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Farcountry Press Turns Around Under New Ownership
Linda Netschert turns Farcountry Press around since taking over the regional photography book company in 2011.
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UNC Press Receives $250,000 Grant
The University of North Carolina Press has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to address challenges brought about by the digital transformation in publishing.
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Atwood, Jacobson Tackling Bard for Hogarth
Random House's cross Atlantic imprint, Hogarth, has signed two more authors to participate in its recently-announced Shakespeare project.
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News Briefs: Week of September 6, 2013
RH Children’s To Publish Seuss Classics as E-books and more.
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Changes Coming Slowly to Penguin Random House
Ever since the Penguin–Random House merger was announced, Markus Dohle, CEO of the new company, has promised that the integration of the two publishers would be handled carefully and deliberately.
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Coloring Book Star Takes Stab At U.S. Market
Mel Elliott, who lives in the U.K., self-published Colour Me Good: Ryan Gosling on a lark.
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Images Still Drive Laughing Elephant Press
Harold and Sandra Darling founded Green Tiger Press in 1969 as a greeting card company whose products featured their collection of images from vintage pre-1940 children’s books, calendars, paintings, and posters.
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Coffee House Publishes First YA Novel
Coffee House Press, known for its literary fiction and poetry lists, is expanding into publishing young adult fiction this fall.
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Bloomsbury Pads Natural History List
Bloomsbury has bought over 200 natural history titles originally released by New Holland Publishers. The books, Bloomsbury said, will be integrated into the house's existing list in the category.
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Room to Read Partners with Asia Foundation
Global literacy nonprofit Room to Read announced a partnership with the Asia Foundation's Books for Asia, which provides donated educational material throughout the region.
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RH Children's to Publish Seuss Classics as E-books
On September 24, the longtime publisher of Dr. Seuss's print editions will debut 15 digital versions.
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News Briefs: Week of September 2, 2013
Matthew Shear, SMP Publisher, Dies and more.
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Giada De Laurentiis Launches Digital Weekly with Clarkson Potter
Cookbook author and Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis has launched Giada, a weekly digital lifestyle publication produced in partnership with her longtime publisher Clarkson Potter.
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Sourcebooks Acquires Simple Truths
Sourcebooks has acquired Simple Truths, a publisher of motivational and inspirational books and other products that sells direct-to-consumer. This acquisition is, Sourcebooks says, its largest to date.
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Morgan James to Launch E-book Bundling Program
The publisher will be partnering with BitLit, a Vancouver-based smartphone app company that enables readers to claim free or discounted e-book editions of print books purchased through traditional channels.
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Human Kinetics Acquires DSWFitness
Sports and physical fitness book publisher Human Kinetics announced the acquisition of DSWFitness, Inc., a Tucson-based publisher of health and fitness materials.
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Kicks Books: Coming Back from Sandy
The small press founded and run by drummer Miriam Linna has got its groove back after closing for six months and being forced to reprint its backlist.
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UT Press to Launch The Texas Bookshelf
The University of Texas Press has announced its new publishing initiative, a series called the Texas Bookshelf that will debut in 2017 and include 16 volumes about Texas, written by the university's faculty.
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News Briefs: Week of August 26, 2013
Open Road Media Gets $11M In Funding