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Apple Trial: B&N's Horner Touts Agency Model
Nook Media v-p of digital content Theresa Horner took the stand at the Apple e-book price fixing trial and the government and Apple clashed over questions about the profitability—or lack of it—in the e-book market of 2009-2010.
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New Home for Grove/Atlantic
As of June 24 Grove/Atlantic is moving to new offices. The new address is 154 West 14 Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10011.
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Cue Counters DoJ Claims That the Fix Was In
Apple senior v-p Eddy Cue faced questions on inappropriate contact with publishers, claims that the iBookstore is a failure because of high prices and his description of S&S CEO Reidy, as “a leader,” and that he was “indebted” to her.
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Robert Kennedy Publishing Shuttered
Tosca Reno, president of Robert Kennedy Publishing, has announced that RKP's parent company is closing.
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Hangman's Daughter Series Reaches 1 Million Copies Sold
Amazon Publishing today announced that Oliver Pötzsch, whose Hangman’s Daughter series includes The Hangman’s Daughter (2010), The Dark Monk (2012), and The Beggar King (2013), has become the first Amazon Publishing author to sell one million copies in combined print, audio, and Kindle English language editions worldwide.
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HBRP Moves Quickly to Promote 'The First 90 Days'
"The president of the United States gets 100 days to prove himself; you get 90,” saysMichael D. Watkins in the introduction to the tenth anniversary edition of The First 90 Days. Some might argue that publishers get even less.
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News Briefs: Week of June 17, 2013
McArthur & Co. To Close and more
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How Hachette Grew Elin Hilderbrand
Elin Hilderbrand arrived at Hachette in 2007 as a midlist author. Six books later, she's a major bestseller with over four million books in print.
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Can Evoke Solve the Book Discovery Blues?
What started with a 32-hour marathon session in May is, in June, the beginning of one of the most dedicated efforts to solve the problem of online book discovery.
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Twitter and Publishers: Growth Slows in 2013
A surprising number was revealed in PW’s annual Twitter snapshot: 31%.
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Quirk Books Launches 'Looking for Love' Writing Contest
Quirk Books has announced its "Looking for Love" fiction contest, which allows writers to submit unpublished novel-length manuscripts containing a love story.
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'Entwined,' 'Joyland' Have Solid Start
Sylvia Day’s Entwined with You was the top selling title in the week ended June 9 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan, selling over 134,000 copies.
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Kingfisher Cuts Back in the U.S.
U.K.-based children’s book publisher Kingfisher has scaled back its U.S. operations, cutting its staff from three to one and reducing the number of titles it will release per season from 60 to about 35.
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Random’s McIntosh Will Not Testify; Apple’s Snyder Goes Ballistic
Apple lawyer Orin Snyder was very unhappy to hear that Random House COO Madeleine McIntosh will not testify in open Court.
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Macmillan’s Sargent, Apple’s Moerer Testify at the Apple Trial
Macmillan CEO John Sargent returned to the witness stand again on the sixth day of the Apple e-book price fixing trial and was followed by Apple executive Keith Moerer.
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S&S Launches Customer Portal for Booksellers
Simon & Schuster has launched its Customer Portal for booksellers beginning June 11.
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Kindle Worlds Signs Blake Crouch
According to the Kindle Worlds Twitter account, Blake Crouch's novel Pines will be part of the fan fiction program.
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Black Classic Press Marks 35 Years with Walter Mosley Signing
Black Classic Press publisher Paul Coates is marking the 35th anniversary of the press with a series of events that will kick off June 11 with a signing by novelist Walter Mosley at the Pratt Library in Baltimore.
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Keen Acquires The Unofficial Guides Brand from Google
PGW and Keen Communications have announced The Unofficial Guides will become the fourth imprint in Keen’s portfolio, effective July 2013.
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News Briefs: Week of June 10, 2013
U.S. vs. Apple Trial and more