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After First Weekend, E.L. James's 'Grey' Sells over 1 Million Copies
Given demand, publisher Vintage plans to go back for third, fourth and fifth printings on the title, which was released June 18.
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News Briefs: Week of June 22, 2015
Sale denied In Family Christian bankruptcy and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Rosen Publishing Acquires Jackdaw Publications
Rosen Publishing will move the editorial and production operations of Jackdaw Publications to New York City where it will operate as an autonomous imprint.
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Guild Calls for Higher Royalties, Contract Limits
The Authors Guild has outlined some of the "egregious terms" of current contract boilerplates it plans to address in its Fair Contract Initiative, first announced May 28 during BookExpo America.
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Simon & Schuster UK Reorganizes Sales
Simon & Schuster UK has announced a new sales structure, bringing together the adult and children's teams while creating two divisions organized by channels.
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Bay Area Spotlight 2015: All Our Coverage
A look at publishers, bookstores, libraries, startups, and the literary life in one of the country's most vibrant book regions.
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News Briefs: Week of June 15, 2015
Total BEA attendance rose 5.2% and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Diversion Books Branches Out
In November 2014, Kristin Cast, the younger writer in the mother-daughter duo behind the bestselling House of Night young adult titles, signed with Diversion Books for a five-book paranormal romance series titled the Escaped.
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Bay Area Spotlight 2015: A Different Vibe
Though the University of California Press (UC Press) and Stanford University Press (SUP) are the only university presses in the Bay Area, they are among the country’s most innovative academic publishers.
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Bay Area Spotlight 2015: The Bay Area’s Bookmakers
One reason for the strong publishing presence in the Bay Area is the long history of leadership and vision provided by men and women who rose to become prominent publishing figures across the nation.
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Bay Area Spotlight 2015: Something for Quite Literally Everybody
California embodies the spirit of the West, a place where reinvention is possible, so it is no surprise that many independent publishers call the Bay Area home.
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Karen Thomas Named Cleis Publisher
Karen Thomas has been named to replace Brenda Knight as publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions. Cleis will move from its current California offices to parent company's Start Publishing's Jersey City offices this July.
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St. Martin's to Phase Out Palgrave Name
Following the merger of most of Macmillan’s higher education assets with Springer Science+ Business Media, Macmillan’s trade operations have begun phasing out the use of the Palgrave name.
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Windham-Campbell Prizes, Yale to Launch 'Why I Write' Series
Yale University Press will publish the Windham-Campbell Prizes's annual keynote addresses in a new series titled "Why I Write.”
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New Fifty Shades Hits #1, as Vintage Heads to Press for 1.25 Million Copies
In a matter of hours, pre-orders pushed 'Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian,' to the top of the Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestseller lists.
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New Fifty Shades of Grey Book Coming
E.L. James announced that she will release a new version of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' but this time written from the perspective of Christian Grey. 'Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian' will be released by Vintage on June 18 (the character’s birthday).
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News Briefs: Week of June 1, 2015
Kuyper to head BISG and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Authors Guild Announces 'Fair Contract' Initiative
At this year's BookExpo America, the Authors Guild is rolling out its Fair Contract Initiative, a series of commentaries it will publish in the coming months that take a "fresh look at the standard book publishing contract."
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James Patterson Announces New Children's Imprint
In another effort to encourage children to read, James Patterson has formed the jimmy patterson imprint at Little, Brown.
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Skyhorse Starts Investigative Book Imprint
Skyhorse Publishing and David Talbot, founder of Salon, are teaming to launch a new imprint, Hot Books.