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NBC News Unveils Ebook Publishing Initiative

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday January 23, 2012 @ 9:36am PSTTags: Digital Publishing, NBC News, Publishing

The line between publishing and showbiz just got a little narrower: NBC News says that it has launched a new unit, NBC Publishing, that will produce ebooks based on works from its shows including Dateline, Today, and the NBC Nightly News. It also will tap products from other NBCUniversal units including Peacock Productions, NBC Sports, Universal Pictures, Telemundo, and independent authors who want to “create content that taps into NBC’s resources.”  NBC News SVP Cheryl Gould will be in charge of the New York-based operation, and Michael Fabiano will be its GM. They will work in partnership with traditional trade publishers the way NBC did when it teamed with Perseus Books Group to produce the ebooks JFK: 50 Days and Roots, and with Penguin for D-Day: The Battle For Normandy and Berlin 1961. NBC also says that it joined with Running Press to produce the enhanced ebook tribute to the Today Show, From Yesterday To Today, written by TV Guide magazine’s Stephen Battaglio. “As the tablet and e-reader markets continue to expand exponentially, and as the definition of ‘what is a ‘book?’ evolves, we see opportunities to bring readers a unique and immersive content experience,” Gould says. “This business enables NBC to use video, audio, and current programming in creative new ways.”

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Janet Evanovich Shopping New Book Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 20, 2010 @ 9:58am PDTTags: Book Publishing, Janet Evanovich, Janet Evanovich Book Deal, Peter Evanovich, Publishing, St. Martin's Author, St. Martin's Press
Mike Fleming

sizzling-sixteenSo, just as I reported, author Janet Evanovich’s agent/son Peter is shopping a new book deal after St. Martin’s Press turned down a $50 million, 4-book extension. (St. Martin’s Losing Biggest Fiction Author) I’m told the deal is being shopped to other publishers. The … Read More »

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St Martin’s Losing Biggest Fiction Author

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 10:27am PDTTags: Book Publishing, Books, Janet Evanovich, Katherine Heigl, One for the Money, Peter Evanovich, Publishing, St. Martin's Author, St. Martin's Press, Stephanie Plum
Mike Fleming

janetIn a shocking development, bestselling author Janet Evanovich is leaving St. Martin’s Press after 15 years. The publisher refused to pay her request for $50 million for her next four books — so now her son/agent Peter Evanovich is expected to … Read More »

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Warner Bros and De Line Pictures Win Book Auction For ‘Ready Player One’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday June 18, 2010 @ 7:17pm PDTTags: Books, Movies, Publishing, Rights, Studios
Mike Fleming

In a high six-figure upfront deal, Warner Bros and De Line Pictures won a heated auction for screen rights to Ready Player One, the debut novel by Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline. The movie auction occurred hours a day after the book scored a mid six-figure publishing deal from Random House … Read More »

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‘Fanboys’ Scripter Makes Fat Book Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 17, 2010 @ 5:41pm PDTTags: Books, Publishing, Rights, Writers
Mike Fleming

Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline scored a mid-six figure advance from Random House for North American rights to Ready Player One, his debut young adult novel. International rights are being shopped, and the movie crowd will be kicking the tires on it starting tomorrow Farah Films & Management’s Dan Farah and … Read More »

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Demi Moore Lands $2 Million For Book

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 17, 2010 @ 11:09am PDTTags: Actors, Books, Finance, Publishing
Mike Fleming

demi-moore-20061202-184839Demi Moore will write her book for HarperCollins. While she hasn’t been burning it up with movie roles like she used to, her reps at Janklow-Nesbit are closing a deal worth $2 million,. The book will be edited by Jennifer Barth, … Read More »

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‘Bree Tanner’ Set For Year’s UK Bestseller

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday June 17, 2010 @ 5:07am PDTTags: Books, Finance, Foreign, Publishing, Writers

Bree TannerPublisher Little, Brown tells me Stephenie Meyer’s novella “for the fans” has sold 226,589 copies so far in the UK. Waterstones, the largest bookshop chain, expects it to be the biggest-selling book of the year.

