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Legato Adds Two Publishers to List
Legato Publishers Group has added two international children's book publishers to its roster: Chouette Publishing of Montreal and of Cuento de Luz of Madrid. Legato will distribute both companies' books in the U.S. beginning January 1, 2014.
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Southern Lit Journal Launches with Unseen Mark Twain Letter
New southern literary journal China Grove will feature a previously unseen letter from Mark Twain.
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National Television Campaign to Launch Jerry Jenkins's New Novel
Best-selling author Jerry Jenkins’s book trailer of his latest novel, I, Saul (Worthy Publishing, Aug. 2013) will make its television debut next week.
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Food Network Debuts RH Television Series
Food Network and Random House Television, in partnership with Tavola Productions, announced a new television series, Heartland Table, based on Amy Thielen’s forthcoming book The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes.
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News Briefs: Week of August 19, 2013
June Bookstore Sales Drop 9.5% and more.
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Bloomsbury Goes Global with Marketing Plans
In 2011, Bloomsbury announced it was restructuring to facilitate a more global approach to publishing.
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Hanson Leads S&S Canada into Publishing
After finally winning permission in May from the Canadian government to publish Canadian books, rather than just marketing titles from the U.S. and U.K., Simon & Schuster Canada is gearing up to release its first domestic list under the direction of Kevin Hanson.
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HarperCollins Steps Up in Fiction
The two-book deal William Morrow signed with Patricia Cornwell earlier this month was just the latest high-profile deal in a concerted effort by parent company HarperCollins to rebuild the house’s fiction list.
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Chegg Plans $150 Million IPO
Chegg, the company that began as an online platform offering college textbooks for rent and now offers other services for college students, is looking to raise $150 million in an initial public offering.
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Harlequin Expands Digital First Efforts
The Harlequin, Harlequin Teen, Harlequin Mira, and Harlequin HQN imprints will all publish e-book originals in the coming months.
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RH Imprint Alibi Announces Debut Titles
The new digital-original publishing program will launch with The Last Clinic by Gary Gusick, the first novel in the Darla Cavanaugh mystery series.
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Amazon to Publish Biography Series
Amazon Publishing has announced a new series called Icons that will feature short biographies of significant people.
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Goodman Fiell Debuts First List
Goodman Fiell, the recently formed imprint of the U.K. based Carlton Publishing Group, unveiled the titles for their first list, to be published in fall 2013.
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Mudditt Makes Over U.C. Press
When the University of California Press, in November 2010, published The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, it was in for a surprise: the 760-page hardcover, priced at $45, became an immediate bestseller.
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Pegasus Builds on Record 2012
Coming off of a record 2012, when sales rose 125% to just under $3 million, Pegasus Books publisher Claiborne Hancock hopes to keep the momentum going in 2013 with new hires, more titles, and more e-book sales.
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News Briefs: Week of August 12, 2013
Bezos Buys ‘Washington Post’ and more
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Fall 2013 Books Preview: The Season's Big Books
We've reviewed hundreds of books publishing this fall. These are the stand-outs.
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Car Talk from a 'Hack Mechanic'
Bentley Publishers in Cambridge, Mass., has its most high-profile book of the year with a sleeper memoir from popular BMW columnist Rob Siegel.
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CLMP Expands Membership
The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) announced changes to its membership requirements, welcoming applicants from the DIY side of independent publishing.
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ABFFE Partners with Ingram for Banned Books Week
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression announced a partnership with Ingram Content Group that will better enable booksellers to order books and celebrate Banned Books Week this year, which takes place September 22-28.