Donald Trump remains remarkably effective at boosting the sales of books he tries to block. As of June 30 Simon & Schuster told the court they had printed and started shipping approximately 75,000 copies of Mary Trump‘s TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH — and yesterday in a new afffadavit the publisher said they have printed…
Events: Virtual National Book Awards, and A Grant for Frankfurt
The National Book Awards ceremony on November 18 and all of the associated events will be held virtually this year. As a result, the organization will spread its events out, starting with the 5 Under 35 list on October 20. The NBA finalist reading is set for November 10 and Teen Press Conference held in…
Celebrating Carolyn Reidy
On Wednesday afternoon there was a virtual memorial celebration of the late Carolyn Reidy, with remarks from her husband Stephen as well as Adam Rothberg, Jonathan Karp, Michael Selleck and Susan Moldow from Simon & Schuster, plus Lisa Lucas, Joe Kanon, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Rubin, and Hillary Clinton. The recorded service can be viewed…
Judge Freezes Ebook Pirates’ Assets
Washington district court Judge Marsha J. Pechman granted a temporary restraining order against the ebook piracy site KISS Library, as requested in the suit by Authors Guild members, Amazon Publishing, and PRH. The order freezes the assets and websites. Though the enterprise is based in Ukraine, the order applies to “any funds with their payment…
People, Etc.
Stephanie Cabot has joined Susanna Lea Associates, working primarily from the New York office. She has been at The Gernert Company since 2005, and is a French-American dual national. Jenny Chen has been promoted to editor at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press, where she will acquire crime and book club fiction. Publisher for art…
People, Etc.: Nan Talese to Retire
Nan A. Talese, president, publisher & editorial director of her own imprint at Doubleday, announced she will retire at the end of the year after six decades in publishing. She joined Random House in 1959 as a copyeditor and went on to work at Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin, founding the Nan A. Talese…