Fountain, Solomon, Caro Take NBCCs

March 1, 2013

2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards Go to 'Billy Lynn,' Solomon, Caro The National Book Critics Circle Awards for the publishing year 2012 went to Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (fiction), Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon (nonfiction), The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (biography), Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton (autobiography), Stranger Magic by Marina Warner (criticism), and Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys by D.A. Powell (poetry). The awards were presented at the New School in New York on the evening of February 28. more » AAP Annual Meeting Details Crises in Education, Politics Renowned educator Diane Ravitch and retired U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe outlined the woeful state of American educational policy and that of our gridlocked Congress at the AAP annual meeting in New York. more » A Festival of Cookbooks in the City of Light For a book fair devoted exclusively to cookbooks, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better venue than, say, the Louvre Museum. And that was the case this past weekend when that the Paris Cookbook Fair took place in the Carousel de Louvre, below the Pyramid. The fair brought in nearly 3,000 attendees to visit 102 booths of publishers, writers, and agents. more » 25 Backlist Sandra Brown Novels Come to E Grand Central Publishing has acquired 25 of Sandra Brown's backlist titles, bringing them to e-book for the first time, and will release them in stages around the publication of her newest thriller, Deadline, set for a September 17 pub date. more » Today's Job CCA and B, LLC is seeking a Director of Marketing. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Random House, MeeGenius Partner for Digital Titles MeeGenius, the digital platform for children's books, has announced a distribution partnership with Random House Children's Books, bringing select titles from popular authors and brands like Richard Scarry, P.D. Eastman, the Berenstain Bears, and Barbie to MeeGenius's two million readers. more » » Kawasaki, Raccah, Houle Keynote 2013 IBPA Guy Kawasaki, founder of several tech companies and former chief evangelist at Apple and author, will kick of the 25th annual IBPA Publishing University on Friday, April 26 in Chicago. Dominique Raccah, publisher of Sourcebooks and David Houle, futurist and author of the newly-released Entering The Shift Age, will be the Saturday luncheon keynote speakers. more » » HarperCollins Partners with Honey Maid for Writing Contest HarperCollins has teamed up with Honey Maid to launch one of the inaugural projects of Made Co., an initiative aimed at helping kids realize their creative potential. The publisher's collaboration with Made Co, involves an online writing contest for children ages six to 12. more » » THE ROUNDUP Do You Really Own Your E-books?: Amazon and publisher restrictions control your access, but a bookstore lawsuit could change that. Dear Amazon and Google: Here's why Chinese consumers hate your ecosystems. (Yahoo!) 'Hobbit' Delayed 5 Months: And Scorsese's "Wolf of Wall Street" gets a release date. So You Want to Be a Travel Writer?: Infographic time. Scotland's Mainstream Publishing Closes: Mainstream Publishing's founders Bill Campbell and Peter MacKenzie said its office would shut by the end of December, with the loss of ten jobs. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air March 1, 2013: Saru Jayaraman Saru Jayaraman, author of Behind the Kitchen Door (ILR Press, 978-0801451720) will be a guest on "Up with Chris Hayes" on Saturday, March 2nd. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Matthew White The 10 Most Memorable Superhero Deaths Robin has died...again. What other superheroes have met memorable demises? more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey WW Ladies/Men Book Club I can't believe that next Monday starts the week long Anniversary Bash. more » ShelfTalker Elizabeth Bluemle Street Smart? Not Always…. When books with a street date ship six weeks early, it's problematic for booksellers. more » Genreville Rose Fox Food in Speculative Fiction Does fantasy deal with food better than SF does? more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Seattle's Newest Bookstore Queen Anne Books in Seattle holds its grand opening today under a new name, Queen Anne Book Company, with new owners Judy and Krijn de Jonge and owner/manager Janis Segress, who had worked as head buyer at Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island. Picture here are owners and staff (L to R): Tegan Tigani, Anne Wyckoff, Judy de Jonge, Krijn de Jonge, Janis Segress, Mara Fitch, and Wendee Wieking.	Of Note Podcast: In Books, Everyone's Declaring Independence Across the publishing industry, all the players are proudly declaring independence. Authors have cut ties with publishers and agents and found success in more than "50 shades." Determined to survive in their brick-and-mortar forms, "indie" booksellers are fighting for their rights in court. And at least one public library system has created a platform for independence in e-books. Listen here. more »

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