Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Next Celebrity Imprint: Johnny Depp


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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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