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The Marvelous Melanie Murray Is Leaving Warner

Sadly, the marvelous Melanie Murray, editor of one of Jayne and my new favorite authors, Elizabeth Hoyt, is leaving Warner Publishing for other endeavors. Goodbye Ms. Murray. Best of luck. I hope Warner can find someone to fill your shoes.

Spotlight on Grand Central Publishing aka Warner:  Hot Books for Fall

Spotlight on Grand Central Publishing aka Warner: Hot Books for Fall

Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books) is an all-format, all-genre trade publisher. We're the house of Nicholas Sparks, David Baldacci, Brad Meltzer, Lolly Winston, Preston & Child and many others. We have several imprints including 5 Spot, where we publish smart women's fiction and nonfiction such as Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik, and [...]

REVIEW: The Spy Wore Silk by Andrea Pickens

Dear Ms. Pickens: I almost didn’t read this book. It was a Regency, with a spy. The blurb used word like “sultry body” and described the hero as “sinfully sensuous.” Groan. However, the editor was Melanie Murray, and Murray was interviewed by us a few months ago so I thought I should give it a [...]

Warner Changes Its Name

After today, Warner Books will now be called Grand Central Publishing to coincide with its move to a new physical location just north of the train station. Hachette Books bought the imprint from Time last year. As part of the purchase, Warner Books had to pick a new name by 2011. The official launch will [...]

REVIEW: Warner Books Answers the E Publishing Question

After I moaned and wailed about not finding Annie Solomon’s books in e-format, I contacted the publisher as to what Warner was doing about getting its books into e-format. Here’s the answer I received from the man in charge, Mr. Neil De Young, Director of Digital Media. Generally speaking, we try to get as many [...]

REVIEW:  Dead Shot by Annie Solomon

REVIEW: Dead Shot by Annie Solomon

Dear Ms. Solomon: To say that I was impressed by this book is an understatement. You always know, as a reader, that a book is good when at the close the book, you immediately get the yen to go to the bookstore and find more on the author's work. Which is what happened to me [...]