The PW Morning Report, July 25, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 7/25/2008 5:51:00 AM
Friday, July 25, 2008
A daily r
ound-up of the latest publishing news: Hachette Sales Up; Pam Grier Memoir; Screech Memoir (I Kid You Not); S&S Sues Lil Kim and Foxy Brown; Twilight Fans Go Bonkers; Eleanor Friede Dead; and Stan Lee and Disney Introduce "Time Jumper"
Hachette First Half Sales Up By 1.3%, reports The Bookseller
Sales rose to $1,816 million based on a "very good quarter, driven by sales in the U.S., Spain and the U.K."
Pam Grier Memoir to Grand Central, reports BlackVoices.com
Iconic—not to mention gorgeous—black actress promises to "tell all" in the spring of 2010. It will be published by GC imprint Springboard Press
Screech to Pen Memoir for Gotham , reports Alangoldsher.blogspot.com
The unrelenting annoying Screech (aka Dustin Diamond) from Saved By the Bell is also writing a memoir. Screech, a word of advice, everyone knows Pam Grier—and you’re no Pam Grier!
S&S Sues Lil Kim and Foxy Brown, reports Eonline
Publisher wants their money back for books that were never written
Twilight Book Fans Go Bonkers At Comic-Con, reports AP
Fans camp out overnight to see the first glimpse of movie coming December 12 from Summit Entertainment
Eleanor Friede, Book Editor, Dead at 87, reports New York Times
She was responsible for the success of Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach in 1970
Stan Lee and Disney Introduce "Time Jumper," reports Reuters
"Time Jumper" features a cell phone with a digital comic book that makes it possible to go back in history
