Tor.com buys web-only serialization rights to two graphic novels
Tor.com will serialize Red Light Properties by Dan Goldman and The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis over the first six months of 2010...
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Tag Archives: Publishers Weekly
A spooky, but gorgeous, little book—a review of Isis by Douglas Clegg
The story is darkly haunting, and will stick with you, but the artwork is downright amazing, and will demand a place in your home...
Read more [...] Lucienne Diver sells Revamped, offers more news
Flux has bought the sequel to Lucienne Diver's debut YA novel. The author also offers an interview and a contest to win Vamped...
Read more [...] IDW hires Jeff Webber to “app”ify the company
IDW Comics hired Jeff Webber to its newly created position of Director of E-Publishing. In this post, Webber will be exploring ways to follow up their success with the iPhone app sales of Star Trek: Countdown...
Read more [...] Norton to publish posthumous J.G. Ballard collection
W.W. Norton will publish The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard in September, including two stories never published in the States...
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Len Wein and Christine Valada burned out of their home
Comics creator Len Wein and photography/attorney Christine Valada suffered a devastating house fire Monday, escaping with their lives, but losing many priceless possessions...
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Anderson News still kicking; Source Interlink may be winning
Still more on the suits and countersuits by and against magazine distributors Anderson News and Source Interlink...
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Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred to be graphic novel
Octavia E. Butler's 1979 novel Kindred, which follows a modern black woman unwillingly time-traveling to the antebellum South, will be republished as a graphic novel by Beacon Press...
Read more [...] Updates to Previously Published Articles (1-7 March 2009)
This is a list of previously published articles that were updated between 1 and 7 March 2009.
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Robert J. Sawyer delivers Watch, volume two of his WWW trilogy
On the same day Robert J. Sawyer turned in the second volume of his WWW trilogy, Publishers Weekly gave the first book (due out in April) a starred review...
Read more [...] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt confirms publication of “new” J.R.R. Tolkien book
Written before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrùn is an English narrative retelling of old Norse epics...
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In Random House reorganization, Scott Shannon is promoted
Scott Shannon has been promoted to Vice President, Publisher for Del Rey and Spectra...
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Simon & Schuster, too, makes big changes
Simon & Schuster is cutting 35 positions from all across the company; another victim of bad economic times...
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Scholastic early retirement offer widely accepted
Looking to cut costs, Scholastic offered early retirement to many of its employees, and found more than they expected willing to take the deal...
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Paolini’s Brisingr Brings in the Sales
The third volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle sold more than half a million copies in its first 24 hours on the shelves...
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