Random House

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 4:50PM 12/20/2010
    As the embattled 39-year-old Australian hacker's lawyers fight his extradition to Sweden, he'll be working on a memoir. The book will be published in the U.S. by Knopf, a division of Random House, and in the U.K. by Canongate. Admirers -- and detractors -- can't wait.

    By The Associated Press

    | 9:40PM 11/23/2010
    President Barack Obama's children's book, "Of Thee I Sing," has become the fastest-selling picture book in Random House's history. Released a week ago, the book sold 50,000 copies in its first five days.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 7:30PM 11/11/2010
    E-book sales continue to climb. But the popularity of digital titles is forcing publishers to ask some thorny questions about pricing, negotiations with writers and the future of the publishing industry.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 1:20PM 10/20/2010
    Newsweek's former editor-in-chief just happens to be a Pulitze Prize-winning author for Random House, so it's no surprise he's landing there. It's also another example of how the publisher keeps reaching for big names to add to its editorial ranks.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 12:56PM 10/19/2010
    Celebrity books normally get a big marketing push. But the campaign for Decoded, the rap mogul's new book of lyrics, is unprecedented. Thanks to backing from Clear Channel and Microsoft's Bing, it's surely in a league of its own.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 4:40PM 9/30/2010
    After Conde Nast's surprise shuttering of Gourmet last fall, Ruth Reichl, its editor-in-chief, was out of a job. While the 70-year-old title is back as an iPad app, Reichl herself has moved away from magazines and back to book publishing.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 1:10PM 9/08/2010
    Despite -- or probably partly because of -- a considerable public outcry, Tony Blair's memoir is doing brisk business on both sides of the Atlantic. Will George W. Bush find similar success with his book later this fall?

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 11:49AM 8/31/2010
    Two of the largest publishing houses have demonstrated again that when authors like Stephenie Meyer or Stieg Larsson become big phenomenons, big sales -- and big profits -- are the result.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 2:00PM 8/25/2010
    Random House and top literary agent Andrew Wylie have settled their fight over his plans to publish e-books of older works from big name authors he represents. But while the battle is over, the settlement announcement raises more questions than it answers about the future of e-publishing.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 10:06AM 7/27/2010
    Janet Evanovich, whose bestselling books feature the romantically challenged bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, has moved to Random House, in a deal worth tens of millions. But as the book business changes, will Random House be able to recover the cost?