Thursday, August 13, 2015

The Roundup with PW

Penguin's Plan to Encourage Crayon Donation
Penguin Young Readers Group is teaming up with the Crayon Collection charity to encourage booksellers and educators across the country to collect and share gently-used crayons to children who can't afford them. more »


Ann Betts to Depart Nielsen Book
Ann Betts, managing director of client services, Book International, will be leaving Nielsen Book at the end of August after 17 years with the company. »


'Just Kids' to the Small Screen: Showtime has acquired the rights to Patti Smith’s memoir, 'Just Kids,' for a limited series to be co-written and produced by Smith and John Logan.

Tolkien's First Fantasy Story Coming: The teenage J.R.R Tolkien’s dark retelling of a Finnish epic poem will be published later this month for the first time.

'Girl on the Train’ Tops 3 Million: The novel, which came out in January, recently reached three million in sales in the United States alone.

The Novel is Dead. Or Is It?: Liesl Schillinger and Benjamin Moser talk about why the novel’s demise so regularly looms, for the 'New York Times.'

Put Didion on the $10 Bill, Says Store: With an image of a woman officially slated to join Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, an L.A. bookstore has launched a social media campaign in the hopes the U.S. Department of the Treasury will select Joan Didion.


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