Bush to write memoir about 'decisions' Mar 22, 2009
Crown Publishing is a division of Random House Inc. and the deal was handled by Random House executive vice president and publisher at large Stephen Rubin. As head of the Doubleday Publishing Group- a division recently dismantled in a corporate realignment - Rubin released Dan Brown's mega-selling "The Da Vinci Code" and Kitty Kelley's "The Family," an unauthorized and unflattering take on the Bush dynasty. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Bush and Obama Share One Thing: A Publisher Mar 21, 2009
But Thursday, Crown, an imprint of Random House, announced that the former President has signed on to write a book, to be published in fall 2010, tentatively titled Decision Points. According to the publishing house, "the book will not be a conventional memoir, but instead will focus exclusively on approximate a dozen of the most interesting and important decisions in the former President's personal and political life" including his decision to quit drinking, his reaction to 9/11, his response... (Time.com)
A plunge, but not on bookshelves Mar 16, 2009
A number of New York publishing houses, including HarperCollins, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Macmillan, have recently announced layoffs or executive shake-ups or both. One reason why things look worse in publishers' offices than on bookstore floors is that retailers have been cutting back on their orders in anticipation of slower sales. (International Herald Tribune)
Read Across America marks Dr. Seusss birthday Mar 14, 2009
Read Across America is jointly sponsored by the National Education Association and Random House publishing company and is the nation's largest reading event. It was organized to celebrate Seuss's love for children and the successful use of his rhyming books as effective teaching tools for young readers. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Kindle for iPhone has competition Mar 13, 2009
In contrast, Stanza offers easy-to-download titles from within the programs list of merchants, including the (just purchased by Barnes & Noble), , Random House and Harlequins free libraries, as well as free books from. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Edwards addresses poverty, not paternity Mar 11, 2009
Elizabeth Edwards, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, has a book coming out this spring entitled "Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities." The publisher, Random House, has described it as a "short, powerful, pocket-sized inspirational book," but has not indicated whether it will address the affair. Edwards acknowledged the affair - though denied fathering Hunter's child -- in an ABC interview last August. (News & Observer)
Seuss remains classic Mar 11, 2009
But he finally found a publishing home at Random House. It was one of the company's most prescient decisions, and former Random House President Bennett Cerf once remarked, I've published any number of great writers, from William Faulkner to John O'Hara, but there's only one genius on my authors' list. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Kindle for iPhone has strong competition Mar 10, 2009
In contrast, Stanza offers easy-to-download titles from within the programs list of merchants, including the (just purchased by Barnes & Noble), BooksOnBoard eBook Shop, Random House and Harlequins free libraries, as well as free books from. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
A tale of two 'Droods’ - Two authors reimagine Dickens’ unfinished work Mar 7, 2009
99 The Last Dickens, by Matthew Pearl, Random House, 386 pages 25. So, Charles Dickens great fragment, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, has been finished by a contemporary writer. (Missoulian, MT)
Who gets the biggest piece of the digital pie? Feb 28, 2009
While the idea of the e-book has been around since the late 1990s, it's been largely a chicken-and-egg proposition, the senior vice-president of digital production for Random House, Canada's largest trade publisher, said ... Random House initiated its e-book program last fall, a few months after it bought 60 Sony Readers for staff at its Toronto headquarters ... Random House, for instance, now uses a 25-per-cent-of-net-proceeds clause for most of its contracts. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Book Publishers, R.I.P.? Feb 26, 2009
Kate, who has worked in book publishing for eight years now, has friends who work for Random House, one of the houses. "They have been holding their breath," Kate said, "worrying about whether the axe will come down on them.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Book roundup: Historical fiction Feb 26, 2009
Shannon By Frank Delaney Random House, 393 pp. $26. (USA Today -- Life)
Indigo launches e-book service Feb 25, 2009
Because of Shortcover's intent to break into the U.S. market, Serbinis has been dealing mostly with large multinational companies such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Harlequin to secure licences for titles to which these publishers have either North American or worldwide electronic publishing rights ... Random House of Canada, for instance, recently completed digitizing 100 titles, with more books scheduled for conversion ... Random House will also be providing content soon... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Naomi Klein wins Warwick Prize Feb 25, 2009
