Facing a fine of just $6,750 and free legal defense, why wouldn’t they? Michigan’s RDR Books filed a notice of appeal last week against Judge Robert Patterson’s September ruling in favor of Warner Bros., blocking publication of RDR’s HARRY POTTER LEXICON.Grand Rapids Press
On Kitty on Oprah
December’s Chicago Magazine will carry a story called Bagging the Media Queen, looking at Kitty Kelley’s research and forthcoming book on Oprah Winfrey. The Sun-Times says the article “makes it pretty clear Kelley’s long-anticipated book about the TV queen will not be a puff piece. Kelley told all of the people she’s interviewed that her Oprah project will not be a hatchet job…. Yet the Chicago mag story points out that even after spending a hour or two listening to glowing tales about Oprah, Kelley eventually gets around to questions about sex, drugs and old boyfriends.”Sun-Times
How to Keep Cooking Everything
Mark Bittman’s HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING has sold over 2 million copies in 10 years and now Wiley is releasing an announced 300,000-copy printing of a substantially revised edition. The author tells the WSJ, “there is a lot less meat in this edition. We made a decision to increase recipes for vegetables, fruit, beans, grains and salads. The balance has shifted. I looked at the old edition and thought, 200 chicken recipes, who needs that?”WSJ
People
Namrata Tripathi will join Atheneum Children’s as executive editor on December 8. She has most recently been senior editor at Hyperion Children’s. Additionally, associate editor Lisa Cheng will move from Margaret K. McElderry Books to Atheneum, reporting to Tripathi.
2008 Man Asian Winner
Filipino author Miguel Syjuco has won the Man Asian Literary Prize for ILUSTRADO, a about “a young Filipino caught within a notorious scandal spanning over the Philippine history.” The judges said it “seems to us to possess formal ambition, linguistic inventiveness and sociopolitical insight in the most satisfying measure. Brilliantly conceived, and stylishly executed, it covers a large and tumultuous historical period with seemingly effortless skill. It is also ceaselessly entertaining, frequently raunchy, and effervescent with humor.”Prize site
Sarah Silverman Auction, Too
We had heard about the $7.5 million kicking around for Jerry Seinfeld, but now the Observer says Dan Strone is also auctioning a book by Sarah Silverman, with bids said to have reached $2.5 million.Observer