Big News Roundup

t’s been an exciting week in Chicago Publishing news, and it’s only Tuesday!

Spreading like wildfire in the blogosphere is the news that Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin will be moving to Berlin.  She plans to keep Bookslut running with the help of her team, and the Chicago reading series will continue as normal.

Gaper’s Block recently posted a lengthly and fascinating review of Family Secrets:  The Case that Crippled the Chicago Mob by Jeff Coen, recently highlighted on our April 2009 Featured Books from Chicago Publishers.  Family Secrets is Published by Chicago Review Press.

Film rights to Whitley Strieber’s original graphic novel The Nye Incidents, published by chicago graphic novel publisher Devil’s Due, have been picked up by Dark Castle.  Todd Lincoln, director of Hack/Slash, has been selected to direct this adaptation as well.

Finally, educational publishing giant McGraw Hill reports a revenue drop of 5.3% for the first quarter ending March 31st.  The fall was not as large as what they’ve experienced in the past, owing largely to the company running a tight ship and eliminating several hundred positions in 2008.  Read the full article at Publisher’s Weekly.