| Sumario: | This article presents developments related to the book industry. HarperCollins has bought The Icarus Complex, Tina Brown's examination of American corporate hubris. The U.S. publisher will be Random House, which bought the book for a reported "mid six-figure" advance from agent Ed Victor. Weidenfeld & Nicolson has signed up Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason. Michael Dover at Weidenfeld bought the book from Philip Dodd, who will edit it, with publication in September. Diana Beaumont at Bantam Press has bought a book by Jeanette Orrey, a Nottinghamshire school dinner lady who has won plaudits for her imaginative approach to school food.
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