The PW Morning Report, August 7, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 8/7/2008 5:47:00 AM
Thursday, August 7, 2008
A daily
round-up of the latest publishing news: Woodward Pubs September 8; Embargoes Hurting Public Interest?; Candy Spelling’s "Not A Tell-All"; Steven Tyler Memoir to Ecco; Edinburgh Sell-Out; and Drink, Play, F*#k to Paramount
It’s Official—Bob Woodward Book Pubs September 8, reports HuffingtonPost
Greg Mitchell of Editor & Publisher confirms the pub date, Monday, September 8. Bet the house that Woodward will be on 60 Minutes Sunday, September 7. As of yet there is no title for the S&S tome—which will be embargoed—but Mitchell thinks there may be some explosive allegations that will rock the presidential race
Do Book Embargoes Hurt the Public Interest?, asks Tim Rutten in the Los Angeles Times
Rutten is targeting The Way of the World by Ron Suskind and its publisher, HarperCollins. In his piece Rutten quotes David L. Ulin, the Times book editor, as saying: "embargoes are contrivances designed not to protect the contents of the book but to create a media feeding frenzy when a book comes out. Often, the entire purpose is to protect some kind of exclusive arrangement with a particular news outlet. That’s not about news; it’s about publicity, and it implicates the news media as part of the publicity juggernaut, reducing us watchdogs to lap dogs"
Candy Spelling to Write "Not A Tell-All," reports Cindy Adams
What would we do without Cindy? Now we know St. Martin’s shelled out $100 grand for a grand piece of pabulum from Toni’s mom. You go girl!
Steven Tyler Memoir to Ecco, reports Crain’sNewYorkBusiness.com
Arrowsmith’s lead singer gets $2-million
Internet Makes Edinburgh International Book Festival A Sell-Out, reports Scotsman.com
With Internet ticket sales up 33%, the festival’s sales are running 8% up on this time last year
Drink, Play, F*#k to Paramount, reports Reuters
Andrew Gottlieb’s novel, which will be published by Black Cat/Grove in January 2009, goes to Brad Pitt’s production company at Paramount, with Julia Roberts set to star
