Here’s some exciting news! The Quatri me Issue of VINTAGE MAGAZINE is in stores right now! No, really, it just hit the newsstands so please be sure to get your copy today. Oh, in case you’re wondering what “Quatri me” means it’s the French word for “Forth”, meaning the 4th issue (Don’t worry, I didn’t know what that word meant either, ha!).

Anyways, it’s loaded with a ton of great stories and we’re also pretty proud to say that Chip Kidd designed the exclusive cover. One aspect of the cover’s design that is kinda fun is that there are a few pieces to it that pop-up. The second photo up above should give you an idea. On the back of each piece is a sample of old vintage 1940′s linoleum tile. It’s the cool retro stuff you don’t see much of anymore and an homage to architectural design.

The topics covered in this issue include:
The Mysterious Obscurity of W.R. Burnett, Living With Books (written by Lisa Birnbach!), Interior Monologues: The Designing Life of Elsie de Wolfe, Bed Jackets: The Reveal, Chez The Novogratz, Man Ray - Marcel and Marilyn, Artist in Residence: Joseph Cornell, Victorian Dollhouses in L.A., A Tanzanian Education, A Walk Through Wytham, An Aga Saga, and The Vanishing Dining Room.

For a very excellent preview (with photos!) please visit Vintage Magazine’s Official Website CLICK HERE!

WAIT, THERE’S MORE NEWS!

We also need to mention that Chip Kidd, Gary Giddins, and Lisa Birnbach will all be present for a signing at the McNally Jackson on Prince Street in new York City on October 14th. We will post more news about the event once it gets closer but if you would like more info now then please visit their site, CLICK HERE!

Recently, over at the UNBEIGE Website (Where Designers Read Design™), Stephanie Murg did a wonderful interview with VINTAGE Magazine Founder and Editor,Ivy Baer Sherman. In the article they share information about how the magazine got started and why, what are some of the editorial philosophies of the publication, how do they print such elaborate covers? They even mention Chip Kidd’s design work he did on one of the famous covers! (shown in the photo up above)

It’s a great article and you can check it out by clicking RIGHT HERE!

Ridley Scott and author Cormac McCarthy join forces in the motion picture thriller THE COUNSELOR, starring Michael Fassbender, Pen lope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. Cormac McCarthy, making his screenwriting debut and Scott interweave the author’s characteristic wit and dark humor with a nightmarish scenario, in which a respected lawyer’s one-time dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control. Look for it to hit the big screen on October 25th, 2013.

This new Hollywood film sounds really great and the movie trailer looks good too. Don’t believe me? Well, here it is, check it out!!

Follow THE COUNSELOR Movie on Social Media:

http://www.facebook.com/TheCounselorMovie
http://twitter.com/counselormovie

Plus, Here’s The Official Movie Website:

http://www.thecounselormovie.com

The #1 New York Times Bestseller, “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” (Vintage, Random House), is out now in paperback (has been for awhile) so if you have not read it yet then here’s your chance to check it out. Of course, this is the book that Oprah Winfrey picked as her first choice when she brought back her “Oprah Book Club 2.0″ and the attention to this novel has been crazy. In fact, it’s being talked about as maybe being made into a movie!

Anyway, here’s a great video series we came across while viewing some tweets on the “Random House Speakers Bureau ” Twitter page. They show a recent interview that the Author, Cheryl Strayed, received as she appeared on the “Fanny Kiefer Show” (Shaw TV). It’s good stuff!

Here’s a friendly reminder that PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE Books and their other groups (Pantheon, Knopf & Schocken, Doubleday, and Vintage Anchor) will be exhibiting at the next 2013 SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON (SDCC), which at the time of this posting is next weekend! I mean, it starts on Thursday, July 18th, and runs until Sunday, July 21st. Their booth numbers are 1514 & 1515 and are located just a few spaces from the DC Comics Booth. For a more detailed EXHIBIT HALL MAP please CLICK HERE!

