Random House Studio, Tavola Productions, Clarkson Potter & Food Network Announce Cookbook & TV Show with Food Writer Amy Thielen For Fall 2013

You are invited to tune in –or DVR– the premiere episode of Random House Television’s debut television series, “Heartland Table,” which stars Amy Thielen, and is inspired by her September Clarkson Potter book THE NEW MIDWESTERN TABLE: 200 HEARTLAND RECIPES.
This Saturday (14), 10:30 a.m. ET/PT on The Food Network.

To learn more about the program, and Amy’s book, view the full press release here.

Random House Children’s Books to Publish Dr. Seuss’s Classics as eBooks for the First Time

Random House Children’s Books, the longtime publishing home of the beloved and bestselling Dr. Seuss books in their print editions (www.seussville.com), will now also publish these stories as ebooks beginning on September 24 and continuing throughout November, marking the first time they have been available in this format. Read more.

CEO Markus Dohle Announces Penguin Random House Global Leadership Team

Full press release here.

4 Random House Inc. Titles Win Pulitzers

An extraordinary day of triumph and tremendous pride for Random House, Inc.: Four of our titles have been honored with 2013 Pulitzer Prizes. For Fiction: THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON by Adam Johnson; for Biography: THE BLACK COUNT: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss; for History: EMBERS OF WAR: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall; for Poetry: STAG’S LEAP by Sharon Olds. Click here for the full list of 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists.

Chinua Achebe, November 16, 1930 – March 22, 2013
We are saddened by the death of the “Father of African literature” Chinua Achebe; he was 82. Achebe was an acclaimed and best-selling novelist, poet, and essayist whose works include the classic Things Fall Apart, Anthills of the Savannah, and Arrow of God. Achebe, whose novel Things Fall Apart was one of the first African novels, famously said: “If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.”  We are grateful that he told his story and left us with a legacy of great literature and a better understanding of Africa.

Robert A. Caro’s ‘The Passage of Power’ Wins the National Book Critic Circle Award for Best Biography

Read more here.

Bertelsmann Welcomes Antitrust Clearance of Penguin Random House by the U.S. Department Of Justice

Gütersloh, February 14, 2013 – Media companies Bertelsmann and Pearson welcome the clearance of the planned combination of their book-publishing companies into the new, international Penguin Random House publishing group by the U.S. Department Of Justice. The DOJ has informed the parties that it has completed its review and has cleared the transaction in the U.S. In late October 2012, Bertelsmann and Pearson announced plans to combine their respective publishing operations, Random House and Penguin Group. Since the announcement, the planned transaction has been undergoing review by antitrust authorities in various parts of the world. Read more here.

Random House Launches BookScout, New Book Discovery and Social Reading App for Facebook

Random House, Inc., today announces the official launch of BookScout, a new app for Facebook created by the company’s corporate Digital Marketplace Development Group. It will enable book lovers to discover new authors and share their favorite books with friends by adding the new app to their Facebook Timeline. Learn more here.

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo has been honored as the 2012 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction

Congratulations to Katherine Boo, winner of the 2012 Nonfiction National Book Award for Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity! The Random House hardcover and e-book, and Random House Audio is a landmark debut work of narrative nonfiction that tells the story of families striving toward a better life in a slum in Mumbai, one of the twenty-first century’s great, unequal cities. Its superb reviews have been mirrored by its extended appearance on national bestseller lists. In accepting her award, Katherine Boo thanked “the ferocious women at Random House,” including her editor Kate  Medina, publicist London King, and Gina Centrello, President and Publisher, Random House Publishing Group. We are thrilled for our author and for our Random House Publishing Group colleagues on this triumphant occasion for them and for Random House, Inc. Read the full press release here. Visit the National Book Awards website here.

Fodor’s Announces Their Annual 100 Hotel Awards

Fodor’s Travel, the leading name in travel guides for seventy-six years, announced the 2012 Fodor’s 100 Hotel Awards winners on the evening of November 14, 2012.  Chosen by the experts at Fodor’s Travel, this second-annual list features an entirely new selection of hotels across nine categories that represent the year’s global hospitality trends. “Our Fodor’s editors and contributors are constantly evaluating hotels throughout the year, and the Fodor’s 100 represent our top picks for travelers right now,” explained Arabella Bowen, Fodor’s Travel executive editorial director.  “We look for properties with great amenities and stellar service that offer a unique experience to guests. Every traveler will find a dream hotel on this list, no matter what their travel personality happens to be.” Read more here.

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