Wednesday, November 05, 2014

The Roundup with PW


PRH UK Proposes International Sales Restructure
Penguin Random House UK has announced a proposed restructure of its international and group sales teams, headed by Dean Chance as Penguin Random House International sales director. more »



'The Long Haul' by Jeff Kinney
The Heffley clan embarks on a “doomed-from-the-start road trip" in ‘The Long Haul,’ the ninth book in Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. See PW’s review of the new book, on-sale today. »


Sherlock Holmes Belongs to Us All: Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective (and Benedict Cumberbatch's famous alter ego), is in the public domain, after the Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case brought by Doyle's estate.

Take a Class with DFW: Salon has David Foster Wallace's syllabus, reading list, rules -- and even footnotes

Type(writer) Casting: Tom Hanks has sold a book of short stories loosely connected to photographs of the typewriters in his personal collection to Alfred A. Knopf.

Waiting on the Next Langdon Book: Dan Brown’s next novel will feature character Robert Langdon, but the bestselling author has warned fans it may be some time before the manuscript is ready.

Simon Cooperating on Bio : Singer-songwriter Paul Simon has agreed to cooperate with author and music critic Robert Hilburn for a planned biography, to be released by Simon & Schuster, who won the project in a six-publisher auction.


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