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NEWS ABOUT: HarperCollins

HarperCollins stories: 20 news summaries

 Palin's Book Retainer: $1.25M 

'Going Rogue' goes on sale next month

Oct 27, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harper Collins paid $1.25 million to Sarah Palin as a retainer for her upcoming memoir. Given the early buzz on pre-orders, she'll likely pull in more once Going Rogue goes on sale next month. Financial disclosure reports from her final 7 months as governor also note that Palin took... More »

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publisher • memoir • HarperCollins • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

Palin Memoir a Gift to Booksellers

Going Rogue likely to continue trend of hits from right-wing figures

Oct 15, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s memoir is expected sell so well that it will singlehandedly boost the fortunes of the ailing book business. The book is already topping preorder lists, and publisher Harper plans an extensive slate of promotional appearances to make full use the former Alaska governor's drawing power. "They... More »

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Alaska • Republican • conservative • publishing • memoir • author • Michelle Malkin • HarperCollins • Borders • Glenn Beck • book • Sarah Palin • Amazon.com • publishing industry • Going Rogue

 Palin Signs  
 Book Deal 


May 12, 09 6:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Governor, VP candidate, and now author. Sarah Palin has signed on with HarperCollins to write a memoir that will be published next spring, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Palin will hire a collaborator but says she'll do most of the writing herself. Neither she nor the publisher will say how... More »

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Alaska • memoir • HarperCollins • governor • Sarah Palin • book deal

Two More Crichton Novels to Be Released

Late author left behind pirate yarn, and part of techno-thriller

Apr 6, 09 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Crichton fans will have at least two posthumous releases to look forward to, the New York Times reports. The late author left behind a completed 17th-century adventure yarn called Pirate Latitudes that publisher HarperCollins plans to release this November, and the company is seeking an author to finish a... More »

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publishing • author • HarperCollins • Michael Crichton

 Sully Gets $3M 
 for Memoir, 
 Poetry Book 

Captain has more substance than most: editor

Mar 12, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has landed a $3 million publishing deal for two books, Crain's New York Business reports. The hero captain will write a memoir about the Hudson River crash landing and a volume of poetry for William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins. It's the kind of deal publishers... More »

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US Airways • HarperCollins • Hudson River • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • book deal • William Morrow

WWII Nazi Opus Ignites Passions (Pro and Con)

Publishers roll dice on shocking French work by Yank Jonathan Littell

Mar 4, 09 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A novel about a Nazi officer with a taste for sodomy and incest might not scream “bestseller”—especially at nearly 1,000 pages long and translated from French. Yet Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones topped charts in France and precipitated a bidding war among US publishers. HarperCollins... More »

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Holocaust • literature • publishing • Nazi • HarperCollins • novel • book • Leo Tolstoy • Jonathan Littell • The Kindly Ones • War and Peace

9-Year-Old's Dating Book Headed for the Big Screen

Fox buys movie rights to How to Talk to Girls

Dec 9, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Alec Greven, 9, knows more than How to Talk to Girls: He knows how to land a movie deal. Fox has purchased the rights to the fourth-grader’s self-help book, which offers advice like combing your hair and acting less hyper, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Fox paid in the low-to-mid... More »

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Fox • HarperCollins • Colorado • book • self-help • Alec Greven

 Steven Tyler Snags
 $2M for Memoir

HarperCollins lands "sex, drugs, rock-n-roll" tell-all

Aug 7, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - HarperCollins will pay $2 million to publish Steven Tyler's memoirs, Crain's New York Business reports. The 60-year-old's tell-all will delve into his childhood, his kids, “and all of the sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll imaginable,” the publisher said in a statement to the New York Times.... More »

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HarperCollins • book • Aerosmith • celebrity tell-alls • Steven Tyler

Book Publisher Takes Stab at New Model

HarperCollins imprint won't allow returns
from retailers

Apr 4, 08 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - HarperCollins has decided to rock the book-publishing boat, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s launching a new imprint that won’t allow retailers to return unsold books—a potentially risky departure from tradition—and will offer little or no advance payments to authors. The imprint will focus on online... More »

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online retailers • publishing • HarperCollins • Borders • retail sales • book • Internet sales • Harcourt Brace Jovanovich • author advances

Lawyers to OJ Publisher: See You in Court

Attorneys sue If I Did It mastermind for cut of News Corp. settlement

Mar 4, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Foiled If I Did It publisher Judith Regan's lawyers say she didn't do it—cough up their agreed-upon payment, that is. And they want their money, Reuters reports. The lawyers represented Regan in her case against News Corp., which canned her in the uproar surrounding the OJ Simpson confessional. She... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • OJ Simpson • lawsuit • If I Did It • HarperCollins • Judith Regan • settlement • legal fees • News Corp

