August 2010

News Flash

• Nicholas Sparks to Produce Film of THE BEST OF ME

  Nicholas Sparks Signs Deal with Warner Bros. to Produce the film of his novel THE BEST OF ME in 2013.

• PRESS HERE: Chronicle Children Bestseller

  New York Times Children's Bestseller # 5 - Week of June 26, 2011 Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dot...

• ROOM Shortlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction: Available in International Mass Market

  ROOM by Emma Donoghue is nominated for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction.

• The Pale King & The Four Fingers of Death Win Type Director's Club Design Awards

  Two HBG Type Designs Win 2011 Type Director's Club Awards

• Three LA Times Book Prize Finalists from HBG

  Congratulations to Frederick Reiken, Christopher Hitchens and Sebastian Junger, all three named Los Angeles Book Prize Finalists today. The award winners will be announced April 29, 2011, in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

• New MM Kit includes Important Add-On Titles

  Please note that new July-August mass market kit includes an important 2011 Add-On title review!

• Jon Stewart & Julie Andrews Win Two Grammy Awards for Hachette Audio!

  Hachette Audio Sweeps the Spoken Word Categories at the Grammys!

• Sebastian Junger's Restrepo, Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Film

  Sebastian Junger Author of WAR nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Film

• WINTER’S BONE nominated for FIVE Academy Awards!

  The film adaptation of Daniel Woodrell’s novel has been nominated for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Supporting Actor, Best Leading Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay: Winter's Bone!

• Brad Meltzer's THE INNER CIRCLE Debuts #1 On the New York Times Bestseller List

  The #1 NY Times Bestseller coming in July 2011 in an int'l mass market edition (9781455502486, $7.99, July 5, 2011). "Meltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci."—People