Dan Mallory’s story fits neatly into the epic failures of our society
As most folks reading this will already know, Ian Parker’s devastating profile of Dan Mallory in the New Yorker has caused quite the stir in publishing circles. To the one… Read more »
You haven’t seen the last of Stephenie Meyer
We bet you thought you’d seen the last of Stephenie Meyer with Life and Death, her gender-swapped re-imagining of Twilight, the mega-hit YA series that made her famous. Life and… Read more »
This week in the future of publishing
This week, two publishing juggernauts rolled out a pair of innovative strategic initiatives. Little, Brown is unveiling BookShots, a new imprint from James Patterson devoted to “pulse-pounding thrillers under $5 and 150… Read more »
From James Patterson, a new line of books that are “like reading movies”
James Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most New York Times bestsellers (he’s sold about 325 million books worldwide), has a dedicated 16-person staff at Hachette’s Little, Brown imprint,… Read more »
Whit Stillman annotates, adapts, and “vindicates” Jane Austen’s Lady Susan
Last week Katherine Cowdrey reported for The Bookseller that writer/director Whit Stillman is publishing a new novel based on Jane Austen’s Lady Susan. Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen’s Lady Susan Vernon Is… Read more »
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover
Twenty years after David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest was originally published, the iconic cloud-dappled, block-lettered book cover design has been put to bed. Last August, Wallace’s longtime publisher, Little, Brown, announced… Read more »
Little, Brown to publish memoir of Charlie Hebdo editor finished two days before his murder
It’s been nearly a year since the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, an attack that left 12 people dead after Islamic extremists opened fire during an editorial meeting at… Read more »
Forthcoming Super Thursday most official Super Thursday ever
Great Britain has given America a lot: hard-to-pronounce place names, elegant SUVs, Armando Iannucci. But we’ve also given back our share. Take the word “super.” Sure, the word comes from… Read more »
Joan Rivers biography coming in 2016
Little, Brown and Company announced last week that it had acquired the rights to a biography of comedian Joan Rivers. Ashley Lee writes for the Hollywood Reporter that the bio… Read more »
Leslie Jamison receives two-book deal from Little, Brown
Leslie Jamison, author of the bestselling The Empathy Exams, has earned “a reported seven figure deal with Little, Brown for two books,” Biographile reported last week. The two books are the… Read more »