Naomi Klein is photographed at publisher Random House for her book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. (FRED LUM/ GLOBE AND MAIL). (Globe and Mail)
Rice inks $2.5m three-book deal Feb 23, 2009
"Rice will combine candid narrative and acute analysis to tell the story of her time in the White House and as America's top diplomat, and her role in protecting American security and shaping foreign policy during the extraordinary period from 2001-2009," according to a statement issued yesterday by Crown, a division of Random House Inc.. Rice's book is planned for 2011. (Boston Globe)
Kindle 2 opens new chapter for e-books Feb 22, 2009
It's currently offering nine free titles from Random House to introduce readers to its collection. Feedbooks is a site where readers can download e-books to many devices -- Kindle, Sony, iPhone/iPod, smart phones and PDAs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Report: Dan Brown has finished his book Feb 17, 2009
On Thursday, Feb. 12, Random House Inc. announced that Stephen Rubin, former head of the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group -- and publisher of "The Da Vinci Code" -- has a newly created position, executive vice president and publisher at large. He reports to Random House CEO Markus Dohle. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Curly Hair, Wavy Hair, Straight Hai... Feb 13, 2009
Random House Publishing Group, New York. The copyright of the article Curly Hair, Wavy Hair, Straight Hair in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
HarperCollins latest book publisher to cut staff Feb 12, 2009
In recent months, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Macmillan, which operates divisions including Farrar, Straus & Giroux and St. Martin's Press, have all announced cutbacks. In the six months that ended on Dec. 31, HarperCollins's operating income dropped nearly 75 percent, to $26 million from $103 million. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
HarperCollins lays off 2 executives Feb 11, 2009
Random House, Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Macmillan, which operates divisions including Farrar, Straus & Giroux and St. Martin's Press, have all announced job losses in recent months ... Industry insiders were surprised that the Collins division was being closed down just 18 months after it was revamped with the hiring of Ross from Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Wozniak to hoof it up Feb 11, 2009
His work in Hollywood included screenplays for "Until They Sail" (1957), "The Nun's Story (1959), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), a Steve McQueen epic set in 1920s China. Keaton to write memoir about her late mother Diane Keaton is telling all -- about her bond with her mother. The Academy Award-winning actress, whose films include "Annie Hall" and the three "Godfather" movies, is working on a memoir -- currently untitled -- that the Random House... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Amazon in big push for new Kindle model Feb 10, 2009
Markus Dohle, chief executive of Random House, the world's largest publisher of consumer books and a unit of Bertelsmann of Germany, said the company was working with Amazon and other e-book makers to digitize its so-called backlist of older titles. When asked in an interview after the news conference if he was concerned about the effects of Amazon's dominance in the e-book market, Dohle paused and laughed. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
John Grisham has 'the easiest life' Feb 8, 2009
The most noted, the most prestigious it's a long list," he says in his deep drawl, projecting an air of smooth confidence during an interview at the New York office of publisher Doubleday, a division of Random House. Most intriguing to Grisham: "The legend and the lore of how (corporate law firms on Wall Street) treat associates. It was just irresistible. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
BookExpo, Book Fair killed Feb 8, 2009
Reed's decision to nix BookExpo was deemed inevitable in most publishing circles after three of Canada's biggest publishers Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins declared last month that they wouldn't be appearing at BookExpo 2009 ... A similar scenario seemed to be at work regarding the Toronto Book Fair after Random House and Penguin Group (Canada) said last week that they wouldn't participate in the event at Toronto's CNE grounds. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Fledgling Toronto book fair dealt a blow Feb 8, 2009
Toronto's newest fall literary festival appears to be on shaky ground even before it holds its debut edition after the country's largest trade publisher, Random House of Canada, and another big player, Penguin Group (Canada), announced Wednesday Jan. 28 that they won't participate ... However, Tracey Turriff, Random House senior vice-president responsible for marketing and corporate communications, said in a statement that the planned book fair poses a number of challenges, including basic... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
