Roth
Tops in Social Media in January Veronica Roth’s Divergent, the first book in her wildly popular series of the same name, was the most-talked-about title on social media in January. The number of conversations about the book grew steadily over the course of the month, as fans continue to anticipate the March 21 release of the film adaptation. The big surprise of the month, was the appearance of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on the list. more » »
Little, Brown
Buys Constable : Little, Brown Book Group has bought independent
publisher Constable & Robinson. Constable & Robinson’s MD Pete Duncan
will report to Little, Brown publisher David Shelley while chairman Nova Jayne
Robinson – who took up the role last autumn following the death of former chair
Nick Robinson - will leave the company.
Fate of
Hoffman's 'Hunger Games' Role: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death
Sunday will not impact the scheduled release of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”
Parts 1 and 2 in November of 2014 and 2015 and will require only modest
rewriting, according to a person close to the production.
Richard Grossman
Dies at 92 : Richard Grossman, the crusading publisher of the
1960s, died on Monday. Grossman was the editor of Ralph Nader's “Unsafe at Any
Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile,” published in 1965,
which helped jump-start the modern consumer movement.
'Luminaries' Set
for the Small Screen : The producer of a hit BBC show is
preparing to turn the Man Booker Prize-winning novel "The Luminaries"
- set in 1866 Hokitika - into a T.V. mini-series.
Weltbild
Attracts Buyers: Several possible investors have expressed their
interest in German insolvent bookseller Weltbild, a spokesman for its
insolvency administrator said.
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