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Chronicle: Fall & Winter 2012 Catalogs and Order forms now available

3 July 2012

Chronicle catalogs are available to download. CHRONICLE FALL/WINTER 2012 TITLES Adult Fall/Winter 2012 Children Fall/Winter 2012 Gift Fall/Winter 2012 CHRONICLE DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS Lawrence King Fall/Winter 2012  (Mexico Only) Princeton Architectural Press Fall/Winter 2012  (Latin America, Caribbean, Middle East & Baltic countries) Creative Paperbacks Fall/Winter 2012 Please refer to the catalogs for rights details. Order Forms [...]

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NICHOLAS SPARKS SELLS AN ORIGINAL DRAMA CONCEPT ENTITLED “THE WATCHERS” TO ABC

23 September 2011

NICHOLAS SPARKS SELLS AN ORIGINAL DRAMA CONCEPT ENTITLED “THE WATCHERS” TO ABC
“The Watchers” marks the writer’s first original project for television.

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The Art of Fielding and Assassin of Secrets Nominated for Book-of-the-Month Club’s First Fiction Award

29 August 2011

THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach and ASSASSIN OF SECRETS by Q.R. Markham have both been nominated for the Book-of-the-Month Club’s First Fiction Award.

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Kami Garcia’s Upcoming “The Legion” Series Being Adapted to Film

19 August 2011

Kami Garcia is teaming up with Twilight producer Mark Morgan for the film adaptation of the first book in her The Legion series, UNBREAKABLE.

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Peter Brown’s CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS WINS New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association

18 August 2011

Peter Brown’s CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS is the recipient of The NAIBA Book of the Year for Picture Books, chosen by members of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association.

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HBO Announces TV Drama Based on THE ART OF FIELDING

16 August 2011

Chad Harbach’s debut novel THE ART OF FIELDING is in development with HBO for a television series from producer Scott Rudin.

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CLEOPATRA, Awarded the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

11 August 2011

CLEOPATRA by Stacy Schiff has been awarded the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Best Biography.

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Marvel Introduces New Spider-man to the Ultimate Universe

3 August 2011

Marvel Comics Ultimate Universe Introduces the New Spider-Man, Miles Morales, in Ultimate Comics Fallout #4 on August 3rd, 2011.

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Yen Press Announces Graphic Novel Adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview With a Vampire

1 August 2011

Yen Press Announces Graphic Novel adaptation of Anne Rice’s INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE to be titled CLAUDIA’S STORY.

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MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ Wins Two Eisner Awards

1 August 2011

Marvelous Land of Oz Wins More Eisner Awards for “Best Adaptation from Another Work” and “Best Penciller/Inker”

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Those Guys Have All the Fun Soon to be a Major Motion Picture from 20th Century Fox

27 July 2011

Screen rights for THOSE GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN, the #1 New York Times bestseller by James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales, have been sold to 20th Century Fox, and will be produced by Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and Julie Yorn.

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Simultaneous #1 New York Times Bestsellers from James Patterson

11 July 2011

James Patterson earns #1 New York Times Bestsellers with NOW YOU SEE HER and MIDDLE GRADE: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE. The first ever simultaneous #1 launch by one author in both lists.

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Nicholas Sparks to Produce Film of THE BEST OF ME

21 June 2011

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

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PRESS HERE: Chronicle Children Bestseller

17 June 2011

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 dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows [...]

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

17 March 2011

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

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

23 February 2011

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

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Three LA Times Book Prize Finalists from HBG

22 February 2011

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.

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New MM Kit includes Important Add-On Titles

14 February 2011

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

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

14 February 2011

Hachette Audio Sweeps the Spoken Word Categories at the Grammys!

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

28 January 2011

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

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WINTER’S BONE nominated for FIVE Academy Awards!

26 January 2011

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!

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The Investment Answer Author GORDON MURRAY Dies at 60

19 January 2011
The Investment Answer

New York, New York—January 17, 2011 Business Plus, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, announced today that Gordon Murray, co-author of THE INVESTMENT ANSWER and former Wall Street investment banker, died at his home on Saturday, January 15. He had been battling glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, first diagnosed in 2008.

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