TV Stars Bet on Low-Carb Craze
At least two Food Network TV stars are convinced that the nation's lowcarbohydrate obsession isn't over yet. Chef Bobby Flay is following up his grilling book "Boy Gets Grill"with a title called "Good...
View ArticlePublishers Eyeing Obama
Barack Obama may or may not be the next U.S. senator from Illinois, but after his well-received keynote address at the Democratic convention plenty of publishing people think he has the right stuff for...
View ArticleHarperCollins Flying High on Earnings
Within a strong earnings report from parent company News Corp., book publisher HarperCollins once again defied conventional wisdom about the business with its seventh straight year of record profits...
View ArticleFrom Jane Austen to Dave Eggers
You wouldn't have thought a book about six people in a book club who like Jane Austen would have "cinematic" written all over it, but after the surprise best-selling run of Karen Joy Fowler's "The Jane...
View ArticleHoughton Sales Decline
Houghton Mifflin reported second quarter results on Friday that "reflect the expected decline in 2004 adoption opportunities in the K-12 marketplace," with overall sales falling $27.2 million, or 7.5%...
View ArticleThe Latest Film Options
A number of books have caught Hollywood's eye this month. On top of the option for Karen Jay Fowler's bestseller "The Jane Austen Book Club" that we noted last week, Bryan Burrough's recent release...
View ArticleHarry Potter a Tough Act To Follow
Two of the nation's three largest bookselling chains reported quarterly earnings yesterday after the close of the market, and top chain Barnes & Noble will report later in the week. All three are...
View ArticleMore Michael Moore
Simon & Schuster announced a deal for two new books from best-selling author and creator of documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore. "Will They Ever Trust Us Again?" is a collection of letters...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble on Top
The nation's largest bookselling chain, Barnes & Noble, managed to outperform its competitors in the fiscal quarter, showing an increase of 1.4% in comparable store sales at its superstores. For...
View ArticleThe Summer's Biggest Surprises
Any chunk of time in the book business is bound to be filled with surprises - otherwise we might not need newspapers. With summer fun officially over, here are some reflections on lingering surprises...
View ArticleA Cautious Outlook
Random House, the largest trade publisher in the world, reported revenues for the first six months of the year of 818 million euros ($995 million), up 9.5% from a year ago, and earnings almost three...
View ArticleWe're No. 12! A Best Seller's Strange Tale
Two days ago Barnes & Noble issued a press release celebrating the appearance of the book "Hippie" by Barry Miles on the New York Times bestseller list, a first for its Sterling Publishing...
View ArticleDon't Tease Kitty's Publisher
Over the past year or so book publishers have tangled plenty with the press over the sanctity, and enforceability, of embargos on newsworthy books. In the strangest twist yet, Doubleday is threatening...
View ArticleNew CEOs Face Tough Environment
Both a venerable industry mainstay and a fast-growing start-up announced the appointment of new leaders. Ingram Book Group, the largest wholesaler in the book business, announced that its chief...
View ArticleAMS Lowers Earnings
Advanced Marketing Services, a wholesaler to warehouse clubs and distributor for independent publishers, lowered its earnings again as it struggles under the weight of government investigations and...
View ArticleBlume Wins American Letters Award
The National Book Foundation announced that Judy Blume will be the first author of young adult books and the fifth woman to receive its prestigious medal for a Distinguished Contribution to American...
View ArticleGarcia Marquez's Latest to Be Out Next Month
Nobel laureate and Colombian literary master Gabriel Garcia Marquez will publish his first new work of fiction in over 10 years next month. Called "Memorias de Mis Putas Tristes" (Memories of My Sad...
View ArticleKirkus Reviewers for Hire
Kirkus Reviews, one of the few outlets that publishes trade reviews of books well in advance of their publication, has quietly initiated a new service via its Web site that crosses a line many in...
View ArticleFrom the Da Vinci Code to the Booker Prize
Author of the huge best-seller "The Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown, and Random House have filed suit in a Manhattan District Court against Lewis Perdue, author of "The Da Vinci Legacy" and "Daughter of...
View Article'Purpose-Driven' Success
We've already written about the astounding success of the Reverend Rick Warren's "The Purpose-Driven Life" - as well as the way in which the mainstream press has generally overlooked the book - but...
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