The PW Morning Report: May 5, 2009
By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 5/5/2009 6:00:00 AM
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: A New Boston Book Fest; Patterson Collaborator Flies Solo; US Checks Google-Apple Links; A Book by Obama’s Mama; A New Strategy for Borders; An Interview with Christopher Tolkien.
Boston Book Festival to Focus on Technology
A local nonprofit will host its first annual book festival in Boston this fall, hosting events in Copley Square and elsewhere, with new technology as a focus.
Patterson Collaborator Goes Solo
Peter de Jonge, a longtime co-writer of James Patterson’s novels, is going it alone, publishing his debut, a police thriller called Shadows Still Remain.
US Investigates Google-Apple Links
The two companies—whose technologies have been all over book news of late—share board members, and US regulators are investigating whether the companies’ links promote anti-competitive behavior.
Duke UP to Publish PhD Dissertation by Obama’s Mama
Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother, finished her anthropological study about Indonesian craftsmen in 1992, three years before her death. Now Duke will publish it as a book.
Borders Hopes to Handsell Its Way Back to the Top
Borders plans to behave like a giant indie bookseller, hoping to “make” books.
Tolkien’s Son Gives Rare Interview on Late Father’s New Book
Christopher Tolkien says he’s worried that his father’s latest posthumous book, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, written in verse, will put off fans.
