The PW Morning Report, July 2, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 7/2/2008 5:31:00 AM
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
A dai
ly round-up of the latest publishing news: Clay Felker Dead; Author Poaching 101; Joe Mitchell’s 100th Birthday; Lost Book Club; and Potter "Deluxe" Goes for £17,800
Clay Felker Dead At 82, reports New York Times
Felker ran New York magazine, the Village Voice and Esquire, among others, and championed "the new journalism," employing such writers as Jimmy Breslin, Gloria Steinem and Tom Wolfe
The August Columbia Publishing Course Gets A Tutorial in Author Poaching 101
Leon Neyfakh of the New York Observer has a wonderful piece on agent Andrew Wylie, his associate Scott Moyers, and the gentlemanly art of author poaching
Pantheon Celebrates Joseph Mitchell’s 100th Birthday, reports New York Observer
Joe Mitchell was one of the great writers of the 20th century. He wrote about New York and it’s citizens in such books as Up in the Old Hotel and McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon. In celebration of his 100th birthday Pantheon is releasing The Bottom of the Harbor. Do yourself a favor, go out and buy it
"Lost Book Club" Started By ABC, reports UPI
Club will highlight books seen on the television series such as Carrie, The Turn of the Screw and Watership Down
Potter "Deluxe" Editions Auctioned for £17,800, reports Guardian
The online worldwide demand for the complete set of first editions was so great that it almost crashed the auctioneers computer system
