The PW Morning Report, June 11, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 6/11/2008 5:39:00 AM
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
A dail
y round-up of the latest publishing news: Literary CSI Eyes Friedman; Ann Leary Redux; Marlee Matlin to Publish Memoir; Sex and the City Non-Book; Anti-Obama; Helen Thomas’ Kids Book; Patterson’s Graphic Novel; Harry Potter "Prequel"; Borders Closes Deal; and Obits: Zinsser and Asinof
The Literary CSI Is Sniffing Around the Jane Friedman Crime Scene, reports New York Observer
And guess who the prime suspect is?
Ann Leary Skewers Celebrity, sez Reuters
But of course you knew that if you read last week’s PW’s web exclusive with the wife of comedian Denis Leary
Marlee Matlin to Publish Memoir with Simon Spotlight, reports AP
42-year-old Oscar winner with discuss her "unresolved issues and battles with addiction and abuse, many of which she kept hidden from the public and her family"
Publisher Alert! Book in Sex and the City Doesn’t Exist, reports AP
Which industrious publisher will be the first to publish Love Letters of Great Men, Carrie Bradshaw’s second favorite thing to do while in bed
Obama Beware! Cindy Adams Talks Up New Regnery Book in New York Post
Scorcher: The Case Against Barack Obama by David Freddoso will hit the stands in August and will give loyal GOPers something to do as they await the inspirational acceptance speech of John McCain
Legendary Journalist Helen Thomas Teams with Cartoonist Chip Bok on Children’s Book, reports Editor and Publisher
The Great White House Breakout (aimed at readers 9-12) is to be released in mid-August by Dial
James Patterson Turns to Graphic Novels, reports The Bookseller
Daniel X: Alien Hunter will be published in the U.K. by Century in October
Harry Potter "Prequel" Raises $49,000 for Charity, reports Reuters
Prequel ran all of 800 words
Borders Closes Australasia for $90 Million, reports The Bookseller
Borders concludes the previously announced sale of its Australia, New Zealand and Singapore businesses to A & R Whitcoulls, a leading Australasian retailer of books
John S. Zinsser Jr. editor of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, Dead at 84, reports New York Times
He was responsible for carefully sizing over 800 books into condensed versions, including the works of Faulkner, Wouk, Steinbeck, and Du Maurier, among others
Eliot Asinof Dead at 88, reports New York Times
He was the noted author of Eight Men Out, the story of the Chicago "Black Sox" World Series scandal of 1919
