Hello, and welcome to the next installment of “Pub Club, Pub World”! This section will
update all you lovely blog readers about what’s going on in the world of publishing.
Here's the latest news for this month!
The
Greatest American Novel was just decided on from a poll done on PWxyz
(affiliated with Publisher's Weekly). Not surprisingly, To Kill A Mockingbird tops the list, followed by The Great Gatsby, The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, The Grapes of Wrath, Moby Dick, and Gone With The Wind.
The most interesting, however, is that The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, came in seventh place, beating
out The Catcher and the Rye, Fahrenheit
451, and Slaughterhouse-Five. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &
Clay, published in 2000, was the only book in the top 10 to be published in
the 2000s. Never fear, American Lit teachers; it looks like we'll be reading
the same books for a long, long time. The classics are still relevant to the
modern reader.
Jane
Goodall's new book Seeds of Hope: Wisdom
and Wonder From the World of Plants’
publication date has been delayed. Goodall, who is famous for her
groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and her ongoing environmental conservation
and animal rights efforts, had to release a statement early last week.
Apparently, sections of the novel are have been plagiarized from many different
websites, including Wikipedia. But don't worry, we'll never have to fear this
sort of thing happening again. High school teachers and college professors have
prepared us well to never use Wikipedia as a source - that's what those links
in the notes section of Wikipedia are for, right?
Random
House has had a record-breaking year, with profits up 75%. What caused this,
you might ask? 50 Shades of Grey, of course. All of its copies sold in English,
Spanish and German have shot the company's profits through the roof and their
upcoming merger with Penguin is sure to increase their profits even further. The
publishing house is now considered to have "a normalized business
development" for the year of 2013. Maybe the publishing houses really
aren't dying off, as long as we all flock to Random House.
Keep reading for more news next
month!
By Natalie Hamil
