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A Chinese Publisher in New York
While George Zhu, founder of CN Times Books, the newly launched U.S. subsidiary of Beijing Mediatime Books, is impressed by the “professionalism” of U.S. publishing, he’s also surprised by American inefficiency.
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HMH Has Hit With Scratch, Sniff Wine
A "grocery" as opposed to a "luxury" is how Houghton Mifflin Harcourt refers to wine on the cover of its inventive, playful, and now popular, new book, The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert.
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E-Reads Reissues Harlan Ellison Backlist
The books will be reissued in both trade paperback and e-book formats, and will feature updated interiors and new cover treatments.
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S&S Keeping 'Duck Dynasty' Title on Shelves
Despite the controversy stirred up Wednesday afternoon by critical remarks of "homosexual behavior" by Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson in a GQ interview, Simon & Schuster has no plans to pull Phil Robertson's bestselling book, Happy, Happy, Happy. The title has sold nearly 600,000 printed copies in outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Books-A-Million also said it will continue to sell the book; representatives from B&N did not get back to PW this morning about whether they will continue to sell Happy.
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S&S Teams With HuffPo, AARP on Memoir Contest
Simon & Schuster has teamed with AARP and The Huffington Post on a contest open to memoirists 50 and older.
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IBPA Approves Code of Ethics
The board of directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association recently approved a Code of Ethics that it would like its membership to abide by.
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Dohle Thanks PRH Employees for Great Start
In a brief year end note to Penguin Random House employees worldwide, CEO Markus Dohle thanked everyone for putting merger distractions aside did give the company a solid start.
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Trinity University Press to Reissue Donald Culross Peattie Backlist
Trinity University Press to reissue forgotten mid-20th-century naturalist and author Donald Culross Peattie's backlist, including A Natural History of North American Trees.
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Meet the Editor: Jeffrey Shotts
Jeffrey Shotts, executive editor at Graywolf Press, appears to have a golden touch when it comes to identifying talent.
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Publishing Masters Programs Move Out of the Classroom
Many major universities are devoting increasing amounts of time and resources to pulling students out of the classroom and bringing a real-world view to the curriculum.
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Riverhead Goes 3D for Chang-rae Lee
For Chang-rae Lee's forthcoming novel On Such a Full Sea, his publisher, Riverhead Books, is testing some visual fireworks.
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Phaidon Taps Judith Regan to Head New Multimedia Unit
In an unexpected move, Phaidon, a publisher best known for its lavishly produced art books, has hired Judith Regan to oversee a new division at the company called Regan Arts.
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Kidd Chosen as New Oprah Book Club Pick
Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings is the newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.
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Skyhorse Moves Up Mandela Book
In light of Nelson Mandela's passing, Skyhose Publishing has moved up the publication schedule for Bob Crew's biography of the former South African president, Mandela: His Life and Legacy for South Africa and the World.
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Wisdom Publications in Transition at 25
We’re at a watershed,” said Tim McNeill, CEO and publisher of Wisdom Publications, a Buddhist publisher in Somerville, Mass.
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News Briefs: Week of December 9, 2013
Swinwood to succeed Hayes at Harlequin and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Paizo’s RPG Design Contest Opens December 10
Tabletop game publisher Paizo Publishing is opening its 8th RPG Superstar Design contest, an annual competition to find the best new game designers.
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A Long Walk to Freedom
We've compiled a brief look at a few of the books on Mandela (including his own).
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Fixed Pricing Law Project Gets the Green Light in Québec
Nearly 16 months after the Québec publishing industry began its quest for fixed pricing on new titles, they finally got what they wanted...sort of.
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'Gone Girl' Finally Hits Paperback
With more than 6 million copies sold, and 71 weeks spent on the New York Times's hardcover bestseller list, Gillian Flynn's thriller, Gone Girl, is coming to paperback.