The PW Morning Report, July 10, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 7/10/2008 5:13:00 AM
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A dail
y round-up of the latest publishing news: Madonna A Narcissist; Janwillem van de Wetering Dead; John Y. Simon Dead; Bertelsmann Denies Sale of European Book Clubs; China Printing Costs Soar; Russia Bans Hitler Book; and Charles S. Dutton Memoir to Crown
Madonna A Narcissist, sez Brother’s Memoir
The AP is reporting that the Material Girl’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, came to that conclusion in Life With My Sister Madonna. Like Captain Renault in Casablanca, I’m shocked
Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch Writer, Dead at 77, reports Radio Netherlands
He was famous for the Grijpstra & de Gier series of crime novels. The Soho Press will be reissuing all of van de Wetering’s Soho Crime novels in paperback, beginning in the fall of 2008. He died in Maine from cancer
John Y. Simon, Editor of U.S. Grant’s Papers, Dead at 75, reports New York Times
He published 28 volumes of General Grant’s papers, with Nos. 29 and 30 scheduled for release next year by Southern Illinois University Press
Bertelsmann Denies It Plans to Sell European Book Clubs, reports Forbes
A company spokesman denies previous claims and says it has only started the process of divesting Columbia House and Bookspan, its U.S. clubs
China Printing Costs Skyrocket, reports The Bookseller
Changes in the country’s labor laws have combined with inflationary factors to create "the perfect storm" in escalating costs
Russian Court Bans Hitler Book, reports Reuters
Hitler’s Table Talk: 1941-1944 by noted British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper is banned because of its "an anti-Slavic and anti-Semitic character"
Crown to Publish Charles S. Dutton’s Memoir, reports Variety
Tentatively titled From Jail to Yale, the book covers the actor’s life from a manslaughter conviction at 17 to Hollywood stardom
