The PW Morning Report, Feb. 11, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 2/11/2008 4:49:00 AM
Monday, February 11, 2008
A daily ro
und-up of the latest publishing news: Obama Wins Grammy; Judith Regan, Bernie, Rudy & Roger; Super Bowl Book That Wasn’t; Phyllis A. Whitney Dead; Free Books From HarperCollins; Random by the Chapter; Magna Jesus; The Book Ripper and lots, lots more this Manic Monday
Obama on a Roll—Wins Grammy, Maine Too, reports New York Times
When you’re hot, you’re hot. Senator Obama beats out Mrs. Clinton for Grammy, winning the spoken word award for the audio-book version of The Audacity of Hope
What’s the Deal with Bernie Kerik, Judith Regan, Rudy Giuliani and Roger Ailes?
Read Warren Hinckle in Argonaut360.com and find out
New York Times Looks at the Super Bowl Book That Wasn’t
But if you’d been reading PublishersWeekly.com last week you would have gotten the whole story from 19-0’s publisher, Triumph’s Mitch Rogatz
HarperCollins to Offer Free Books on Web, reports New York Times
"It’s like taking the shrink wrap off a book," said Jane Friedman, about the effort to increase sales
Random House to Sell Books by Chapter, reports WSJ
Taking its cue from the music industry, Random will sell six chapters of Made to Stick for $2.99 each
Phyllis A. Whitney, Prolific Author, Dead at 104, reports New York Times
Author who published over 75 books over half a century, passes away in Virginia
Jesus As Manga Samurai?
No problem! Both the New York Times and the New York Daily News get religion on Ajinbayo Akinsiku’s The Manga Bible, published by Doubleday
Dan H. Laurence, George Bernard Shaw Expert, Dead at 87, reports New York Times
Wrote many books on Shaw—except the definitive biography
Doris Lessing: A President Obama Would be Assassinated, sez Agence France Presse
Geez, I wonder if the British Nobel Laureate has any other inspiring messages of hope for America
U.K. Rights to The Last Lecture to Hodder, reports The Bookseller
Randy Pausch/Jeffrey Zaslow collaboration is sold by Hyperion for an undisclosed amount
Introducing the Atiz BookSnap—A Book Ripper!
Newsweek’s Steven Levy tells us about the most famous ripper since Jack—a device that allows the consumer to download the printed page onto computers or e-readers
