A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Meyer Dominates; Winningest Books; Ulin Moves; Macmillan Seeks Piracy Director; Slush Pile Hell; Reinstatement of $90 Million Lawsuit Against S&S May Affect SMS Marketing.
Stephenie Meyer's Bree Tanner Poised to Dominate All Other Books
...is the headline of this story from New York Magazine.
Ranking Prize-Winning Books
The Millions has an interesting, if slightly confusing, way of ranking the winningest books of the last few decades.
Ulin Moves from Book Editor to Book Critic
David L. Ulin, who has been Books Editor of the LA Times for the last five years, is changing roles to book critic. From The LA Times
Macmillan Seeks Digital Piracy Director
And that doesn't mean someone to direct acts of digital piracy... From eBookNewser.
Slush Pile Hell
A funny Website in which a blogger responds to really bad query letters from aspiring authors.
Reinstatement of $90 Million Lawsuit Against Simon & Schuster May Affect SMS Marketing
The Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reinstated a $90 million class-action lawsuit against S&S for an SMS promotion related to Stephen King's The Cell horror novel.