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  • Random House, Zinczenko Sign Book and Imprint Deal

    | 04/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Random House has announced a multi-platform content agreement with David Zinczenko, the bestselling health author and former editor of Men's Health. Zinczenko joins Random House's Ballantine Bantam Dell division as an author with a three-book deal. In addition, Zinczenko's company, Galvanized Brands, will establish a new lifestyle book publishing imprint with Random House called Zinc Ink, which will publish six to twelve general nonfiction titles per year, beginning in 2014.

  • News Briefs: Week of April 15, 2013

    | 04/12/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Peter Workman Dies at 74 and more

  • Harvard University Press Turns 100

    By Judith Rosen | 04/12/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Over the course of its 100-year history, Harvard University Press in Cambridge, Mass., has had to navigate difficult times.

  • Booksellers Urge Court Not to Toss Amazon E-book Lawsuit

    Andrew Albanese | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Plaintiff booksellers this week filed an opposition motion urging the court not to dismiss their lawsuit against Amazon and the big six publishers, arguing that there is indeed enough evidence of restraint of trade to keep the case moving forward.

  • Podcast: Are Books Part of the Past?

    | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Are books part of the past? Or are they essential to the future? No, we're not talking about the shopworn debate over the death of print. In this clash for hearts and minds and money, books will likely survive -- but what future lies ahead for books authors? Listen here.

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    NCAC Demands Answers for Chicago 'Persepolis' Ban

    By Claire Kirch | 04/11/2013 @ 10:00AM

    The National Coalition Against Censorship continues to demand answers from Chicago Public Schools regarding the decision to ban Persepolis, with a letter and second FOIA request.

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    Radical Returns To Publishing Behind Upcoming Film Slate

    By Heidi MacDonald | 04/10/2013 @ 02:00PM

    With two new movies based on their graphic novels coming out—including next week’s Oblivion—Radical Studios is poised to make a return to publishing and an entrance to digital.

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    What Is Common Core?

    By Gabe Habash | 04/10/2013 @ 01:00PM

    Common Core, the state standards education initiative that is being developed across the country, was the focus of PW's Discussion Series, held at Random House on April 10 in front of a sold-out audience.

  • Maria B. Campbell Associates Scouts for Znak and Modan

    | 04/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Maria B. Campbell Associates has announced they are now scouting adult books for Znak in Poland and working with Modan in Israel for both their adult and children’s lists. Founded in 1959, Znak publishes a wide range of Polish and international authors. Modan is one of the three biggest publishing groups in Israel.

  • Skyhorse, Start Offer Night Shade Authors New Terms

    | 04/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

    After some authors reacted poorly to specifics in a potential deal championed by Night Shade Books, which is hoping to sell its assets to SkyHorse Publishing and Start Publishing, the involved parties have come up with new terms.

  • Tracking Amazon: 'Brain on Fire' Cracks Top 10

    | 04/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Susannah Cahalan's Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness was published by Simon & Schuster, but it's the e-book edition that's currently flying high: priced at just $2.99, the Kindle edition is currently ranked #6 overall.

  • Bloomsbury Moving to Midtown

    | 04/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Bloomsbury is relocating, and consolidating, its New York City office. On April 29, the publisher will move into space at 1385 Broadway, leaving its current main office in the Flatiron Building (at 23rd Street and Broadway), in space overseen by its distributor, Macmillan.

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    Gor Series Gets Reissued

    | 04/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

    John Norman's fantasy series Gor, which is nearing publication of a 33rd volume, has recevied a new cover treatment by Shefali Randeria, founder of Cirque-Studios in India. The books fell out of print but were brought back in 2000 by E-Reads.

  • News Briefs: Week of April 8, 2013

    | 04/05/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Square Books and Joshua Miller Win ‘PW’ Awards and more

  • Robyn Carr: Growing a Midlist Author

    By Rachel Deahl | 04/05/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Robyn Carr might not be a household name, but she’s certainly a force to be reckoned with on the bestseller lists.

  • 'Da Vinci Code' Gets Downloaded for Free 500,000 Times

    | 04/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Doubleday reported more than 500,000 readers took advantage of the free e-book download of The Da Vinci Code which included an excerpt from Dan Brown’s forthcoming thriller Inferno (on sale May 14th).

  • Podcast: No Such Thing as Used E-Book

    | 04/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

    While the publishing world learns to live with the idea that e-books may be good for business, after all, a federal district court judge finds there is no such thing as a used e-book. Listen here.

  • Cisneros Goes to E

    | 04/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street, first published in 1984, will be published as an e-book by Vintage on April 30. Vintage Español will simultaneously release a Spanish-language e-book edition.

  • Planman Rebrands as Contentra Technology

    | 04/04/2013 @ 09:00AM

    Planman Technologies, a company in the integrated content transformation solutions field, has been renamed Contentra Technologies.

  • Distribution: Skyhorse Moving to Perseus

    | 04/04/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Skyhorse Publishing has signed a domestic sales and distribution deal with Perseus for both distribution of e-books and print books.

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