The PW Morning Report, August 25, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 8/25/2008 5:34:00 AM
Monday, August 25, 2008
A daily 
round-up of the latest publishing news: Biden Book A Bestseller; Belben Wins James Tait Black Memorial Fiction Prize; Robert Caro Still Working on LBJ; Publisher Grovels for Rushdie; George Orwell, Blogger; and Happy 88th Birthday, Ray Bradbury
How to Make A Bestseller? Run for Vice President
New York Times reports that Senator Joe Biden’s book, Promises to Keep, has suddenly become a bestseller for Random House
Rosalind Belben Wins James Tait Black Memorial Fiction Prize, reports The Bookseller
Belben’s Our Horses in Egypt took fiction, with Rosemary Hill awarded the biography prize for God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain. The awards were presented at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Each winner was awarded a £10,000 cash prize
Robert A. Caro Working on Fourth LBJ Book, reports AP
No one knows more about LBJ than Caro and the publication of his fourth book on President Johnson will be truly a publishing event. See what Caro had to tell PW back in 2002
Salman Rushdie Gets "Groveling Apology," reports The Bookseller
Publisher John Blake admits to "groveling" before Sir Salman
George Orwell, Blogger
New York Times reports that you can now read Orwell’s diary online by the day—70 years after he wrote it
Happy Birth Ray Bradbury, reports Los Angeles Times
"Book Jacket" reminds us that one of the great science fiction writers, the author of Fahrenheit 451, is still going strong and about to celebrate his 88th birthday
