Screenwriter Steve Zaillian is taking a new crack at adapting Michael Lewis’s bestselling MONEYBALL for Columbia pictures, with David Frankel directing, as a starring vehicle for Brad Pitt. Michael De Luca and Rachael Horovitz are producing. Sony optioned the book in 2004 and already commission one screenplay from Stan Chervin, Variety reports.
UK Looks for Books Worth Talking About
In advance of next March’s World Book Day, the organizers have posted a list of 50 UK books and invited readers to vote for “the best book to talk about.” A top ten will be culled in January, the winner receives both promotion and a cash prize.Telegraph item
People, and More
At Random House Canada, Lisa Charters has been promoted to svp, director, digital, continuing to report to president Brad Martin. The company’s BookLounge.ca, a site for “avid readers,” is said to have over 10,000 members. Charters is “also now leading our efforts to get our books into Ebook format and focusing on the increasing sales opportunities for digital downloadable ebooks and audiobooks.” Also electronically, Random House UK is developing a site called AuthorsPlace that gives the house’s authors a toolkit to create pages online with a variety of standardize content elements. At the site, the company says: “We’ve invited our […]
Chuck Adams, Interviewed
Jofie Ferrari-Adler continues his Poets & Writers interview series with Chuck Adams, now enjoying “a third act” at Algonquin, where one of his first acquisitions was Sarah Gruen’s Water for Elephants. “The redemption story is only part of why I wanted to talk with Adams. I heard a rumor that he was a straight shooter, and I had a hunch that his experience at publishing houses both large and small, and his extensive background with commercial authors, would yield some unique insights that writers of all stripes might find useful. In our wide-ranging conversation, Adams spoke with rare candor about […]
By the Numbers
A little less late for dinner, slightly less exhausted, and with luck, somewhat fewer typos than yesterday. There’s enough regular news of all kinds that I’ll save the Frankfurt overview for tomorrow, going out very early before my plane back to New York, but suffice it to say you’re not missing out on anything big. (The headline in the printed fair daily is a repetition of a denial, as Amazon UK reiterates that when they said would not be released in the UK this year, they meant it.) As usual, this fair is not about ebooks even though that’s the […]
Starbucks Will Co-Publish New Pick with FSG
Starbucks has picked the book they will feature in their stores this holiday season–Daren Simkin’s THE TRAVELER, illustrated by brother Daniel Simkin–and for the first time, the coffee company is co-publishing the book instead of just buying copies from the publisher. Their partner is Farrar, Straus, which has had the book in their catalog, though without noting the Starbucks association, which was saved for the announcement. But Starbucks got the first look at the book, and FSG was enlisted as a partner thereafter. Bill Clegg at the William Morris Agency, which helps scout properties for Starbucks, says that the agency […]