The PW Morning Report, April 29, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 4/29/2008 5:28:00 AM

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Quoting Gay Talese; Bloomberg Book; Fake Louis XIV; "Collective Graphomania"; Bloomsbury Nabs Fitten Novel; Old Time Religion; and Bo Yang Dead

Gay Talese: Tome for Knopf to "Will Be Like the War and Peace of Relationships"
Rush & Molloy can’t quote the literary icon enough about what his work-in-progress memoir might contain

Bloomberg to Pen Management Guide for Vanguard Press, reports Wall Street Journal
Big Apple mayor shuns advance, seeks higher royalties. Book will be published in September

Stop the Presses! Louis XIV’s Mistress Diary Fake, reports The Guardian
Veronica Buckley’s biography of the Sun King quotes from erroneous source and Bloomsbury U.K. is forced to pulp book

Brace Yourself—We’re Suffering From "Collective Graphomania," reports New York Times
Forget publish or perish, everyone has a story and apparently it’s available in some written form

Bloomsbury U.K. & U.S. Acquire English Rights to Marc Fitten Novel, reports The Bookseller
Valeria’s Last Stand will be published next spring on both sides of the Atlantic

Give Me That Old Time Religion! Poll: U.S. Knows Their Bible, reports Reuters
Not so the spiritually-challenged Spaniards, French and Italians

Taiwanese Author Bo Yang Dead at 88, reports Agence France Presse
Author was jailed in 1967 for criticizing Chiang Kai-shek and son