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• Berenstain Bears Books to be Made Into Film
3 Nov 2009 at 6:14pm
 USA Today reports that Walden Media has acquired the film rights to the popular Berenstain Bears books. Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) has signed on to direct a film based on the children's book series.
"To stand that kind of test of time is pretty formidable," says Levy, who will produce the film through his company, 21 Laps. "People read them as kids and can now read them to their kids. Any piece of culture that proves that enduring has something special in its DNA."
Though his next film is the more adult Tina Fey-Steve Carell comedy Date Night, the Berenstain films "happen to fit firmly within the wheelhouse of family-genre comedy I do, whether it's Cheaper by the Dozen or Night at the Museum," Levy says. "It's warm-hearted comedy about family, and a different kind of family."
Writers have yet to be hired, but Levy says he wants the film to be an original story incorporating details from some of the more popular Berenstain books.
"I'd like the film to be un-ironic about its family connections but have a wry comedic sensibility that isn't oblivious to the fact that they're bears," Levy says. "The comedy comes from this bear family coexisting i... ( cont'd )
• Barnes and Noble Eying European Expansion
2 Nov 2009 at 1:05pm
Barnes and Noble is considering expanding into Europe, according to The Bookseller. The bookseller wants to expand its online store, BN.com, and has hired Russell Reynolds Associates to find a new head of international business.
[Techcrunch] reports that the job entails building the international business for BN.com from scratch, hiring the team and "building the infrastructure outside the US".
In the late 1990s Barnes & Noble was rumoured to be looking into a move into the UK, and reportedly even began hiring executives to oversee the development, before its US rival Borders trumped it with the acquisition of Books Etc. Its website BN.com has fought a 10-year battle against the rise of Amazon.com, and recently launch its own e-book reader, the nook in competition to Amazon.com's Kindle.
The online bookselling and ebook readers wars are heating up. Europe is the latest battleground for online bookselling and Barnes and Noble wants to win the war. Amazon.com and Borders are just as determined that won't happen.
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• Borders UK Looking to Sell Online Unit
30 Oct 2009 at 12:04pm
Borders UK is reportedly looking to sell
its online unit to its digital agent Tangent. The Bookseller reports:
The digital agency, which is a division of Tangent Communications, already works extensively on the online side of the Borders business, including its email marketing. It also works with Borders in Australia, out of its international office.
This follows the buyout of Borders UK by its management team in July backed by Valco Capital Partners, the private equity arm of restructuring firm, Hilco.
Borders UK chief executive Philip Downer said in a statement at the time of the deal that it would allow the business to "develop our innovative approach to bookselling".
Borders has struggled with its online unit. For a number of years Borders used Amazon.com to do its fulfillment. Then Borders Group launched its own website.
Borders refused to comment on the sale report.
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• Sarah Palin's $1.25 Million Advance
28 Oct 2009 at 7:00pm
Sarah Palin was paid a $1.25 million advance
for her upcoming autobiography Going Rogue.
For a politician known more for her folksy expressions than her literary prowess, Sarah Palin has made enough money on her yet unpublished first book to make most writers blush.
The former Alaska governor, 2008 vice-presidential candidate and likely 2012 Republican presidential contender earned at least a $1.25m advance for her memoir Going Rogue, to be published next month by HarperCollins.
It is unclear how much the advance will total once the book hits shelves, since book advances are often distributed in several parts. She earlier was reported to have received $7m. Hillary Clinton received $8m total advance for her 2000 memoir Living History.
The book, penned with conservative writer Lynn Vincent, is already a bestseller on reservation lists at Amazon.com and other booksellers. The figure, revealed in a disclosure statement filed today in Alaska, is likely only a portion of the entire advance, because the statement does not include the period since she resigned from office and delivered the manuscript. HarperCollins plans an initial print run of 1.5m copies.... ( cont'd )
• Ivanka Trump Talks New Book
26 Oct 2009 at 6:00pm
Ivanka Trump talked to Borders about her new book, The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work. Ivanka is quite polished and has some great stories to tell, like the time Michael Jackson came to see her in a ballet recital and the other dancers were so excited that they all wore one white glove - during The Nutcracker. She said she was completely humiliated at the time (she was just a pre-teen), but now realizes it was pretty funny. Take a look:
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• Ebook Version of King's Under the Dome Delayed to Boost Hardcover Sales
25 Oct 2009 at 4:00pm
 The Wall Street Journal reports that the ebook version of Stephen King's Under the Dome was delayed six weeks to help stores sell the hardcover version. The book should sell plenty of hardcovers thanks to a price war that has erupted between Amazon.com, Walmart and Target. Sears.com has even entered the book price battle offering a $9 Sears.com store credit for people who have bought Stephen King's new hardcover even if they bought it at Amazon, Walmart or Target.
Stephen King told the WSJ that he never though he would see people preordering a hardcover for $8.98.
In an interview, Mr. King said that he wanted to delay the e-book edition in hopes of helping independent bookstores and the national bookstore chains sell the hardcover edition.
"I never thought we'd see people preordering a copy for $8.98," he said. "My thinking was to give bookstores a chance to make some money."
The e-book edition of "Under the Dome," which has a list price of $35, will probably retail for $9.99. Mr. King said that those who receive e-book readers for Christmas gifts will be able to download the book on Christmas day. "Six weeks isn't too long to wait," he added.
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• Sylvia Brown Moving to HarperCollins
22 Oct 2009 at 2:25pm
Publisher's Weekly reports that HarperOne has signed a three book deal with bestselling author and psychic Sylvia Browne.
