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Hal Leonard Publishing Launches Backwing
The performing arts publisher Hal Leonard has launched a website serving as a new digital hub for the arts community.
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New Nonprofit Looks to Foster Publishing Industry in the West
Three Colorado-based publishing professionals are expecting approval from the IRS this month of the Colophon Center, a new foundation aimed at promoting book publishing in the West.
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National Book Foundation Names Two New Board Members
The National Book Foundation has appointed Cheryl Cohen Effron and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh to its board of directors, which has grown to include 22 members.
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After Muhammad Ali's Death, Publishers Rushing Their Ali Books
In the wake of the boxer's death on June 3, publishers with upcoming titles about "the Greatest" are scrambling to get copies onto shelves as quickly as possible.
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Globe Pequot Launches Texas-Themed Imprint
The Connecticut-based publisher's Lone Star Press will do 10 to 12 books per year, starting with the August release 'Pigskin Rapture: Four Days in the Life of Texas Football,' by journalist Mac Engel and photographer Ron Jenkins.
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Could Publishers and Agents Agree on a Flat Royalty Rate?
The idea that publishers could offer a single royalty rate across book formats has become a topic of discussion, though insiders say the problem will be e-books.
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University Presses Cope with Budget Cuts
Universities are taking different approaches to handling shrinking budgets, from cutting back on staff to expecting presses to rely more on their own resources.
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News Briefs: Week of May 30, 2016
Macmillan buys self-publishing platform Pronoun and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Canadian Press Breathes New Life into Aboriginal Languages
The University of Regina Press has made a name for itself by publishing books about and in Cree, an indigenous language from Canada's aboriginal culture.
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Blumhouse Brings Nightmares to Print and Screen
Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum discusses the company's multi-channel approach to creating "dark genre" content.
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New Alexander Hamilton Novel Gets Presale Boost from Hit Musical
Riding the wave of Alexander Hamilton mania drummed up by the Broadway hit about the Founding Father, Elizabeth Cobbs’s forthcoming novel, ‘The Hamilton Affair,’ has been given a presale boost from two major chains.
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Macmillan Buys Self-Publishing Platform Pronoun
The soup to nuts self-publishing platform originally founded as Vook will become a Macmillan company, and Pronoun's staff, of about 20, will be retained and relocated to Macmillan's New York City headquarters in the Flatiron Building.
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News Briefs: Week of May 23, 2016
Goodreads offers daily discounts and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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StyleHaul Books Launches
The new venture is a partnership between Adaptive Studios, which repurposes abandoned movie scripts, and Style Haul, a YouTube-based network of fashion and beauty brands.
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Clarkson Potter Courts the Meal-Kit Market
The publisher has just released a branded cookbook from Plated, the meal-kit company.
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L.A.-Based Indie Press Scores with First Title
The L.A.-based indie has already gone to press twice with the novel 'I Hate the Internet,' after it received a sales boost from a 'New York Times' review.
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Crown Reboots Book Discovery Site Read It Forward
The website, which hosts a digital community of more than 385,000 readers, has undergone a significant facelift and will place a heavier influence on long-form content.
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Regnery Moving Sales In-house
Beginning June 1, Regnery Publishing will bring its sales operation in-house, having been with Perseus Distribution. Moving forward, Perseus will continue to handle warehousing and all other distribution functions for Regnery.
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Rodale Shuffles Leadership Team, Names Schmidt Associate Publisher
Kathleen Schmidt has been appointed associate publisher at Rodale Books, with additional promotions for Jennifer Levesque and Yelena Gitlin Nesbit.
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Small Beer to Publish 400-Year-Old SF Novel
The Easthampton, Mass., press is preparing to release an English language edition of what it is calling the world's first science fiction novel, 'The Chemical Wedding,' written in German in 1616.