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News Briefs: Week of September 29, 2014
Amazon, Perseus reach new e-book deal and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Aperture Revives the Masters of Photography Series
The Masters of Photography series was first published in 1976 by Aperture, the nonprofit photography resource center and publisher based in New York, but it’s been out of print since the early 1990s.
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Literacy Partners Turns 40
Dianne Kangisser opened the New York City chapter of Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA), a nonprofit that provides free literacy services to adults, in 1973, using $500 in federal grant money.
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Western Great Lakes: Regional Publishing Takes Its Place
Billing itself as the oldest publisher in the state and the largest historical society press in the country, Minnesota Historical Society Press has been publishing regional titles since 1859, while Wisconsin Historical Society Press has been doing it since 1855.
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Western Great Lakes: Plenty of Room for Publishers in the City of the Big Shoulders
Chicago might be known for its burly swagger,” says the Chicago Tribune literary editor-at-large Elizabeth Taylor, “but it’s also a supportive place” for publishers and other literary folk to do business.
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Western Great Lakes: Land of 10,000 Presses
Minnesota license plates proclaim that the state is the Land of 10,000 Lakes. It could just as well be called the land of 10,000 presses.
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Western Great Lakes: Publishers Make the Heartland Vibrant
Between Chicago and the Twin Cities, there's a lot of important publishing going on in the heartland, where publishers take risks that the big houses in New York City might not.
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Hachette U.K. Creates Unified Children's Division
Hachette U.K. has consolidated all of its children's publishing into a single division, to be headed by Hilary Murray Hill, who will join in January from Egmont as Hachette Children's Group CEO.
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Little, Brown to Release Authorized Nick Drake Book
'Remembered For A While' will go on sale December 9, timed with the fortieth anniversary of Drake's death.
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Big Big History, Small Press
A wave of mainstream media attention shines a spotlight on David Christian, a leading proponent of "big history" and author published by academic press Berkshire Publishing.
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Penguin Random House Canada Merges Distribution
As a part of the merger, Penguin Canada's books will migrate south to be distributed from Penguin Random House of Canada's facilities in the U.S.
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Perseus Restructures International Sales Teams
The Perseus Books Group is integrating its London and New York sales teams, placing them under the control of someone who will take over the newly created role of v-p of international sales and marketing.
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BISG Annual Meeting Looks Beyond the Book
The Book Industry Study Group Annual Meeting highlighted the growing benefits of data capture and feedback, among other trends.
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Christian Self-Publisher Xulon Launches New Conservative Imprint
The new unit, Liberty Hill Publishing, is being launched in partnership with Salem Communications, a conservative media company which owns, among other properties, Regnery Publishing.
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News Briefs: Week of September 22, 2014
Johnson steps down as Red Wheel/Weiser publisher and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Penguin Launches Cartoon Network Imprint
Penguin Books for Young Readers will launch a Cartoon Network imprint that will include books tied to existing and future Cartoon Network–owned shows and serve as a launchpad for new content.
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Publishing’s Holding Pattern: 2014 Salary Survey
PW's annual salary survey reveals an eye-opening lack of diversity in the publishing industry, an enduring pay gap between men and women, and an increase in hours spent in the office.
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Regan Arts Announces First Project
The 'Virtual Reality Beginners Guide' is a 40 page book in a box that includes a cardboard viewer that when assembled in combination with a smartphone turns into a VR headset viewer.
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Two ISIS Books Coming
As fears about the expansion of ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, continue to mount, two publishers are rushing books about the militant terrorist group to market.
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Abrams to Launch Gift & Stationery Imprint
The first Abrams Noterie products will go on sale in February 2015.
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