Marco Rubio’s An American Son is a memoir, but is it also an ethics violation?
Florida senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio published his memoir, An American Son, in 2012, a year and a half into his first (and last) Senate term. The book—for which… Read more »
The vanishing mass market: Penguin merges two mass market publishing houses to create new mass market publishing house
Earlier this week, Penguin announced it would be merging two of its mass market divisions, Berkley and New American Library, into one division, Berkley Publishing Group. According to Publishers Weekly, “Leslie Gelbman,… Read more »
“Restructuring” at Penguin
“Restructuring” is one of the corporate world’s greatest euphemisms. It usually means that a lot of people are going to get fired in the name of “greater efficiency” (read: greater… Read more »
Farewell, Glas, come back soon
“I thought the world will gasp with admiration.” This is how publisher Natasha Perova described what she thought would be the reaction to the first books by Glas, the Russian… Read more »
Madeline, the classic children’s book character created by Ludwig Bemelmans, turns 75
In a house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines… Madeline, the beloved children’s book character created by author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans… Read more »
Greg Abbott campaign questions legality of Wendy Davis’ book tour, wipes flopsweat from collective brow
We entered the weekend with Wendy Davis book news sure to drum up even more pre-tour publicity, and to nobody’s surprise we exit the weekend with even more; this time,… Read more »
Penguin Design Award winners announced
While we await the results of the most recent 50 Books/50 Covers design contest in the US, another competition has concluded in the UK. Now in its seventh year, The Penguin… Read more »
Furor continues over Penguin India’s to-be-pulped history book
Incensed reaction is mounting in the wake of Penguin Books India’s decision to recall and pulp copies of The Hindus: An Alternative History by University of Chicago Divinity School professor… Read more »
Penguin pulls book from shelves in India because of ‘hurt feelings’
After a drawn out legal challenge from Hindu nationalists, Penguin Books India has voluntarily recalled all copies of The Hindus: An Alternative History by respected historian Wendy Doniger. Apparently Hindu… Read more »
Penguin Random House announces closure of the Kirkwood and Pittston Warehouses
A memo yesterday from Markus Dohle, CEO, Penguin Random House, and Madeline McIntosh, U.S. President and Chief Operating Officer announced that the Penguin warehouses in Kirkwood, New York and Pittston, Pennsylvania… Read more »