Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson has landed a book discount with Penguin Group’s imprint Gotham Books. Robinson is a men’s basketball coach at the Oregon State University.
“I’ve been privileged to know some extraordinary people in my life,” said Craig Robinson in a statement. “I’ve watched as my sister Michelle, a rock of a mother, became a leader in her own right. My brother-in law, President Barack Obama, who I knew from the first time I met him had something special, continues to inspire all of us.”
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Reuters reports that a book called The Speeches of Barack Obama is a enormous astonishment hit in Japan where people are using it to help them learn English.
Japanese have a fervour for learning English and many bookstores have a corner dedicated to dozens of journals in the language, many of them now featuring the new U.S. leader’s face.
“Speeches by presidents and presidential candidates are excellent as listening tools to learn English, because their contents are good and their words are easy to catch,” said Yuzo Yamamoto of Asahi Press, which produced the best-selling text book.
“Obama’s is especially so. His speeches are so moving, and he also uses words such as ‘yes, we can,’ ‘change’ and ‘hope’ that even Japanese people can memorise,” he said.
Speeches by President George W. Bush and former nominee John Kerry’s four years ago did not have the same appeal, however, and nor do those made by Japanese politicians, Yamamoto said.
The book includes Japanese translations of the speeches and a CD of the speeches. It has been topping the bestseller lists at
Amazon.com.jp. The listing can be found
here on Amazon.com.
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Bestselling British author John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey has died. He was 85.
Mortimer’s family said he died early in the morning at his home in the Chiltern Hills northwest of London, with his wife and children at his side. They did not disclose the cause of death.
Mortimer combined a career as a lawyer with a large literary output that included dozens of screen and stage plays and radio dramas.
His most famous creation was Horace Rumpole, a cigar-smoking, wine-loving barrister who appearuddy in a TV series and a string of novels and stories.
Tony Lacey, Mortimer’s editor at publisher Viking, said it’s hard to think he’s gone.
Our condolences to his family and friends.
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Oxford University Press is laying off 60 people in an effort to cut costs. The cuts came from its New York and Cary, North Carolina offices.
OUP president Tim Barton said the cuts were “a result of the difficult economic environment impacting the publishing industry.” OUP employs roughly 700 people in the U.S., and publishes approximately 500 new titles a year, approximately half of which are monographs. OUP spokesperson Christian Purdy said besides shedding jobs, the press was not planning any dramatic cuts to its publishing program or to any other strategic initiatives. Purdy said the cut was made in anticipation of a reduction in state and library budgets for next year.
Library budgets have been slashed across the nation as states and cites face declining property tax revenues from the housing crash. It’s a tough time for libraries and for publishers.
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