A Champagne Super-novel? Noel Gallagher to release his first book in November
Working within the time-honoured tradition of pre-Christmas expensively produced gift-oriented music books (see also in the coming months: Amy Winehouse; Michael Jackson; Morrissey), Noel Gallagher has announced a book, as reported by Andrew Trendell in… Read more »
British publishers looking to capture post-World Cup fandom
Melville House is no stranger to crashing books. For anyone who doesn’t have their publishing glossary handy: to “crash” a book means to put it on an accelerated writing and production schedule,… Read more »
Revisiting the Trainwreck Files: Donald Trump
Today, as we celebrate the paperback release of Sady Doyle’s Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear… And Why, we’re remembering Sady’s awesome MobyLives series, The Trainwreck Files, in… Read more »
Paul McCartney would like his songs back now, please
Tracking down and clearing permission to reprint song lyrics is a tedious noble rite of passage among editorial assistants everywhere. And the most expensive lines tend to also be the… Read more »
Ex-Sony music mogul pockets $150,000 from book deal with Hachette, doesn’t write book
According to reports in the New York Daily News and the New York Post, former Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola is being sued by Hachette Book Group for failing to deliver… Read more »