New reason to surf the blogosphere: Book deals Apr 1, 2008
And then March 20 Random House announces that it has purchased the rights to a book by the blog's founder, Christian Lander, an Internet copy writer ... Barbara Fillon, a Random House spokeswoman, said her office mates were laughing about the content on White People for weeks before they heard there was a book proposal in the offing ... Doing some back-of-the-envelope math, she figured Random House would have to sell about 75,000 copies, a total that would likely land the book on best-seller... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Obama and the class question Mar 31, 2008
(published this month by Random House Canada) and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail)
Kitchen utensils, Sarah Silverman, Toyota Prius, Apple, Obama... Mar 29, 2008
com), has become a viral sensation, and the Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based Mr. Lander recently landed a book deal with Random House. We talked to Mr. Lander about how he vets his posts, the people who hate him and the stuff white people like, which apparently includes sarcasm. (Globe and Mail)
Sony BMG developing online music service Mar 25, 2008
Besides the book publisher Random House, Bertelsmann's interests include music business BMG, which is comprised of its 50 per cent holding in the Sony BMG Music Entertainment joint venture with Japan's Sony Corp., and radio and television including broadcaster RTL, magazines and media services. Bertelsmann is headquartered in Guetersloh, Germany, but most of its 97,000 employees are scattered over its divisions. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Wyoming artist illustrates sci-fi book jackets Mar 24, 2008
Judy-Lynn Del Rey and her husband, Lester Del Rey, who came from publications owned by Isaac Asimov, had arrived at Random House to revamp the science fiction branch of Ballantine Books. They found Sweet and put him to work. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Memoirs Full of Lies Mar 23, 2008
When he labeled it memoir Random House jumped. Margaret Seltzer's excuse was that she really wanted to tell the stories of the life her gang-member ffriends lived, and she believed that they had a greater chance of being heard if she wrote them as her own story. (Suite101.com)
Get gardening Mar 22, 2008
She is the author of 13 gardening books, her most recent being How to Make a Garden, The 7 Essential Steps for the Canadian Gardener, published by Random House. Editor's Note: globeandmail. (Globe and Mail)
Tell-all book about Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago is pulled by publisher Mar 21, 2008
Three Rivers Press is an imprint of Random House, Inc., which is owned by Bertelsmann AG.. Sponsored Links. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Are Books Dying Out? Sky speaks to the 'Beelzebub of the book trade' Mar 19, 2008
Two publishing giants - Random House and Harper Collins - are currently in talks to acquire it. Advertisement. (Sky News)
Bertelsmann exploring the sale of its book and music clubs Mar 19, 2008
Today, Bertelsmann has six divisions including the publisher Random House and the European TV broadcaster RTL Group. The company has been controlled by the Mohn family for the past 100 years and has opted to remain private. (International Herald Tribune)
In memoirs, a journey of discovery Mar 16, 2008
"We weren't publishing the book to introduce him to America. We were publishing the book because we had a great story to tell," said Jonathan Karp, McCain's editor, then at Random House. McCain had rejected entreaties to write about his prison years, but the prospect became more attractive when agent Flip Brophy proposed placing that experience in a multigenerational family narrative. (Boston Globe)
Uncomfortably numb Mar 15, 2008
Published by Random House Canada and available March 11. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. (Globe and Mail)
Murder by numbers Mar 8, 2008
In Britain, Random House has just wooed him away from its rival publisher Headline. What seems to have impressed Patterson most was that Gail Rebuck, the head of Random House UK, had conducted research showing that only 50 per cent of British thriller readers had heard of him: she spoke the language of audience share, in which he is fluent. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Leading Book Publishers Go DRM-Free for Audiobooks Mar 7, 2008
Random House, owned by Bertelsmann, made an announcement in February via a letter to business partners; the reported on Monday that Penguin, owned by Pearson, will release MP3 audiobooks on eMusic. Simon & Schuster will make a limited number of titles available in an unprotected format soon. (eSecurityPlanet)
Author's 'Love and Consequences' memoir untrue Mar 5, 2008
Bruce Tracy, a Random House editor who has worked with numerous memoirists, also worries that tainted memoirs hurt the genre overall. "Unfortunately, when things like this happen, it attracts so much more attention than the admiring press for memoirs that aren't fabrications," Tracy says. (USA Today)
Fake memoir won't change book business Mar 5, 2008
