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HarperCollins has taken a clear lead in celebrity
imprint production, adding Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil (the same name as his
film production company) to a roster that already includes Dennis
Lehane Books and Anthony
Bourdain Books. In similar fashion, Depp's line has announced
a slate of two books so far: Historian Douglas Brinkley's The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan (for
publication in 2015), and a second collaboration with Brinkley, who is writing
an introduction along with Depp to folk singer Woody Guthrie's novel, House of Earth, for
publication in January 2013. (Brinkley has been a HarperCollins author already
for numerous books.) The release says the line will focus on "authentic,
outspoken, and visionary ideas and voices, from authors both celebrated and
unsung."
Elsewhere in new imprint launches, The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
has launched an academic press to publish books related to journalism, aiming
to issue 3 to 5 books a year, starting in 2013. "We think that publishing
more thoughtful, insightful books about journalism at this critical time in the
history of news and information is important for journalists, important for
writers and, especially, important for readers," Dean Stephen Shepard said
in the announcement. "We plan to do it under a new publishing model."
CUNY Journalism Press will publish in partnership with OR Books. Visiting
professor and writing coach at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Tim Harper is editor
of the new imprint. It was developed along with Tow-Knight Center director Jeff
Jarvis and his staff.
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