Thursday, February 05, 2015

The Roundup with PW


Four Questions For...'Girl on the Train' Editor Sarah McGrath
Paula Hawkins's debut thriller, 'The Girl on the Train,' is being hailed by many as the next 'Gone Girl,' and the first blockbuster book of the year. We reached out to Riverhead editor-in-chief Sarah McGrath, who acquired the book, to talk about its meteoric rise more »




iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Girl on the Train’ Climbs to the Top
Paula Hawkins’s debut thriller rose from #2 to hit the top of Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 2. Two weeks before the Valentine’s Day premiere of the film adaptation of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' the first book in E.L. James’s trilogy landed at #2. more » »




Doubts Over Second Lee Novel?: The 'New York Times' asked Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham about some public concerns over Harper Lee's involvement in the new book deal.

Amazon Program Turns Print to E-book: Kindle Convert, a new program for Windows, turns print books into digital versions fully compatible with Amazon’s Kindle software.

Lee's Editor, it's 'Absolutely Stunning': Hugh Van Dusen, Harper Lee’s editor at HarperCollins, talked to Vulture about the new book, the author’s current life, and whether or not she’s been able to put some recent legal skirmishes behind her.

Why Americans Don't Read Foreign Fiction: When French writer Patrick Modiano won the Nobel Prize in 2014, many Americans turned to each other and asked, “Who?” The Daily Beast asks, why are foreign authors so unknown in the U.S.?

'To Kill a Mockingjay': The Internet rushes to re-name Harper Lee's 'Mockingbird' sequel.


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