The £11:99 ($17.8) Twilight novella … Read More »

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Simon & Schuster Hooks Karp As Publisher

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 3, 2010 @ 7:21am PDTTags: Books, Publishing, Writers
Mike Fleming

JonKarpTie-3114Simon & Schuster confirmed this morning that Jonathan Karp is its new executive vice president and publisher. Deadline told you yesterday that he would get the job after S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy fired David Rosenthal, who’d been in the post the … Read More »

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Simon & Schuster Shakeup: David Rosenthal Out And Jonathan Karp In

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 2, 2010 @ 5:52pm PDTTags: Publishing
Mike Fleming

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: There is a major shakeup in the works atop publishing imprint Simon & Schuster. I’m hearing that Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy is removing S&S publisher David Rosenthal. And sources tell me that replacing him will be Jonathan Karp, the former publisher of the Twelve … Read More »

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Deaver To Write Next James Bond Novel

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday June 2, 2010 @ 5:30am PDTTags: Books, Foreign, Publishing, Writers

jefferydeaver_cjanieaireyresizeIan Fleming Publications has chosen American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver to write a new James Bond book.

The novel, whose title hasn’t been revealed yet, will be published next May on what would have been Fleming’s birthday. Hodder & Stoughton, Deaver’s publishers … Read More »

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Elmore Leonard On Movies, iPads, And Why ‘Freaky Deaky’ Is Finally Getting Made

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 18, 2010 @ 9:32am PDTTags: Books, Directors, Movies, Publishing, Writers
Mike Fleming

n23356Legendary crime novelist Elmore Leonard began publishing Westerns in the early 50s, and has watched more than a dozen of his books get turned into movies that span the good, the bad, and the ugly. Leonard feels the best–Jackie Brown, Get … Read More »

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Roger Ebert, Demi Moore Ready To Tell Tales In Memoirs

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 18, 2010 @ 4:26am PDTTags: Actors, Books, Critics, Publishing
Mike Fleming

People Roger EbertThe film critic Roger Ebert and actress Demi Moore are looking to write their memoirs. Ebert has set a deal with Grand Central Publishing for a book that will include his run with At the Movies co-host … Read More »

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Focus & Random House Films Partner On Project With Brad Pitt & Darren Aronofsky

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 11, 2010 @ 6:52pm PDTTags: Actors, Books, Movies, Publishing, Studios
Mike Fleming

www.randomhouse.comThe grand experiment between Focus Features and Random House to co-finance films from the publisher’s books continues to put some interesting projects in development. The latest: Brad Pitt and Darren Aronofsky have attached themselves to produce The Tiger, a drama based … Read More »

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Baba Booey Signs Big Book Deal For Fall

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 28, 2010 @ 12:14pm PDTTags: Books, Celebrity, Deals, Publishing, Radio

EXCLUSIVE: Wow, everyone connected with Howard Stern just keeps getting richer and richer (in addition to the King Of All Media himself, of course). gary stern 3The Howard Stern Show’s longtime radio producer, Gary Dell’Abate, has just signed a … Read More »

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Hollywood Reporter Hires New Publisher

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday April 26, 2010 @ 7:41am PDTTags: Big Media, Magazines, Media, Publishing, Trades

THR logo2 It’s former OK! Magazine publisher Lori Burgess. Richard Beckman, CEO of e5 Global Media, made the announcement this morning. Burgess was previously publisher of OK! Magazine since October 2008. Prior to joining OK!, Burgess was SVP Publishing Director … Read More »

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At Light London Book Fair, Excitement Over Hillenbrand’s Olympian War Hero Tale

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 20, 2010 @ 3:09pm PDTTags: Actors, Books, Publishing, Sports, Studios, Writers
Mike Fleming

volcanic-ash-columnConsidering that volcanic ash has hurt Hollywood’s presence at the London Book Fair, should it be a surprise that the one book that has the movie crowd excited has a cloud over its rights? Most studios stayed away from London, with … Read More »

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Volcanic Ash Stresses London Book Fair

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 16, 2010 @ 6:37am PDTTags: Books, Foreign, Publishing
Mike Fleming

Several editors and agents are informing me that the eruption of that volcano in Iceland Thursday is wreaking havoc on those trying to get to the London Book Fair, which starts Monday and runs through Wednesday.  European publishers are already canceling meetings, and in the U.S., the flight situation is … Read More »

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More On Variety’s (& RBI’s) Sale…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday February 22, 2008 @ 1:30pm PSTTags: Finance, Magazines, Publishing, Trades

I’ve been talking to some very smart folks over the past 24 hours about the just-announced sale of Reed Business Information, including Variety, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News. Here are some excerpts from conversations:

“It is what Reed Elsevier says it is. Reed is changing the entire portfolio. … Read More »

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Worse News For New Line: Tolkien Sues

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday February 11, 2008 @ 3:01pm PSTTags: Big Media, Books, Finance, Law, Movies, Publishing, Studios

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News reports say the estate of Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing New Line Cinema, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the movies based on Tolkien’s books. The news comes just as the future of New Line … Read More »

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