The PW Morning Report, September 11, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 9/11/2008 5:58:00 AM

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Let us remember in our prayers all those who perished on this terrible day seven years ago.

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: New Oprah Book Pick; Jewel of Medina Security Conscience Publicity Tour; Gregory Mcdonald Dead; Greenspan’s Epilogue Available in E-Book Form; Water for Elephants to Fox 2000; Meghan McCain Avoiding Print Media on Book Tour; Herman Wouk Honored by Library of Congress; and Lynne Spear: No Regrets

Oprah Book Pick Due September 19, reports AP
Publishers: Get ready to go back to press on something. Last year’s pick was Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth

British Publisher of The Jewel of Medina Plays Down Security Risks of Tour, reports The Bookseller
Sherry Jones’ controversial novel will be published in the U.K. by Rynja on October 16th with a first printing of 10,000-copies

Gregory Mcdonald, "Fletch" Author, Dead at 71, reports AP
Twice winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America, Mcdonald published 26 books including Running Scared, Flynn, and The Brave

Alan Greenspan’s Epilogue Available in E-Book Form, reports CNBC
Greenspan has his book, The Age of Turbulence, out in Penguin reprint with a new epilogue explaining how this economy is not his fault. In a publishing first, Penguin is making it available to download the epilogue for your Sony Reader or Kindle for only $5

Water for Elephants to Fox 2000, reports Hollywood Reporter
Fox 2000 beats out Warner Bros., Universal and Paramount. Francis Lawrence to direct, and Richard LaGravenese is writing the adaptation, which will be produced by Andrew Tennenbaum, Gil Netter and Erwin Stoff. The book spent 12 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2006 and is published by Algonquin

Meghan McCain Avoiding Print Media on Her Book Tour, reports New York Times
While out there flacking for My Dad, John McCain (S&S Children’s) Ms. McCain loves the TV but is wary of print journalists. In the spirit of full disclosure, it should be noted that she did grant an interview to Time for Kids magazine

Herman Wouk Honored by Library of Congress, reports Washington Post
The 93-year-old author of such works as The Caine Mutiny and The Winds of War, will be honored as the first recipient of a new award for lifetime achievement in the writing of fiction. And Donna Rifkind in the Los Angeles Times remembers how influential Wouk was to her reading addiction

Lynne Spear: No Regrets
Mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn wouldn’t change anything: "I think you have to let them follow their dreams. I think it would be worse in the end if you didn’t." Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World is being published by Thomas Nelson