The PW Morning Report, February 27, 2009

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 2/27/2009 5:50:00 AM

Friday, February 27, 2009

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Ingrid Betancourt—The Hostage As Shrew; Philip José Farmer Dead; Recession May Affect London Book Fair; Kindle A Comics Killer?; Final Potter Film to Debut in 2011; and Not Condi Rice’s Children’s Book

Ingrid Betancourt—The Hostage As Shrew, reports New York Times
Betancourt, the Colombian politician, was finally rescued after five years of captivity at the hands of Marxist guerrillas. In a new book, Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle by Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell, and Gary Brozek (William Morrow), she is portrayed as mean and self-centered

Philip José Farmer, Sci-Fi Writer, Dead at 91, reports New York Times
Often shocking and controversial, he wrote more than 75 books which have been translated into 22 languages

Recession May Affect London Book Fair Attendance, reports The Bookseller
The bad economy plus an industry in upheaval may drive attendance downward

Kindle A Comics Killer?
Newsarama.com thinks the Kindle and other e-readers may put comics in jeopardy

Final Harry Potter Film to Debut in 2011, reports Hollywood Reporter
Warner Bros. will premiere Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part II on July 15, 2011. Deathly Hollows: Part I is set for November 19, 2010

Condi Rice’s Children’s Book—NOT!
Recently former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice got a lot of dough to write three books. See this hilarious Vanity Fair parody for what her children’s book might have looked like

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