Please be sure to visit the PANTHEON Graphic novels Booth because they will be giving away “Cartoonist Buttons” and “Pantheon Bookmarks” which were designed by Chip Kidd. The Pin-Back Buttons feature portraits of Charles Burns, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware. They will also have a preview of Pantheon's next graphic novel, THE ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE AND BABBAGE by Sydney Padua, set to be released next fall in 2014. Also, as an added bonus, they will have LIMITED giveaway copies of other Pantheon titles including Hanan al-Shaykh's ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS , PZ Myers' THE HAPPY ATHEIST and Jesse Ball's SILENCE ONCE BEGUN (early copies in advance of the January 2014 release!).

Also, in the Random House Booth, they’re gonna have a ton of great Authors who are not only selling books but will be available for book signings. Check out the list down below!

Author Roger Hobbs will appear on the “Keep 'Em at the Edge of Their Seats” panel on Thursday at 4 pm, and he will sign copies of GHOSTMAN at the Random House booth (#1515) on Friday, 4:00 - 5:00pm.

Chuck Palahniuk will be on the “Ode to Nerds” panel on Thursday at 1:45 pm, and he will signing books at the Random House booth (#1515) on Friday, 10:00 - 11:00am.

Anne Rice will be back at SDCC this year to meet fans and promote her werewolf series, The Wolf Gift Chronicles. The next installment, THE WOLVES OF MIDWINTER, pubs on October 15th. Her signing will take place on Saturday, 3:00 - 5:00pm in the Autograph Area #AA03. Also, be sure to watch for a fun giveaway at the Knopf Pantheon booth, while supplies last.

Andrew Vachss will be signing copies of his new AFTERSHOCK Book at the Random House booth (#1515) on Saturday, 10:00 - 11:00am.

The entire Book Publishing Industry is getting totally geared-up for the next BOOK EXPO AMERICA 2013 event happening later this week in New York City. It opens on Thursday, May 30th and runs to Sunday, June 1st.

Random House, and all of it’s subsidiaries (Pantheon, Knopf, Doubleday, Vintage, Crown, etc…) will all be there and it looks like they have a great line up! There will be multiple Authors, live and in person, there to autograph books and the event also has a ton of great things to do. In fact, there is so much going on within this event that we can’t possibly list it all here.

So, for a complete list of what’s going on and who will be there please be sure to visit the text links down below. Hey, it’s gonna be fun and we hope to see you there!

Official RANDOM HOUSE Books and Author Event List, CLICK HERE!

Official 2013 BOOK EXPO AMERICA Website, CLICK HERE!

The LIBRARY JOURNAL : Librarian’s Guide to the 2013 B.E.A., CLICK HERE!

Also, as a fun and friendly side-note, we would like to mention that our good friend, Author Neil Gaiman, will be there for a special lecture titled, “Why Fiction is Dangerous”. For more information please read the graphic down below & also visit the 2013 BEA website (link up above).

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. OK, Who has not heard of this extremely successful book series? It’s taking the Publishing & Book Reading World by storm! It was written by British Author E. L. James in 2011 and has quickly become THE major hit of the season. In fact, this book has topped best-seller lists around the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States. The series has sold over 40 million copies worldwide and set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, even surpassing the Harry Potter Series. We should also note it was published by Vintage Books ( Random House ).

So, who is E. L. James? Well, ABC News 20/20 Reporter, Elizabeth Vargas, gets this early interview:

This ever so delightful graphic was created by Katya Mezhibovskaya and it was her gift to Art Director John Gall on his last day at Vintage and Anchor Books. It’s pretty funny and we’re sure it will always remind him of, not only his fellow co-workers, but the good times he had there as well.

The text reads:
The Royal Court of John Gall, Duke of Vintagery.

Printed on the twenty-second day of June in the Province of Epson Jet Proof by Katya Mezhibovskaya, Countess of Photoshop.
With - Loreil Olivier, Mark Abrams, Katya Mezhibovskaya, Peter Quach, Carol Carson, Linda Huang, Brian Barth, Megan Wilson, Cardon Webb, Mary McClean, Jason Booher, Chip Kidd, Kelly Blair, Peter Mendelsund and Jenny Pouech.