"The author-editor relationship is so much one of trust and I don't think that can change," says Nan Talese, who published Frey's book through her own imprint at the Broadway Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.. "It's a business where honesty prevails 99 percent of the time," says literary agent Laurence J. Kirshbaum, the former head of Warner Books. (CNN -- Showbiz)
James Frey-Oprah Winfrey Feud Isn't Over Mar 5, 2008
A judge approved a tentative settlement in May, calling for publishing house Random House and author James Frey to refund $2 ... A judge approved a tentative settlement in May, calling for publishing house Random House and Frey to refund $2. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Gwyn Takes Sir John A. To The Top Mar 5, 2008
The book, John A.: The Man Who Made Us: The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald, Volume One: 1815 - 1867 (Random House), beat four other contenders in a race that was difficult to predict, with works ranging from personal memoirs to portraits of musical geniuses and Holocaust heroes. "When I opened my email this morning there was an intimidating message from [organizer] June Dickenson that said, 'If you win, you've got two minutes', " said the author, upon stepping up to the podium to accept his... (National Post)
• Bogus memoir sparks criticism of publishing industry Mar 5, 2008
Perhaps not surprisingly, Stuart Appelbaum, spokesman for Random House, which two years ago published James Frey's partly fabricated addiction memoir "A Million Little Pieces," was sympathetic. Appelbaum said Riverhead's competitors were not pointing fingers or gloating. (Q13.com, WA)
Gwyn wins Taylor Prize Mar 4, 2008
Gwyn is currently preparing the second (and concluding ) volume of the biography, spanning the years 1868-1891, tentatively scheduled for publication in 2010 by Random House Canada. The winner of the 2008 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, Richard Gwyn, is congratulated by Noreen Taylor at Monday's award ceremony in Toronto at the King Edward Hotel. (Globe and Mail)
Free download of novel lures readers Mar 4, 2008
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Random House is in the business of selling books, so what's it doing giving away a book, or at least its contents ... Avideh Bashirrad, a Random House marketing executive, says the free download, which follows a similar experiment by HarperCollins, is a way of "introducing new readers to the book who may decide to buy a copy after sampling it. After all, in a bookstore you can browse as much of a book as you want to before deciding to buy it, and we want to give... (USA Today -- Life)
Simple baby books are packed with learning Mar 4, 2008
by Vicky Ceelen, Random House, 2008, 24 pages, 6. 99 board book. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Warner adopts Bock's 'Children' Mar 4, 2008
The "Hamlet 2" exec producers add the feature adaptation of the Random House novel to several projects they are readying for production starts. "Beautiful Children" was written over a 13-year period by Bock, who infuses his book with the desperation of Vegas hustlers, something he observed while working at pawn shops operated by his parents. (Variety)
Net A Best-Seller For Free Feb 27, 2008
Charles Bock's "Beautiful Children, a best-selling debut novel about characters adrift in Las Vegas, is the latest book to be offered for free online. Starting Wednesday, Bock's novel can be downloaded from the Web site . The free electronic edition will also be available from such leading retailers as Amazon.com and Barnes .com. "I want people to read the book," Bock said in a statement issued Tuesday by the Random House Publishing Group. "If that means giving it away for free online, great. "... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Campbell admits it's all complete fiction Feb 23, 2008
The less suspicious will instead be looking forward to his first novel after it was announced yesterday that he had struck a deal with Random House to publish a work called All in the Mind ... Random House, which is publishing through its Hutchinson imprint, was giving little plot detail away beyond saying it was mainly set over a long weekend with a psychiatrist at its core ... Sales of Campbell's doorstopping inside account of No 10, The Blair Years, have been brisk with about 150,000 books... (Guardian Unlimited -- Politics)
Two Famous Women Writers Feb 22, 2008
I am just going to name of a few of her volumes of poetry, such as A Brave and Startling Truth (Random House, 1995), The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994), Wouldn t Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975), I Shall Not be Moved (1990) and Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water fore I Diiie (1971). Alice Walker, the author of the Pultizer Prize winning novel The Color Purple was born in 1944, the last and eighth child of Willie and Minnie... (Stuttgart Daily Leader, AR)
Take a peek inside 'Charlatan' Feb 21, 2008
Excerpted by permission of Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. (USA Today -- Life)
GoFish casts Net for teens Feb 19, 2008
