The PW Morning Report, September 2, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 9/2/2008 6:40:00 AM

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Meyer Leaked Online; Langum Charitable Trust To Boycott Random; Rupert Murdoch, Flaming Liberal?; Faber & Faber’s Angel; Obituaries: Ahmed Faraz, Michael Baxandall, Jeannette Eyerly; and "The 39 Clues" the New Potter?

Draft of Stephenie Meyer’s Final "Twilight Saga" Novel Leaked Online, reports New York Times
Meyer said: "I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being"

Langum Charitable Trust To Boycott Random House, reports The Bookseller
The literary prize will not consider Random titles until The Jewel of Medina is published

Is Rupert Murdoch Turning Into A Flaming Liberal?
According to Rush & Molloy that is one of the premises of Michael Wolff’s new book, The Man Who Owns the News, coming next February from Broadway Books

Faber & Faber’s Angel
Mitzi Angel is the new head of Faber & Faber and Leon Neyfakh profiles her in the New York Observer

Pakistani Poet Ahmed Faraz Dead at 77, reports New York Times
Revolutionary Urdu poet was as popular in India as he was in his native Pakistan

Michael Baxandall, Art Historian, Dead at 74, reports New York Times
He was the author of Painting and Experience in 15th-Century Italy

Jeannette Eyerly Dead at 100, reports New York Times
She was one of the first writers for teenage girls to discuss themes such as unwanted pregnancy and substance abuse. Her books included Drop-Out, A Girl Like Me and Escape From Nowhere

Rick Riordan Discovers Ben Franklin’s Theory on Flatulence, reports New York Times
Keeping it interesting for the 8-12-year-old set, Riordan is set to publish The Maze of Bones, first in the new "The 39 Clues" series. Scholastic hopes to turn "The 39 Clues," a 10-book mystery series, into the next Harry Potter, reports the AP