The PW Morning Report, January 29, 2009

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 1/29/2009 5:26:00 AM

Thursday, January 29, 2009

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: John Updike: An Appreciation; Twilight Sequel Delayed by Leak; Random House Canada Pulls Out of Toronto Book Fair; Writers, Publish Thy Self; and Pretty in Ink: Molly Ringwald

John Updike: An Appreciation
The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times look back on an American master

Next Twilight Sequel Delayed by Leak, reports New York Daily News
Stephenie Meyer is still annoyed that the manuscript of the latest Twilight novel was leaked online and she hasn’t worked on it since

Random House Canada Pulls Out of Toronto Book Fair, reports Quill & Quire
First RHC withdrew from BookExpo Canada, in June, now Toronto

Writers, Publish Thy Self, reports New York Times
In the old days they were called vanity publishers, but new technology and publishers like iUniverse have taken this area of niche publishing to a new level

Pretty in Ink: Molly Ringwald to Pen 40something Book for HarperCollins, reports PR-Inside.com
"Once you’ve been 40," said Ringwald, known for her coming-of-age movies in the 1980s, "you’ve been through a few car wrecks and there’s a lot on interesting stuff to examine." Whippersnapper