January 29, 2013
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 Applegate, Klassen, Lake Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Katherine Applegate has won the 2013 Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan (Harper); Jon Klassen has won the 2013 Randolph Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat (Candlewick); and Nick Lake has won the 2013 Michael L. Printz Award for In Darkness (Bloomsbury). The awards were announced Monday morning at the American Library Association's midwinter conference in Seattle. more »  When it comes to e-books, publishers may soon be getting report cards from libraries. more »   Simon & Schuster Buys Salinger Bio Jonathan Karp at Simon & Schuster has acquired David Shields and Shane Salerno's The Private War of J.D. Salinger. The biography, which is set for September 2013, has been in the works for eight years more » HC's It Books imprint along with HarperCollinsCanada have acquired the first book from Amy Poehler, currently starring in the NBC show Parks and Recreation. The book, set for fall 2014, will be an unconventional memoir. more »
Former ICM Chief Starts New Agency Jeffrey Berg, who ran ICM for over 20 years, has started a full service agency called Resolution which will have offices in Los Angeles and New York and will include a literary arm. Jeff Franklin, an entrepreneur and film producer, is COO. more » » Leading into her Sunday keynote address at ALA Midwinter in Seattle, author and advocate Caroline Kennedy recalled a story told to her by Harry Belafonte, at a 50th Anniversary commemoration for the Civil Rights movement. Belafonte recalled how after a rousing speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King during a 1960s Civil Rights rally, he turned to King, and asked what was the point of speaking to these people, wasn't it just preaching to the choir? "Someone has to preach to the choir," King replied "Otherwise, they might stop singing." With that, Kennedy preached on the importance of libraries and literacy. more » » Firebrand Technologies, provider of NetGalley, has announced that Steve Rutberg has been named director of marketing and sales. He has worked for WoltersKluwer Health, Taylor & Francis, and McGraw-Hill. Annie Johnston has been named content services specialist. She is formerly the digital content manager at Independent Publishers Group. Stuart Evers is now U.K. community manager, based in London. He is a former bookseller and editor. Lastly, Steve Manes has been appointed to the development team. He was formerly with the Children's Health Fund. more » » Margot Atwell is leaving Beufort Books as publisher, as of January 31. She can be reached at matwell@gmail.com. Beaufort president Eric Kampmann will be taking over as publisher. Heather Hust Rivera has been named director, communications, Disney Publishing. Most recently, she was the director of corporate communications at the Walt Disney Company. Amy Achaibou has been promoted to associate design manager, new format development at Chronicle Books. At Ballantine, Mark Tavani has been promoted to v-p, and remains an editorial director; Kara Cesare has been promoted to v-p and remains an executive editor; Junessa Viloria has been promoted to editor; Ratna Kamath has been promoted to assistant editor. more » »
Amazon 'To Put Ads on Kindles': Amazon is reportedly readying an advertising push for displays on Kindle e-readers after pitching a range of products to marketers in Seattle. Rare Robert Frost Collection Surfaces: 50 years after his death. On Making Books Into Movies: The Millions investigates. Writers Writing About Writing: "Exercising is a good analogy for writing," observes Jennifer Egan. "If you're not used to exercising you want to avoid it forever. If you're used to it, it feels uncomfortable and strange not to." Knopf's "Rogue" Tweet: This is what passes as a publishing scandal.
 Authors on the Air January 29, 2013: George Saunders George Saunders, author of Tenth of December (Random House, 978-0812993806), will be on The Colbert Report. more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Who is the Greatest American Writer? (POLL) Cast your vote. more » Barbara Vey Jane Austen Gets “The Call” Ask any author out there and they'll easily tell you the story of when they got "the Call." more » Josie Leavitt And The Winners Are… Yesterday was the very exciting awards announcements for the ALA Youth Media Awards. I love the ALA for livestreaming the awards on the Internet. more » Rose Fox Link Roundup The World SF Travel Fund, nominating for the Hugos, and more. more » Adam Boretz Audio Bestsellers: Through 01/20/13 He's Baaaaack! more »
 Leary Launches 'The Good House'Denis Leary, Michael J. Fox, Ann Leary and Tracy Pollan celebrate the release of Ann Leary's new novel The Good House (St Martin's Press) at Ditch Plains, NYC. Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan Company |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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