– Publishers Weekly, 2/25/2008 7:11:00 AM
Random House has given itself a significant presence in the visual book segment with its acquisition of The Monacelli Press. Founded in 1994 by Gianfranco Monacelli, the press has a backlist of about 250 books on architecture, fine arts, interior design, landscape architecture, photography and graphic design. The company will operate as a standalone imprint of Random House Inc. with Gianfranco Monacelli continuing to head the operation from new offices at Random House’s New York office. Sales and distribution will move from Penguin to Random House July 1. Random deputy chairman and COO Edward Volini said RH welcomes Monacelli Press “as a unique publishing program within Random House and look forward to providing growth opportunities for our new colleagues’ business.”
The new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html is schedule for release in the U.S. and Taiwan on May 22, 2008.
台灣預計2008/05/22與美國同步上映 (印第安那瓊斯: 水晶骷髏王國or 奪寶奇兵4)
Available Book in this subject:
THE ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES:
- INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
- INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
- INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
by CAMPBELL BLACK, JAMES KAHN, ROB MACGREGOR
ISBN: 9780345501271
Here are two great pre-publication quotes for THE AVIARY GATE by Katie Hickman.
“The Aviary Gate reminds us of the fact that Katie Hickman is first and foremost a vibrant story-teller who writes mainly because of the pure joy of weaving stories, be they historical or as in this case fictional accounts. And for that, I am very grateful to her.”- Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran
“It is a hugely enjoyable novel, multi-layered, vividly depicted and a fascinating story, filled with the colours, sights and scents of Constantinople in the 16th century. This story is at the same time fast moving, complex and deeply satisfying and I hope it sells loads and loads!” - Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat and Lollipop Shoes
Provided by Stephen Edwards @ Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd.
Jon Krakauer will write about American-football-player-turned soldier Pat Tillman, who died in a controversial friendly fire incident in Afghanistan for THE HERO, set for releas in October, 2008. Doubleday’s David Drake says it reflects Krakauer’s “fascination with extreme people, who push themselves to the very limits of their capabilities.” The publisher is announcing a first printing of 500,000 copies.
About the Author — http://www.arnongrunberg.com/
Arnon Yasha Yves (Arnon) Grünberg (born February 22, 1971 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch Jewish writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt.
Grünberg made his literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays), which won the Dutch prize for the best debut novel that year. In 2000, under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt, he won the best debut prize again for his novel De geschiedenis van mijn kaalheid (The Story of My Baldness).
Recent Press
Arnon Grunberg has been very busy (as always), and we wanted to share some highlights of his recent press with you.
Bookslut: “Arnon Grunberg is a great literary talent. . .”
http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2008_02_012381.php
The Los Angeles Times: “Grunberg is a master of stealthy wit, land mine-like understatement, whiplash dialogue and lacerating social commentary.”
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-seaman20jan20,0,4036879.story?coll=la-books-center
Publishers Weekly: Arnon spoke with PW not long ago. Here’s the full interview –
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6522902.html?q=arnon+gr
So far The Jewish Messiah has sold in Italy, Hungary, Spain, France, Germany, and Portugal.
US rights in Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart by Tim Butcher have now been sold to Morgan Entrekin at Grove.