Cartoon Network and Disney, as well as Electronic Arts, Activision, ATless, Build a Bear, Hewlett Packard, Kellogg's, Konami, Lego, Mead Paper, Microsoft, Nintendo, Random House, Sony and Verizon Wireless have bought ads across the network's sites. Company's also brokered a deal with Viacom to distribute content from dozens of the conglom's properties, including clips from "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.". (Variety)
E-books ready to open chapter one Feb 18, 2008
Two of the biggest publishers in Britain, Random House and Hachette, are ready to offer downloadable titles by some of their top writers, including Ian McEwen and Delia Smith. Australian publishers are bracing for the generational shift in how we read our books. (The Australian)
Oprah Winfrey plug makes business book, Women & Money,' a Web sensation Feb 17, 2008
The offer for "Women & Money," originally released a year ago by Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House, Inc., has not kept people from buying the traditional version. As of Saturday, the book ranked No. 6 on Amazon. (AZCentral -- News)
'Debaters' dominates Image Awards Feb 15, 2008
Outstanding Literary Work -- Children "Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson" -- Sue Stauffacher,Author; Greg Couch, Illustrator (Random House). Outstanding Literary Work -- Youth/Teens "More Than Entertainers: An Inspirational Black Career Guide" -- Charles B. Schooler, Author; Gary Young, Illustrator (Zenith Publishing). (Variety)
The Bible as graphic novel, with a samurai stranger called Christ Feb 12, 2008
Random House A page from the Manga Bible by Ajinbayo Akinsiku. "For the unchurched, the book is to show that this thing, the Bible, is still relevant," Mr. Akinsiku said. (International Herald Tribune)
Complete winners list Feb 12, 2008
DANCE RECORDING"LoveStoned/I Think She Knows - Justin Timberlake; Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland n Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass land, mixers Track from: "FutureSex/LoveSounds" [Jive/Zomba]ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE"Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps" - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammophon]POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS"Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" - Robert Plant n Krauss; [Rounder Records] POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE"One Week Last Summer" - Joni... (Variety)
Thomas Jefferson's last years topic of new book Feb 12, 2008
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson (Random House, 352 pages, 27), by Alan Pell Crawford. This intimate and detailed biography focuses on Thomas Jefferson from his return to Monticello, his beloved Virginia plantation, after two terms as president, to his death on the 50th anniversary of the signing of his Declaration of Independence. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Random House to sell books by the chapter online: report Feb 11, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Random House Publishing Group, the world's largest book publisher, is planning to test selling individual chapters of a popular book to gauge reader demand, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal ... Random House, a unit of German media giant Bertelsmann (BERT.UL), will sell the six chapters and epilogue of "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" for 2 ... Random House Publishing Group. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Out of the wild Feb 11, 2008
Psychologist Carol Gilligan, now at New York University, draws on her 34 years teaching at Harvard for her debut novel, "Kyra" (Random House). In the acknowledgments, she thanks a number of folks at Harvard, including an architect at the design school and a doctoral student who studied the Akha tribe in Thailand. (Boston Globe)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers Feb. 10 / Feb 11, 2008
Tom Brokaw (Random House; 688 pages; $28. 95): The former news anchor reflects on the 1960s and discusses the impact of the era on people's lives today. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Making A Difference Feb 9, 2008
"I think people want to love a book," says Kidder's Random House editor, Kate Medina. "And when they find one they really love - and it makes them feel that somehow the normal person can participate in doing very wonderful things - they just want to tell other people about it.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Canadian book industry ‘flat' as titles flood market Feb 2, 2008
In 1998, Canadian publishers including wholly foreign-owned companies such as Random House Canada that, the study says, now account for at least 59 per cent of domestic sales published close to 12,000 new titles. Six years later, that total was almost 17,000. (Globe and Mail)
New literary program to make its home online Feb 2, 2008
Daniel Menaker, who left his post as executive editor in chief of the Random House Publishing Group in June, is moving online in March to be the host of a new Web-based book show. The show, to be called "Titlepage," will feature a round-table discussion between Menaker, 66, a former fiction editor at The New Yorker, and a group of four authors. (International Herald Tribune)
