TODAY'S NEWS

Books on Michael Jackson Gain Little Traction
By Rachel Deahl
While Michael Jackson singles shot up to top perches in the iTunes store over the weekend, after celebrations of the King of Pop's life took hold in the wake of his sudden death late last week, the run on MJ books has been, well, less noticeable. A survey of the major houses by PW found that only one publisher is going back to press with a book about Jackson. Additionally, the most popular titles currently on Amazon about the icon--looming, respectively, at sales ranks of 228 (Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aphrodite Jones) and 298 (Michael Jackson: For the Record by Chris Cadman)--are self-published.

Random House's Vintage/Anchor Books is reprinting and, per a rep at the house "re-promoting," Margo Jefferson's 2007 paperback original, On Michael Jackson. RH has ordered another 20,000 copies of the book, which stands as a decidedly more intellectual examination of Jackson's life--Jefferson, a culture critic, won a Pulitzer in 1995--than much of the tabloid fodder currently available about the star. Read on »

Barnes & Noble.com Launches Bookstore iPhone App
By Lynn Andriani
Barnes & Noble.com now has a Barnes & Noble Bookstore iPhone app.

B&N president William Lynch said the company launched the app based on the growth it has seen over the past year in its mobile traffic. With the app, he said, users can access “exclusive content and customer reviews, as well as information about the more than 50,000 events in our stores.” They can also purchase items, view B&N Recommends lists, watch video interviews with authors and access other features of BN.com. Thanks to a partnership with LinkMe Mobile from Evryx Technologies, Inc. and Spotlight Mobile, Inc., customers can use their iPhone or iPod touch cameras to snap a photo of a book’s front cover and get product details, editorial reviews and customer ratings.

The app is free at Apple’s App Store.

Chelsea Green Sets Up Wish List for Librarians
By Judith Rosen
In advance of next week’s ALA convention, Chelsea Green went live today with an online gift registry to enable libraries to let their patrons know which titles from the White River Junction, Vt.-based press it would like. Library patrons can go online and view the Web-based wish lists and then order a title from Chelsea Green, known for its green and sustainable living titles and political books, that they can contribute to a library's collection. In addition, any registered member of the Chelsea Green online community will be notified if their local library sets up a list. Books purchased for libraries are available at a 40% discount off the suggested retail price, free freight. As a thank-you gift, Chelsea Green will also ship personal orders placed with a library purchase free freight. Read on »

Web Exclusive Reviews
David Henry Sterry collects stories from sex workers, Andrew Blauner compiles the stories of brothers, and Zack Lynch recounts tales from the frontiers of neurotechnology; new memoirs from Buzz Aldrin, Jan Lancaster, Quinn Cummings and Czech ecobiologist Vojtech Novotny; a look at athletes Lance Armstrong and Michelle Wie; and fiction from Carl Reiner, Kaye Dacus, Wayne D. Overholser and Rosemary Rogers. Read on »

Job Moves
Stephanie MacLean has been promoted to literary agent at Trident Media Group. MacLean has been, since 2007, CEO Dan Strone’s assistant; in her new position she will be specializing in romance, women’s fiction and young adult.

Beth Lamb has been promoted to associate v-p, associate publisher at Rodale Books. In this role, Lamb will oversee the sales and marketing departments; Lamb joined Rodale Books as a marketing director in October 2004.

Peter DeGiglio has been promoted to COO at Bloomsbury USA. The new title is, in a statement from the house, one that "more accurately reflects the breadth of his responsibilities." DeGiglio had been CFO; before joining Bloomsbury he was v-p of finance and accounting for Macmillan.

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The PW Morning Report
Hemingways ‘Feast’ Recooked; Macmillan Orders 85k Reprint of Jackson Bio; A New Jackson Bio; Herzog’s Jungle Journals. Read on »

AUTHORS ON THE AIR

Authors on the Air: Inside the Michael Jackson Case; Who Moved My Soap? The Bernie Madoff Edition; Public Art for Public Schools
On Saturday, The Early Show talked with TV anchor Diane Dimond, who covered Michael Jackson for years for Court TV and whose book is Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case (Atria, 978-0743270922, $22.95). Read on »

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What Makes Logan and Noah Run?
Logan and Noah Miller signed their book Either You're In or You're In the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months and One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keep a Promise to Their Father (Harper) at Samuel French Bookshop in Los Angeles on June 27. The twins wrote, produced and directed their first film, Touching Home, which opens in January 2010.Submit your pictures here»

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