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NEWS ABOUT: Random House

Random House stories: 10 news summaries

Lost Symbol
Sets Record for Random House

Brown's DaVinci Code sequel has stunning first-week sales of 2M+

Sep 22, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code sequel sold more than 2 million English-language copies in its first week, a Doubleday spokesman tells Publisher’s Weekly, making it the best debut Doubleday—or, for that matter, parent company Random House—has ever had. “The book is exceeding our... More »

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Da Vinci Code • Random House • Dan Brown • publishing industry

 Jenny Sanford to Pen 
 'Inspirational Memoir' 

Ballantine Books won't disclose fee for May 2010 release

Sep 22, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford will write an “inspirational memoir” to be released by Random House next spring, CNN reports. The publisher is mum on how much the estranged wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will get for her trouble. The fairer half of the couple has been fairly tight-lipped since... More »

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South Carolina • memoir • governor • political scandal • Random House • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • book deal • Jenny Sanford

(Newser) - The former lover of John F. Kennedy exposed in 2003 has a deal with Random House to write a memoir, the New York Times reports. Mimi Beardsley worked as a White House intern and had an 18-month affair with the president from 1962 to 1963, starting when she was... More »

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John F. Kennedy • president • memoir • Random House • extramarital affair • JFK • Mimi Beardsley • lover

(Newser) - The Decider, aka George W. Bush, will write a book titled Decision Points, the New York Post reports. The former president's rumored advance for the book, due out in 2010, is $7 million. That’s $5 million short of Bill Clinton’s deal for My Life, $1 million less than... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Tony Blair • Bill Clinton • publishing • memoir • Random House • George W. Bush • book deal • Crown Publishing Group • My Pet Goat

Kathy Griffin Lands $2M Memoir Deal

Work-in-progress fetches not-so-D-list price at auction

Feb 24, 09 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Kathy Griffin’s upcoming memoir may propel her up from life on the D-list, after the work-in-progress fetched more than $2 million at auction, the New York Observer reports. The comic has earned devoted fans for her turns on Suddenly Susan and My Life on the D-List. Her literary agent,... More »

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television • reality TV • memoir • book • Random House • Kathy Griffin • book deal

Grisham Shelves His Opposition
to E-Books 

Author nears deal to offer 22 bestsellers for Kindle, other readers

Feb 11, 09 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - One of publishing's last major holdouts has decided it's time to kill his opposition to e-books, reports the Wall Street Journal. John Grisham is close to finalizing a deal that would make all of his 22 bestsellers—including new legal thriller The Associate—available for Amazon's Kindle reader and all... More »

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publishing • author • book • Kindle • John Grisham • Random House • ebooks

US Publisher Yanks Novel
on Mohammed

Random House feared violence over work on prophet's child bride

Aug 8, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Random House has pulled a book about the life of Mohammed due to be published this week, Reuters reports. The company feared that The Jewel of  Medina, a historical novel and love story about Mohammed and Aisha—a child bride who was engaged to the prophet when she was... More »

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Islam • Islamic extremists • Mohammed • author • novel • Random House

Random House Closes the
Book on CEO

Peter Olson to step down under pressure from German owners

May 6, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Random House chief executive Peter Olson is expected to step down within weeks amid slumping profits and pressure from the company's German owners, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bertelsmann's new boss is dissatisfied with Random House's recent performance and insiders say doubts arose over Olson's strategies and his ability to... More »

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publishing • publisher • book • Random House • Bertelsmann AG

Hotel Tell-All Book Muzzled
Before Release

Four Seasons acts
to keep ex-concierges' celeb dish off shelves

Mar 21, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A book by ex-concierges at Chicago’s Four Seasons Hotel has been dumped just before the celebrity tell-all was go on sale, the Chicago Tribune reports. The hotel complained that confidentiality agreements made the tales of "celebrity bad behavior" in Great Reservations off-limits. Despite a publicity blitz ahead of... More »

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Chicago • gossip • John Cusack • Four Seasons • Madonna • book • concierge • Demi Moore • Random House • Three Rivers Press

Audio Books Lose Copy Protection

Major publishers' downloads can be played on all devices

Mar 3, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Some major book publishers are planning to remove anticopying protections from digital audio books, allowing customers who download them to transfer the files between their computers and portable players. The world’s biggest publisher, Random House, will offer all its audio books as unrestricted MP3s this month, reports the More »

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online retailers • DRM free music • iPod • copyright • digital downloads • DRM • iTunes Store • portable media players • MP3s • Random House • Penguin Group • Simon & Schuster • audio books

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