultural coverage. They say that TBR “will become more magazine-like.” Officially announced changes include 25 percent more editorial space, with “more reviews of intellectual and historical titles and more attention to commercial fiction, mysteries and […]

Trade Groups Sue Federal Government A long-simmering dispute between academic publishers and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over restrictions on publishing work originating from countries under economic sanctions (including Iran, Cuba and Sudan) has risen to a new level. The Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers, the […]

Magazine Chronicles Dylan Newsweek has the first serial from Bob Dylan’s “remarkably candid” memoir CHRONICLES, VOLUME ONE, along with an interview with the author. Dylan says, “When you write a book like this, you gotta tell the truth, and it can’t be misinterpreted.” He observes, “I had very little in common with and knew even […]

Holy Blood Authors Contemplating Lawsuit in UK PN reports that the authors of THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln are “considering” a suit against Dan Brown for “breach of copyright of ideas and research.” The magazine opines that if such an action is filed in the UK, […]

Apologies After a busy week, it’s a really meager news day. I’m trying not to take it personally, but sorry. At least we have a meaty BlogWatch for you below. Personnel News Scholastic has promoted editorial director of reference and nonfiction Ken Wright, giving him the additional title of associate publisher. His new responsibilities include […]