Why Big Books Still Matter
Is Roberto Bolaño's masterpiece, '2666,' really any more difficult than two seasons of 'Mad Men'?
Posted 11/06/08 in Daily Intel
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Daily Intel’s Plan for Solving the Economic Crisis
The city is hemorrhaging jobs. Daily Intel knows just how to stanch the flow.
Posted 10/02/08 in Vulture
Controversy
‘The Jewel of Medina’ Rushed to Early Release
The controversial book, which has already prompted one firebombing, will hit the stands on Monday in order to thwart more acts of terrorism.
Posted 10/01/08 in Vulture
Today in Tina
Tina Fey Too Busy to Deal With Her Multi-Million-Dollar Book Deal
Publishers are bidding upwards of $6 million for a nonfiction book from her — and she hasn't even taken a meeting yet.
Posted 09/30/08 in Vulture
Controversy
Firebomb Attack Will Not Deter British Publisher
'The Jewel of Medina' isn't going over well with Islamic extremists.
Posted 09/05/08 in Grub Street
Celebrity Chefs
Bam!
Emeril Lagesse has signed a ten-book deal with HarperCollins’ experimental HarperStudio imprint.
Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Jane Friedman: ‘I’m Not Done by a Long Shot!’
At an unofficial gathering last night to celebrate the former HarperCollins CEO, everyone donned fun Jane masks and did their best not to acknowledge that her exit was totally awkward and abrupt.
Posted 07/15/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Found Hound to Get Book Deal?
Owner hints dog "has more than enough material for a novel." Please, God, no.
Posted 06/18/08 in Daily Intel
Ink-Stained Wretches
Hearst Corp. CEO Victor Ganzi Is Out
The abrupt departure leaves former CEO Frank Bennack Jr. in charge.
Posted 06/06/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Jane Friedman Shoved Out Just As She Was Leaving?
Let's just say her best friend left the party and things got awkward — so she started gathering her things to leave, but not quickly enough.
Posted 06/05/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Jane Friedman's Departure: Sentimental or Suspicious?
The HarperCollins CEO suddenly resigned late last night, leaving more than a few scratching their heads. Do people like her just simply retire?
Posted 04/29/08 in Daily Intel
White Men With Money
Bloomberg to Solve Country's Problems the Old-fashioned Way: With Self-help Book
The mayor is currently working on a tome titled: 'Do the Hard Things First (and Other Bloomberg Rules for Business and Politics).'
Posted 04/18/08 in Daily Intel
Ink-Stained Wretches
Paula Froelich of ‘Page Six’ Enters the Fiction Fray
The laugh-it-up columnist just sold her 'Sex and the City'–type debut novel to Simon & Schuster.
Posted 04/17/08 in Vulture
Apropos of Nothing
Publicists in Stirrup Pants: Self-Help Tome Yields Book-World Gossip
Who humiliated her male assistant for five years before finally driving him away?
Posted 03/14/08 in Daily Intel
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