Broadway producers of To Kill a Mockingbird countersue Harper Lee's estate

New suit claims Aaron Sorkin adaptation may have to be scrapped over alleged differences between the play and novel, as producers offer to stage disputed work at federal courtIn a courtroom drama worthy of the novel itself, producers of the first Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are suing the author’s estate. They are offering to perform the play for a judge to prove it is faithful to the book after the estate claimed otherwise.Hollywood producer Scott Rudin’s company Rudinplay filed a $10m (£6.98m) countersuit on 16 April, a month after Lee’s estate filed legal action to stop the production. The estate’s suit claimed that Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin’s script deviated too much from the 1960 novel about race relations in the US south. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Kills Print Frommer’s Guides, Now It’s All Metadata

Google has killed off the print editions of Frommer's guide books. And this makes sense, as Google never wanted to be a publisher and only bought Frommer's for the metadata. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did Amazon Just Kill a Golden Goose?

By curtailing paid commission to free ebook listing sites, Amazon is penalizing the big traffic producers that generate brand loyalty and other purchases. But why? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lewis Lapham: The Digital Age Will Produce “a Montaigne and a Shakespeare”

Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham's Quarterly, believes we are still in the experimental phase of digital media, waiting for the next online Shakespeare to emerge. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Killing the “Pay First, Read Later” E-bookselling Model

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper releases Bradbury ebooks in the UK

HarperVoyager is marking this year's 50th anniversary of Ray Bradbury's classic sci fi... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child to receive Diamond Dagger

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Harris promoted at Angry Robot

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin produces app of Anne Frank's Diary

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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9 Other Things That Harper's Publisher Rick MacArthur Googles

"Try finding Harper's Magazine when you Google "magazines that publish essays" or "magazines that publish short stories" -- it isn't easy." No, Rick, no it's not. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper and Rainforest Action Network Collide Over New Warning

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Enterprises: Emerging From The Shadows Of Bankruptcy

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Unit To Produce Ads For The World Co.

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate acquires Lena Dunham

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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