The PW Morning Report, February 4, 2009
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 2/4/2009 5:57:00 AM
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
A daily r
ound-up of the latest publishing news: Sara Nelson’s Exit Interview; Borders Cuts 16 Top Jobs; Yankee Angst (Continued); Google’s Cloak-and-Dagger; New Elizabeth Edwards Book; David Plouffe Obama Campaign Book; Booking Morning Joe; Rowling’s Legion of Honor; and HBO Buys Book on Financial Meltdown
Sara Nelson’s Exit Interview
Leon Neyfakh has a wonderful, in-depth interview with the former PW editor-in-chief in the current issue of the New York Observer. Sara, as usual, is right on the money
Borders Cuts 16 Top Jobs, reports The Bookseller
Borders has eliminated six vice president positions and 10 directoral roles in a move to consolidate senior management
Yankee Angst: Joe ("Third Person") Torre Stands By His Book, reports New York Times
The nation may be going down the economic toilet, but New York can’t get enough of the Joe Torre soap opera called The Yankee Years
Google’s Cloak-and-Dagger
The New York Times reports on the Google Book Search, a hush-hush project the book world is still, gingerly, trying to figure out
New Elizabeth Edwards Book Coming From Broadway, reports AP
The wife of former Senator John Edwards will write on the theme of adversity, which she knows something about. It’s called Resilience and it will be published by Broadway on May 12
David Plouffe Obama Campaign Book to Viking for Seven Figures, reports AP
Plouffe’s The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory will be published by Viking next fall
"Morning Joe" Makes Book With Crown Forum, reports AP
Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and former GOP congressman, will publish The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America’s Promise in May. Look for many plugs early in the morning
J.K. Rowling Given French Legion of Honor, reports AP
It’s the second for the Rowling Family and was presented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
HBO Buys Book on Financial Meltdown, reports Variety
The untitled book, due next January, will be written by New York Times business writer Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean. It was acquired by Portfolio/Penguin for seven figures
