This from the news wires: NEW YORK (Variety) - Riverhead, a division of Penguin Putnam has snapped up the rights to publish the notebooks of the late Kurt Cobain, the creative force behind Nirvana, for close to $4 million.
The proceeds will go to Cobain's estate. The book will be published in November. "We're really impressed with the level of interest that people showed," said a person associated with the deal. "Riverhead did a good job convincing that they knew how to treat something like this." Last week, editors were literally standing in line to see the 23 notebooks, around 800 pages altogether. Competitors were made to queue up outside the Edith Wharton Room in downtown New York's Inn at Irving Place; upon entering, they heard a brief pitch from agent David Vigliano and then got a peek at the property. People who have seen the diaries say they contain the minstrel of melancholia's black-and-white drawings as well as lyrics and lists of musicians who influenced him over the years. Joni Mitchell was tops early on, but indie divas the Breeders took the No. 1 slot later. Bryan
