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The PW Morning Report, Feb. 28, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 2/28/2008 4:12:00 AM

Thursday, February 28, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Buckley Dead; Steinbrenner Bio; Olson Twins Tome; W.C. Heinz Dead; Story Prize; Eminem Book; Harlequin Profits; Bukowski House; and Daphne Novel Optioned

William F. Buckley Dead, reports New York Times
Elder statesman of the conservative movement was 82

Bill Madden to Pen George Steinbrenner Bio for HarperCollins, sez New York Daily News
News
sportswriter promises "bombshells" on the Boss and HC’s David Hirshey signs him up. Peter Golenbock, late of 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel, is also working on a Steinbrenner bio

Olson Twins to Pen Influence, sez HuffingtonPost
Book for Penguin Young Readers will be, according to Ashley, about "the most interesting, challenging, creative people we know — the ones who helped pave the way for us and our generation." Adds Mary-Kate: "Ashley and I interviewed the people who have inspired us, with the hope that they will inspire and teach others."

W.C. Heinz, Stylist Sports Columnist, Dead, reports New York Times
Contemporary of Red Smith, A. J. Liebling, John Lardner, Grantland Rice and Jimmy Cannon was 93

Jim Shepard Wins Story Prize, reports Reuters
Cops $20,000 prize for Like You’d Understand, Anyway

"Raw and Uncensored" Eminem Book to Dutton, reports AP
The Way I Am will be published this fall

Harlequin Profits Rise in 2007, reports The Bookseller
Profits rise despite a marginal drop in sales

Charles Bukowski’s Home Named Landmark, reports Reuters
Los Angeles bungalow where Bukowski wrote his first novel, Post Office, is named historic landmark

Robert Fox Options Daphne, reports Los Angeles Times
Justine Picardie novel depicts Daphne du Maurier’s obsession with the Brontës

 

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