Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough have a signed a deal with Random House to write a memoir slated to come out next fall.
Authors have been "instructed not to share the data with anyone other than their literary agent," though that embargo seems like one that could be broken with a fair degree of regularity. Their site In addition to enabling authors and illustrators to "check sales of their books, broken down by type of merchant and book format," their site also "features links to publishing news and instructional tips on using social media, blogs and videos to promote their books." If you're curious to see it, you're out of luck. The Simon & Schuster portal seems to be the most far along. Taking a lead from Amazon Publishing's policy of radical transparency when it comes to letting authors see their sales figures, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette announced they are all in the early stages of creating portals where their authors can check their sales across all formats. Between this, The Corrections, and the new Aaron Sorkin series set in the world of cable news, Rudin may want to go ahead declare residency in HBO's midtown Manhattan headquarters. HBO has picked up a half-hour comedy series based on Karen Russell's novel Swamplandia! Naturally, producer Scott Rudin is adapting the sweeping, swampy, well-received novel.
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