The PW Morning Report, February 3, 2009
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 2/3/2009 5:40:00 AM
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A daily rou
nd-up of the latest publishing news: HarperCollins Launches Video Books; Wanted: Novelists; Papa Hemingway to Big Screen; Library Waives Hudson River Hero Pilot’s Late Fees; Blair Lent, Children’s Book Author, Dead; Bernard Gladstone, DIY Columnist, Dead; and Sony E-book Reader to Make German Debut
HarperCollins Launches Video Books, reports Washington Post
Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do?, has been made into a 23-minute video with Jarvis speaking into the camera. It will retail for $9.99
Wanted: Novelists
The New York Observer reports that Penguin is again teaming up with Amazon for their "Breakthrough Novel" Contest. Deadline is February 8. $25,000 book deal is the prize. Hurry up and write
Papa Hemingway to Big Screen, reports Hollywood Reporter
Film rights to A.E. Hotchner’s bestseller has been secured by The Gotham Group and producer Kevin Fortuna
Library Waives Hudson River Hero Pilot’s Late Fees, reports AP
Because of an unexpected date with destiny in the Hudson River, hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was late returning his library book. The library waived the late fee. The book’s subject matter? Professional ethics
Blair Lent, Children’s Book Author, Dead at 80, reports New York Times
Lent wrote Pistachio and was the illustrator of such books as Tikki Tikki Tembo, The Funny Little Woman and Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
Bernard Gladstone, DIY Columnist, Dead at 87, reports New York Times
Gladstone wrote a do-it-yourself home repair column for the New York Times for 32 years and published more than 20 books on the subject, including The Complete Manual of Home Repair (1969)
Sony E-book Reader to Make German Debut, reports The Bookseller
The Sony Reader PRS-505 will be sold in Germany beginning March 11th in a joint partnership with wholesaler Libri and Thalia, Germany’s largest book chain
