The PW Morning Report, December 9, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 12/9/2008 5:41:00 AM

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Joe the Plumber: Stay Away From That Typewriter!; John Freeman; How to Talk to Girls to Fox; DC Comics’ Fables To ABC; and Obama’s Green Policies Help Promote Book

Joe the Plumber: Stay Away From That Typewriter!
Timothy Egan in a New York Times op-ed piece takes issue with the likes of Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin and their book deals. The good news is that if they are as successful as writers as they are in their day jobs, real writers will have nothing to fear

New York Observer on John Freeman—and the PW Staff Coverage
Matt Haber has some nice words for PW editors Lynn Andriani and Craig Teicher and their work on John Freeman

Fox Acquires How to Talk to Girls, reports Hollywood Reporter
The studio has acquired the film rights to a 46-page self-help tome written by Alex Greven, a Colorado fourth-grader. The deal was in the low-to-mid six figures. HarperCollins published the book in November

DC Comics’ Fables To ABC, reports Hollywood Reporter
The network has handed out a pilot commitment to the fantasy project, based on the comic book created by Bill Willingham and published by DC’s Vertigo imprint

Author Happy That Obama’s Green Policies Help Promote Book
Washington Post reports that Van Jones’ new book, The Green Collar Economy (HarperOne), is getting a boost at the right time from an important greenish figure

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