The contract calls for Browne to publish the titles over the course of three years and will also see HarperOne create The Sylvia Browne Collection, a series that will feature books about spirituality and the supernatural that Browne will have a large role, per the publisher, in selecting and also supporting through various ways, from writing introductions to promoting on her Web site.
Sylvia's first book will be a memoir called -- appropriately enough -- Psychic. It will be the first of the three contracted books, and is scheduled to hit stores in May, 2010.
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• Weinstein Books Partners With Perseus
21 Oct 2009 at 12:53pm
Weinstein Books was rumored to be shutting down. But in a last minute save, the company is partnering with Perseus Book Group under which Perseus will take over publishing and distribution for Weinstein.
Shortly before Labor Day rumors surfaced that Weinstein Books was being shut down, but publisher Judy Hottensen, while acknowledging that its staff had been cut from five to four and was looking to control expenses, said Weinstein Books was continuing to acquire titles. Hottensen, along with the Weinstein Books team, will remain in its current offices and "will participate in the development of the longer-term plan for the JV," the press release said.
First new books to come from the venture, which will still be called Weinstein Books, will be titles that had been in the Weinstein Books pipeline including All Things at Once by Mika Brezinski, a Raquel Welch beauty guide and The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark.
The Weinstein Brothers are in a fight to save their company and are focusing on cutting costs and increasing revenues to the movie side of the business, which is also hurting despite the success of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.
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• Simon and Schuster Buys Rights to Popular Video Game App
20 Oct 2009 at 1:00pm
Simon and Schuster's Atria book imprint has inked a deal to publish three books by F. J. Lennon, based on the author's popular video game app called Soul Trapper. Publisher's Weekly reports:
The game, which has sold about 25,000 copies according to the publisher, follows a Hollywood-based 27-year-old musician who's given a device called a Soul Trap that turns him into an unlikely ghostbuster of sorts, allowing him to capture ghosts on Earth and send them to the great beyond. Although Atria couldn't yet speak to potential publicity plans, it's assumed that the imprint will be able to work off of the existing game platform to create tie-in potential for the books. The story idea was also tracking in Hollywood--we reported back in August that CAA is representing the film rights for the book and there was some interest on the left coast. No word yet about a film deal, though.
The iPhone app store still sells Soul Trapper which is described as a "supernatural tale that unfolds over 23 chapters, each ranging from 5 to 15 minutes in length." The lead character is 27-year-old rogue supernatural sleuth Kane Pryce, who owns a Soul Trap that lets him capture g... ( cont'd )
• Germans Say Nein to Ebooks
19 Oct 2009 at 4:00pm
German publishers are resisting the siren call of Amazon.com's Kindle. In fact, they're hoping this newfangled ebook fad just goes away.
Der Spiegel reports:
The German book industry is a stranger to this new digital world. According to the estimates of Goldmedia, 10,000 readers have already been sold in Germany. But, according to the GfK Group, a leading market-research company, in the first six months of 2009, only 65,000 e-books were sold, excluding specialist works.
Unlike in America, the cost of downloading an e-book in Germany is also frighteningly high. The Kindle's main competitor, the Sony Reader, has been available in German bookshops for a while now for about Euro 250. But the Sony device cannot directly download e-books from the Web. And since e-books are just as expensive as their cheapest printed versions in Germany, they are still fairly expensive when compared to the price of the required hardware.
In fact, the price of an e-book can only go down once the paperback edition has hit the market, which usually takes about two years. Ironically, even Schatzing's "Limit" -- a science fiction novel that celebrates the technology of the futur... ( cont'd )
• Dean Koontz Signs On For More Frankenstein
16 Oct 2009 at 7:43pm
Bantam has inked a deal with Dean Koontz for three new Frankenstein novels. The series was started in 2005 in paperback. This continuation will be in hardcover.
The first new volume, Lost Souls, will be published in May 2010 and begins a new story cycle that will continue with the two subsequent books, to be released in May 2011 and May 2012.
The books in Koontz's original Frankenstein trilogy have been bestsellers, and the third volume, Dead and Alive, debuted at number one on the New York Times paperback bestseller list when it pubbed in July. Lost Souls will pick up where Dead and Alive left off, with the setting moving to the American West and a new villain arriving on the scene. Koontz's longtime editor, Tracy Devine, will edit the new books.
Bantam is looking to up the profile of the series and to gain a wider audience. It seems like an opportune time for some new Frankenstein. We're certainly ready.
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• Bidding War Erupts Over Rights to Mandela Book
14 Oct 2009 at 2:40pm
Publishers are in a
bidding war over the rights to publish a book based on the archives of Nelson Mandela. The archive is a treasure trove of letters, diaries, journals speeches and other writings compiled over a lifetime. The archive was donated by Mandela to his foundation, which is a remarkable thing. The archive will be distilled into a book and everyone wants to publish it.
Mandela himself, who bestowed these "traces of my life and those who have lived it with me" on his eponymous foundation, hopes the collection will afford the world a glimpse into his mind and his past.
"Anyone who has explored the world of archives will know that it is a treasure house, one that is full of surprises, crossing paths, dead ends, painful reminders and unanswered questions," he said.
Jonny Geller, an agent at the Curtis Brown literary agency and the man entrusted with handling the book's worldwide rights, described the collection on offer as an "utterly remarkable" resource.
"I've never heard of a living political leader giving up their entire archive," he said as he waited for his plane to Frankfurt. "I can't think of any other political leader who has opened up ... ( cont'd )
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