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Perseus Regroups
Last week's announcement from Perseus CEO David Steinberger about a widespeard restructuring at the company dashed speculation that a new would make a bid for the company (which was almost acquired in August). Among other changes at the new Perseus, Susan Weinberg is now senior v-p and group publisher, while Mark Suchomel has been named president of client services.
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KDP Star, Barbara Freethy, Creates Print Imprint
Amazon KDP's top selling author of all time, Barbara Freethy, has started a new imprint to oversee publication of her works in print formats. Hyde Street Press, part of Freethy’s Fog City Publishing company, will have its titles distributed by Ingram Publisher Services.
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News Briefs: Week of October 13, 2014
Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize in literature and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Looking to Move Beyond the 11%
Eighty-nine percent of respondents to PW’s recently concluded salary survey identified themselves as white—a finding that, while hardly surprising, underscores the challenges the industry faces in producing books that appeal to minorities.
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Dunham Sells 38K in First Week
Lena Dunham's much-talked about essay collection, 'Not That Kind of Girl,' sold about 38,000 print copies in its first week on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan.
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Hachette Launches Author & Agent Portal
The portal will provide self-service, updated information for agents on authors, including confidential sales data, for all titles published by HBG.
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Wimpy Kid Series to Hit 150M in Print
With the November 4 publication of the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, 'The Long Haul,' Jeff Kinney's series will surpass 150 million copies in print worldwide.
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AmazonCrossing to Spotlight Finnish Works
AmazonCrossing, the translation imprint of Amazon Publishing, announced a commitment to publish Finnish crime fiction in English through 2015.
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Harper Forms HarperCollins Germany
Moving quickly on its promise to use the Harlequin acquisition to expand its international footprint, HarperCollins has announced the creation of HarperCollins Germany.
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Columbia Global Reports Sets Inaugural List
Clay Shirky and Bethany McLean are among the first authors signed up for the inaugural Columbia Global Reports list, which debuts in fall 2015.
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Akashic Books Launches Lefty Sports Imprint
Akashic Books is teaming with 'The Nation' sports writer David Zirin, to launch Edge of Sports Books, a new imprint devoted to sports titles with a progressive political slant.
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News Briefs: Week of October 6, 2014
Egmont selling U.S. division and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Curtis Brown Ltd. Celebrates 100 Years
History is something Curtis Brown Ltd. has been reveling in of late, as the agency turns 100 this year.
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Dover Plans Line of Graphic Novel Reprints
In spring 2015, Dover Publications, which is best known for paperback reprints of classics and out-of-print titles, is launching Dover Graphic Novel, a new line of graphic novels and nonfiction comics.
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The Costs of Restructuring at Major Publishers
A by-the-numbers accounting of what the return has been on spending millions of dollars on restructuring at John Wiley, Scholastic, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Three Million First Printing for Riordan's Finale
Disney announced a three-million copy first print run for 'The Blood of Olympus' by Rick Riordan, the fifth and final installment in the author's Heroes of Olympus series.
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PRH Completes Objetiva Buy
Penguin Random House has finalized its acquisition of Editora Objetiva in Brazil, first announced in March.
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PRH Completes Sales Group Buyout
In another step in the integration of Penguin and Random House, the company has completed the buyout process of eligible members within the PRH sales group.
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Ellora’s Cave Files Libel Suit Against Dear Author Blog
Erotic romance publisher Ellora’s Cave has filed suit in Summit County, Ohio, against Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe, aka Jane Litte, and her blog Dear Author, claiming libel and defamation and asking for "no less than" $25,000 in damages.
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Lee Child On Why He Signed with Authors United
The reason the author of the Jack Reacher novels weighs in on Amazon-Hachette dispute has nothing to do with the "protection money" that Amazon is demanding from publishers. Child signed with thriller writer Douglas Preston's Authors United, a group of writers who want to take authors out of the middle of Amazon-Hachette negotiations,he explains, not because of the "so-called" Amazon-Hachette contract. He doesn't believe there is one.
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