Books

Monthly Installments Of Free Chapter Downloads Leading Up To Fall Publication Of Bill Tancer's "Click: What Millions Of People Are Doing Online And Why It Matters"

New York, May 29, 2008 - As part of a unique experiment, Hyperion and ABCNEWS.com have partnered with Bill Tancer, General Manager of Global Research at Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence company, and author of the upcoming September 2008 Hyperion publication, Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why it Matters, to offer pre-publication monthly installments, beginning June 1 through September 1, of select chapters for free downloading.    » read more »

Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller AN INCONVENIENT BOOK to publish his first work of fiction in Fall 2008

May 2008 -- Glenn Beck, the phenomenally popular radio and television personality and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, has signed with Threshold Editions to write two new books. Louise Burke, Threshold Editions' Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced today the acquisition or world rights to both books.    » read more »

To be Published in November 2008 by Karen Hunter Publishing

New York, New York, May 19, 2008 -- Grammy-award winning icon, Janet Jackson, will release an intimate chronicle of her lifelong issues with weight gain and self-esteem in November 2008 when Karen Hunter and her eponymous Pocket Books imprint, Karen Hunter Publishing, releases Janet's yet-to-be-titled book. Written with esteemed author David Ritz and also featuring lifestyle changing tips from Janet's nutritionist, David Allen, the book will reveal, in Janet's words, what she did to overcome a battle that plagues many men, women and children around the world.    » read more »

NEW YORK, May 21, 2008 -- Simon Spotlight Entertainment (SSE), an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced today that it will publish a book by Melissa Gilbert. Best-known as Laura "half-pint" Ingalls on the series Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert has a permanent place in the hearts of women of all ages.    » read more »

NEW YORK, MAY 12, 2008 -- MySpace, MTV sensation and pop culture icon Tila Tequila is teaming up with Scribner, which has acquired world rights to publish her first book, Hooking Up with Tila Tequila. The announcement was made today by Susan Moldow, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Scribner.    » read more »

May 14, 2008 -- Barbara Walters's new memoir Audition has sold over 250,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the strongest nonfiction hardcover debuts in recent years and putting Walters in league with other blockbuster authors such as Bill Clinton and Bob Woodward.

"This is a remarkable number for a work of nonfiction in what has been a flat retail environment," says Sonny Mehta, Chairman of the Knopf Publishing Group. "In just seven days, we have sold a quarter of a million copies of Audition. I have heard from booksellers across the country, and they are all enormously appreciative that Barbara's book is driving traffic into stores."    » read more »

April 8, 2008 -- On April 13, 2008, the New York Times bestseller list will include yet another record-breaking total from various imprints of Simon & Schuster with 26 separate bestsellers. The previous Simon & Schuster record was set less than a month ago on the March 23, 2008 list, which featured 24 separate bestsellers.    » read more »

03/04/2008 -- The New York Yankees announced today that in a partnership with Pocket Books, they have published, Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective.

Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, which was authored by Mark Vancil and Alfred Santasiere III, is the only book about Yankee Stadium that is licensed by the New York Yankees. It features an introduction by George M. Steinbrenner III, a foreword by Rudy Giuliani, and more than 150 photographs, many never before published.    » read more »

Feb. 11, 2008 -- On June 3, 2008, Random House will publish Salman Rushdie's new novel, THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE, a dazzling historical novel set in Renaissance Florence and the court of the great Mughal Empire.

"This new novel marks a bold departure for Salman Rushdie in terms of setting and subject matter," comments Will Murphy, Rushdie's editor at Random House. "It is an amazing display of his gifts as a storyteller and will undoubtedly draw many new readers to his already wide audience."    » read more »

A Live Interactive Worldwide Web Event and Book Club First: Oprah Joins Author to Teach a 10-Week Webcast Series of Classes on Oprah.com

WEDNESDAY, January 30, 2008, Chicago, IL — "Being able to share this material with you is a gift and a part of the fulfillment of my life's purpose," Oprah Winfrey said on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, as she revealed the 61st Oprah's Book Club selection, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. She added, "It was an awakening for me that I want for you, too."    » read more »

New York, New York, December 21, 2007 -- Louise Burke, Threshold Editions' Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced today the acquisition of the highly-anticipated memoir by Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's former Deputy White House Chief of Staff and pivotal architect of modern conservatism. The deal, which includes world rights, was brokered by Washington, D.C. attorneys Robert B. Barnett and Michael O'Connor.

"All of us at Threshold are thrilled to publish the book from the man who had the President's ear for two terms." said Louise Burke.    » read more »

15 November 2007 -- Two books examining the role of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War won prestigious National Book Awards in New York City Wednesday.

Denis Johnson won the fiction award for his epic novel Tree of Smoke, the story of a CIA agent during the Vietnam War. The non-fiction prize went to Legacy of Ashes, Tim Weiner's history of the U.S. spy agency. Weiner, a reporter for the New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his reporting on secret national security programs.    » read more »

WEDNESDAY, November 14, 2007, Chicago, IL — On Wednesday, November 14, 2007, Oprah revealed the 60th Oprah's Book Club selection The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. She said, "It's such a great read… it's like nothing I would ever read or had ever read before… I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end."    » read more »

Thousands of book fans rally online for a first look at the upcoming film

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Classics' promotional online site 'The Kite Runner Club', in support of their upcoming film, THE KITE RUNNER, has become a phenomenon with over 14,000 people participating and over 1,000 groups formed.    » read more »

01 November 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature the teenaged wizard Harry Potter - but don't look for it on the best-seller chart.

The British author says only seven copies of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' are being printed. One will be auctioned in December to raise money for a children's charity, while the others have been given away as gifts.    » read more »