Sep 8 2008
Penguin has announced that it will be releasing an e version of the new epilogue that is to be included in the paperback version of The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan (does it address the federal bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae?). For all those hardcover purchasers, you can download this new epilogue(…)
Jun 30 2008
Dear Ms. Haynes: I hadn’t read you before and honestly, I didn’t think I would like this book. The reason for this isn’t grounded in any good reason, but a fairly superficial one, but I’ll articulate it in case other readers make these snap judgments. I had started the book Fortune Hunter and read about(…)
May 22 2008
Sarah of SmartBitches wondered if you can follow an editor like you would an author, or maybe I can take that a bit further, and ask whether you can follow an editor like another reader who you trust. I initially thought that there was no correlation between an editor’s output and reader taste, but I(…)
Apr 24 2008
We hosted a giveaway for 15 copies of Kresley Cole’s delicious upcoming May release, Dark Needs at Night’s Edge. The winners are as follows. Please send me (jane @ dearauthor. com) your snail mail address. # 92 Little Lamb Lost # 36 Miss Kitty # 14 Ana # 50 Emily # 107 Josie # 97(…)
Apr 20 2008
Late Friday, AP reporter, Hillel Italie reported that Signet/NAL has severed its relationship with Cassie Edwards. Since we made a bit deal, here on the blog, about how appalling Signet/NAL’s initial response was, I thought it would be fair to give over our Sunday to say how awesome I think its final response is. For(…)
Apr 19 2008
Sarah just sent me the link to the news release that Signet and Cassie Edwards are no longer in business together. “Signet has conducted an extensive review of all its Cassie Edwards novels and due to irreconcilable editorial differences, Ms. Edwards and Signet have mutually agreed to part ways,” the publisher said in a statement(…)
Mar 26 2008
Penguin will be releasing a new book “Wolf Totem” that was first written and published in China. The book sold nearly 6 million copies in China. What did Penguin pay for these rights? The rights were acquired in 2005 and the estimated cost was $100,000. Seems like a good investment. Wolf Totem was written by(…)
Mar 14 2008
Penguin Group (publisher of authors like Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Meljean Brooks, Nalini Singh and the like) are releasing a number of classics in E form. The ebooks are called Penguin Enhanced e-Book Classics and will contain a number of features to induce a reader to buy the ecopy. For(…)
Feb 18 2008
Many of you may have heard of this book “And Tango Makes Three”. It is a children’s book based on a real story about two penguins in the Central Park Zoo in New York. I guess what happened in real life was that two penguins were observed trying to “hatch” a rock. When the zoo(…)
Jan 11 2008
From: xxxx.penguingroup.com Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:02 PM To: Jane Litte Subject: New Cassie Edwards statement Dear Jane, Please find below a new statement from Signet re: the Cassie Edwards’ situation. Our original comments were based on Signet’s review of a limited selection of passages. We believe the situation deserves further review. Therefore we(…)
Jan 10 2008
Dear Mr. Shanks, CEO of Penguin, and Susan Peterson Kennedy, President of Penguin: I am writing to share with you my disilllusionment with your publishing house after the response you gave to the allegations of plagiarism against Signet author, Cassie Edwards. As a reader, when I buy a book, I assume that my money is(…)
Jan 9 2008
Edited to add my inquiry: Apparently some are taking umbrage that I posted the Signet response but not my own email inquiry. I will say that I had permission to post the Signet response but I don’t mind adding my inquiry: Dear Mr. [name redacted at the request of the responder]: I was writing to(…)
Jan 2 2008
Author Ian Spector wrote “The Truth About Chuck Norris” based on an internet chainmail of mythical facts featuring Norris. I.e., factoid no. 1 is “Guns don’t kill people. Chuck Norris kills people.” Norris is unhappy about the publication of this book and has sued Penguin, the publisher of the book, because it portrays Mr. Norris(…)
Nov 13 2007
Penguin’s blog is going to do a series of Imprint focuses blog posts starting with Ace/Roc. The next four weeks on the Penguin blog will be dedicated to showcasing the Roc/Ace imprints. In addition to introductions to the editors and authors, exclusive information on the books and the publishing process will be posted. I love(…)
Nov 13 2007
Good news, neighbors to the North, Penguin will be selling books in Canada at US price points starting in 2008. A couple of weeks ago, there was an article about Canadians becoming increasingly unhappy with the price disparity on books, with the Canadian retail price being significantly higher than the US retail price even though(…)
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