Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palin's Going Rogue hits top spot in US 26.11.09 Philip Stone in The Bookseller Sarah Palin's much-anticipated memoir, Going Rogue (Harper), sold 469,400 copies in just six days upon its release in the United States—sending it comfortably to the top of the US bestseller lists. It outsold runner-up James Patterson's I, Alex Cross (Little, Brown) by more than three copies to one, and on...
YOUR NEW REALITY (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
It's unethical, but it's hard not to admire this successful piece of fakery : From the New York Post : A parody of Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue: An American Life" has been causing huge confusion -- forcing Palin's publishers HarperCollins to take out ads to direct buyers to the official version. The rival book, "Going Rouge: An American Nightmare," was released...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
My Story is a five-part prime-time BBC1 series for early next year, featuring 15 true stories from members of the public. The five best will be published by Harper Collins.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
My Story is a five-part prime-time BBC1 series for early next year, featuring 15 true stories from members of the public. The five best will be published by Harper Collins.
authonomy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Following the huge success of authonomy.com, Harper Collins US and their Children’s division have just launched InkPop.authonomy has recently celebrated its first birthday and thanks to your amazing input and dedication, it’s been a tremendous year. We have already seen the release of The Reaper, Fairytale of New York and this week Never Say Die hits the shops! However, there...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Rogue American Woman By Maureen Dowd Published: November 17, 2009 Note:This story was one of last week's five most viewed features on the NYT website. There is no dount that Sarah Palin's book is creating huge interest worldwide. Harper Collins released the title in New Zealand. yesterday, November 25. BB. Maureen Dowd writes: Of course, the subtitle of Sarah Palin’s book is “...
Serendipity (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Pages - 310 Published by Harper Collins in 2002 Challenges - Fall Into Reading and A to Z Title. This book revolves around the year of 1666, when the plague had reached a quiet little town in Derbyshire called Eyam. As the plague begins to take root within Eyam, the villagers make a difficult and extraordinary decision. The whole village decides to isolate itself completely from the rest...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Return to: | | Books of the Year: Part IIPublished 26 November 2009 The New Statesman’s friends and contributors choose their favourite books of 2009 Sarah ChurchwellGoldengrove (Harper Collins, £10.99), the 12th novel by Francine Prose, is an elegiac farewell to the golden groves of childhood, a slim, sad coming-of-age tale in the great tradition of Carson McCullers's The Member of the...
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Book Review: Going Rogue Sarah Palin, Harper Collins, 2009 Jim Haroldson I was very eager to get Governor Palin's book. I'd been waiting for it for months and to see that it was coming to my local Barnes and Noble made me quiver with joy. Unfortunately, Utica NY wasn't on Sarah's book tour (at least not yet) so I had to deal with just the book and no autograph (yet). I spent the next...
Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... December 10, 2009. An update on my book “May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss” to be published by Harper Collins. A little detail on what the book is about is here . The release time is the end of February 2010. I will hopefully be in India then and there will be, as per current plan, book events in New Delhi and Kolkata where I hope to meet many of you. Exact details will be available...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... It looks very similar, so apparently some people are being confused by the two books. KILMEADE: Harper Collins has taken out money to put out ads together so people know how to order the right book. But I'll tell you one thing. This is why I think, tactically and politically, they should fear Sarah Palin. This book sale -- DOOCY: Absolutely. KILMEADE: -- and her popularity are so...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
While Sarah Palin is hardly the first politician to release a memoir, in many ways, the enthusiastic response to the former Alaska governor's "Going Rogue: An American Life" boasts a story like no other.Since the announcement of its impending release months ago, numbers for “Going Rogue” have been remarkable. Harper Collins initially announced a first printing of 1.5 million copies, half...
Sideshow Collectibles (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... machines and Avatar science that the humans use to interact with this new world). Published by Harper Collins, a newly released book AVATAR: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora provide outstanding insights for anyone interested in learning the ins and outs of Pandora. Check in at HarperCollins.com for order information, and read on to...
Time to Write (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Here’s a little snippet from the free newsletter, Publishers Lunch, which usually comes out daily: Gwendolyn Heasley will join Artisans and Artisans as an agent, focusing on young adult. Her own debut YA novel, Confessions of a Teenage Recessionista , was sold to Harper Collins in a two-book deal in July. A good time to approach an agent is when he or she has just been hired or has moved...
Hummers & Cigarettes (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I have to chuckle when I hear of how well Palin's book "Going Rogue" is doing. First, it was a bestseller even two days after the release date was announced. Now, since its release this week, publisher Harper-Collins said that first-day sales are among the best ever for a nonfiction book. Now, come all the whackos out of the woodwork claiming that Palin supporters are racist....
