Morning Brief — Friday, June 20
Louise from Viking Penguin notes that KOMO’s Northwest Afternoon (Seattle) is wrapping up after 24 years. They will have new content through the end of August, after which they will be replaced with a syndicated talk show.
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In other moves, Ben from Viking Penguin notes that Sally Williams has left the Star Tribune as books editor. Judy Arginteanu is the Interim Books Editor.
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The Happy Booker reports that Olsson’s Penn Quarter store will be closing Friday, June 27.
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More on the Twitter front — GalleyCat reports on the efforts of Soft Skull, Bantam Dell, Canongate, Yale University Press and Oxford University Press. Someone asked me yesterday what I think about Twitter. I said I like the concept but I barely have the time to check email let alone constantly post on a microblogging site! It is tough, logistically — one person can’t possibly post updates for an entire company, yet marshalling dozens of editors and publicists to blog (when, let’s face it, many don’t even know what Twitter is) is pretty darn difficult. Anyone want to weigh in?
NPR Books Watch Contest 6/13-6/19
Anyone who emails me the imprints of all the books listed (or houses if no imprint is available) will win the NPR Books Grid for the prior week that includes, in addition to the information below, interviewer, pub date, imprint, post-interview Amazon ranking, pre-interview ranking (if the book was mentioned on Shelf Awareness and I was able to look up the number before the interview), subject category and interview hyperlink.
TOTAL book stories these past week: 17
All Things Considered: 6
BookTour: 1
Bryant Park Project: 1
Morning Edition: 3
Talk of the Nation: 5
Tell Me More: 1
| All Things Considered | Steve | Brosnan | Roadside Reviews | ||
| All Things Considered | Jen | Lancaster | You Must Read This / Such a Pretty Fat | Jen | Lancaster |
| All Things Considered | Gretchen Holbrook | Gerzina | You Must Read This / Mr. and Mrs. Prince | Gretchen | Gerzina |
| All Things Considered | Amber | Gibson | Three Books… | ||
| All Things Considered | Maureen | Corrigan | Say You’re One of Them | Uwem | Akpan |
| All Things Considered | Young Birder’s Guide | Bill | Thompson | ||
| BookTour | So Brave, Young and Handsome | Leif | Enger | ||
| Bryant Park Project, The | Holiday Folklore, Phobias and Fun | Donald | Dossey | ||
| Morning Edition | Lynn | Neary | Publishers Push for New Rules on Unsold Books | ||
| Morning Edition | Vishakha | Desai | New Asian Hemisphere | Kishore | Mahbubani |
| Morning Edition | Vishakha | Desai | Billions of Entrepreneurs | Tarun | Khanna |
| Morning Edition | Vishakha | Desai | Rivals | Bill | Emmott |
| Morning Edition | Jesse | Baker | American Girl’ Heads to the Big Screen | ||
| Talk of the Nation | Only a Theory | Kenneth | Miller | ||
| Talk of the Nation | Return of History | Robert | Kagan | ||
| Talk of the Nation | No-Man’s Lands | Scott | Huler | ||
| Talk of the Nation | Political Books Trump Trashy Fiction | ||||
| Talk of the Nation | Who’s Your City? | Richard | Florida | ||
| Tell Me More | Washington | Fergus | Bordewich |
