IMPRINTS: Skyhorse Takes Arcade for $548,000

This, I hope is excellent news. Arcade was one of the great literary lists of the 20th century. Was fortunate enough to meet Richard Seaver at a couple of Frankfurts (though never quite managed to disengage any of his backlist for Northwestern...), Not everyone may know that he, along with the wonderful Austryn Wainhouse, was the translator of the works of the Marquis de Sade. Let's hope that Tony Lyons, an excellent publisher himself. Here is link to the Skyhorse press release.

Skyhorse Takes Arcade for $548,000

TECH TRENDS:How Publishers Can Use Foursquare

I have been wondering about Foursquare and what possibilities lurk within it for publishers. MediaBistro have some suggestions which might be interesting, though it sounds like a lot of work for a publisher (except perhaps a travel publisher..) though good fun for the user. Especially perhaps for more unusual guides, like one of my favorite ones on the Beats in New York. 

Interested to know if any publishers are actively using Foursquare?

How Publishers Can Use Foursquare

Books They Don't Want You To Read - Famous Brit Authors

from the MobyLives blog, a nice story about when co-operation doesn't mean authorised and why Martin Amis doesn't want you to read about his life...and sad that when the big authors and their agents go into bat, not much a small publisher can do to stem the tide, libel laws being what they are in the UK.


Amis sics the Jackal on small UK publisher to kill biography