Tolkien Heirs Sue Rings Studio Over Profits

Mega-lawsuit could end plans to film The Hobbit

Feb 12, 08 5:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Heirs of author JRR Tolkien and publisher HarperCollins are suing the studio that made the Lord of the Rings films, claiming New Line Cinema cheated them out of $150 million in profit participation, Variety reports. The Tolkien Trust, a charity set up by the author's children, is also seeking a... More »

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lawsuit • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • HarperCollins • J. R. R. Tolkien

Publisher Will Post Free
Books Online

HarperCollins execs want readers to browse before they buy

Feb 11, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In a counterintuitive move, HarperCollins will attempt to sell more books by giving books away. Starting today, a handful of complete books will be available free on the publisher's website. The company compares the new policy to allowing prospective readers to flip through as they might in a store. “... More »

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Internet • HarperCollins • book • electronic books • Paulo Coehlo

News Corp., Regan Reach Settlement

Axed publisher 'not anti-Semitic,' company says after ugly spat

Jan 25, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Judith Regan's acrimonious $100-million wrongful-termination suit against News Corp. came to a close today, with the ex-publisher and media giant reaching an undisclosed settlement. If Gawker's estimates of $20 to $25 million are meaningful, Regan may indeed have outfoxed Fox, which initially offered her $6 million to go quietly. The... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Rupert Murdoch • Bernard Kerik • HarperCollins • Judith Regan • News Corp

The Good Book Is Good Biz

New looks, special themes drive $770M Bible industry

Dec 25, 07 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - In the thriving business of Bible publishing, the lone calligrapher in his scriptorium has been superseded by marketing execs armed with PowerPoint. About 25 million Bibles were sold this year in America, reports the Los Angeles Times—that's 11 million more than the latest Harry Potter installment. But since the... More »

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Christianity • publishing • Bible • HarperCollins • Zondervan

Axed OJ Book Publisher Sues News Corp.
for $100M

Says she was fired
for dirt linked to Rudy

Nov 14, 07 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Axed publisher Judith Regan has filed a $100 million lawsuit against News Corp., charging the company made her the target of a smear campaign and fired her because she had information damaging to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. "The smear campaign was necessary to advance News Corp.'s political agenda,... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Rupert Murdoch • Bernard Kerik • OJ Simpson • lawsuit • If I Did It • HarperCollins • Judith Regan • civil lawsuits • News Corp

Could Kids' Cookbook Be
a Copycat?

Jessica Seinfeld's take on sneaking veggies into meals isn't the first

Oct 19, 07 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Full of clever ways to get kids to eat their veggies, Jessica Seinfeld's new cookbook, Deceptively Delicious, has been endorsed by Oprah and is already topping bestseller lists. But it has at least one detractor: Missy Chase Lapine, whose book The Sneaky Chef, published in April, is full of... More »

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Jerry Seinfeld • vegetables • Oprah Winfrey • publishing • HarperCollins • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks

Fake Memoir Author Pens Debut Novel

'A Million Little Pieces' writer James Frey calls it fiction this time

Sep 13, 07 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced author James Frey, whose memoir "A Million Little Pieces" was revealed as fiction last year, will publish a debut novel, "Bright Shiny Morning," with HarperCollins, the Wall Street Journal reports. Frey's fabricated memoir about losing his life to drug addiction sold some 3 million copies and... More »

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fiction • Oprah Winfrey • James Frey • memoir • HarperCollins • A Million Little Pieces • Bright Shiny Morning • novel • book

If He Did It, They Won't
Push It

O.J. book won't be on shelves, but Barnes & Noble will sell it online

Aug 22, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barnes & Noble won't put the new edition of O.J. Simpson's controversial near-confessional If I Did It on bookstore shelves, but it will make the book available by special order and online. Rival Borders will stock the book but won't promote it. The divergent decisions reflect the publishing industry's... More »

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OJ Simpson • If I Did It • HarperCollins • Borders • Judith Regan • Beaufort Books • Fred Goldman • Denise Brown • book • Ronald Goldman • Barnes & Noble

NY Publisher to Issue OJ Book

Simpson's If I Did It will include notes by family of victim Ron Goldman

Aug 13, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s book hypothetically describing the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman will finally be published, Reuters reports. The Goldman family will “leave Simpson’s manuscript entirely intact, but they will also add key commentary,” a spokesman for their literary agent said. Under a court... More »

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Nicole Brown Simpson • OJ Simpson • publisher • If I Did It • HarperCollins • book • Ronald Goldman

Gossip Site Faces Judge Over OJ Book

Goldman family wants TMZ held in contempt after 'If I Did It' leak

Jun 21, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge will hear a motion to hold online scandal sheet TMZ in contempt for momentarily denuding the manuscript of OJ Simpson's veiled confession. The family of murder victim Ron Goldman owns the rights to If I Did It, in which Simpson delineates how he could have killed his ex-wife... More »

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Nicole Brown Simpson • OJ Simpson • TMZ • If I Did It • Internet leak • HarperCollins • Ronald Goldman

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