Michael Crichton's "Pirate Latitudes" Has Blockbuster Movie Written All Over It
Hoist the Jolly Roger above the bestseller list, ye mateys, 'cause Michael Crichton has just published a swashbuckling pirate thriller. The popular au...
Hoist the Jolly Roger above the bestseller list, ye mateys, 'cause Michael Crichton has just published a swashbuckling pirate thriller. The popular au...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media
Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books
NEW YORK — Sarah Palin appears well on her way to becoming a million-selling author. "Going Rogue" sold 700,000 copies – a number that in...
Kevin Ross | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
Despite Sarah Palin's success as a wife, a mother, politician, opinion leader and now author, large numbers of black people just are not feeling her.
Publishers Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books
Daniel Handler, who had a long and successful run with his Lemony Snicket-penned A Series of Unfortunate Events series at HarperCollins, is moving to ...
Ben Berkon | Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy
According to sources close to Palin, the first chapter will cover how Palin sat in a beauty salon all day while her first book was written by a much smarter person who was in dire need of money.
David Colbert | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books
The news that Nelson Mandela's diaries are becoming "the book of the fair" at the Frankfurt Book Fair reminded me of the time I chased the first Mandela autobiography at Frankfurt, exactly twenty years ago.
Amy Hertz | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books
I know many of you are looking at this Books section and wondering what the heck is going on and how the hell you are going to make any noise for your books.
Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media
For the second time this month, a publisher has decided to delay the electronic-book release of a major new title in hopes of maximizing hardcover sal...
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
HarperCollins announced Thursday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has chosen the editor of an Evangelical magazine to help write her memoir. Lynn Vincen...
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins. The book comes out in...
Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media
In Fool, Moore's sell is his Pythonesque-meets-Austin-Powers dialogue and descriptors, delivered on these CDs with sly British sincerity and skill by Euan Morton.
AP | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Two new Michael Crichton novels, one of them unfinished, have been scheduled for release. Publisher HarperCollins announced Monday t...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business
Today's career fairs seem anything but "fair" to me. Approach those companies that don't appear to be looking. Another secret if you're unemployed is to offer yourself to employers on a "per-project" or "temp" basis.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media
The New York Times' Motoko Rich writes Thursday about a new imprint from HarperCollins called "It Books," to focus on pop culture, sports, style, and ...
The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media
Adam Begley, The Observer's longtime book review editor, has signed on with HarperCollins to write a biography of John Updike, who died last month of ...
AP | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — The Bernard Madoff books are in the works. Less than one week after the former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market was arrested for ...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media
In January of this year, controversial publisher Judith Regan and News Corp. settled her defamation lawsuit — in which she sought $100 million &...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business
In Bulletproof Your Job (HarperCollins) I have 50 rules to follow that will guarantee that you can "bulletproof your job" in these economic times.
People | Jennifer Garcia | Posted 10.12.2008 | Media
She's already a reality star and a fashion designer, but Lauren Conrad is adding another title to her crowded resume: Author. Conrad, 22, has signed ...
Crains New York | Kira Bindrim | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media
Bam! Ten more books. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., which owns the rights to the Emeril Lagasse franchise of books, television shows and kitch...
Crains New York | Matthew Flamm | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, has won an auction to publish the autobiography of rock legend Steven Tyler, according to publishing sources. Ecco...
Tina Wells | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment
Every time I read something about the latest Lolita scandal in Hollywood I wonder: "What the heck are they thinking?" No, not the Vanessa Hudgenses and Miley Cyruses of this world -- I mean the adults who run their lives.
Tom Alderman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media
This plot is like Hamburger Helper. There's a modest ingredient somewhere in there, to which is added a whole lot of filler in an attempt to bulk up a meager meal.
New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media
Two magazine veterans, each on the campaign trail for nearly two decades, have snared a big-bucks deal from HarperCollins to write about the current p...
The Washington Post | Ron Charles | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books