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Podcast: SXSW Goes Literary
Live and learn. In 2009, book business representatives took their show on the road to Austin and were met with a hail of digital brickbats. Four years on, the techies and the booksters have found common ground at the upcoming SXSW Interactive Festival. Listen here.
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Random House, Penguin Merger Approved in Australia
The ACCC in Australia will approve the planned combination of Random House and Penguin Group, the book-publishing operations of the two international media companies Bertelsmann and Pearson, without any restrictions.
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Sellers Publishing Begins Direct Sales to Canada
Maine publisher Sellers Publishing has begun selling its line of books, calendars and greeting cards directly to Canadian retailers.
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Hyperion to Divest Some Backlist Books
A source at Hyperion has confirmed a Wall Street Journal story that reported that the publisher is looking to sell some of its backlist titles that don’t fit with its new strategy of focusing on books that can be linked to parent company Walt Disney’s other media properties.
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PEN's New Officers and Trustees Announced
PEN American Center announced yesterday at its Annual Members’ Meeting the newly-elected and reelected officer trustees of the Board, including John Troubh, executive v-p, and Jeri Laber, v-p.
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Suchomel Leaves IPG
Mark Suchomel, longtime president of distributor IPG, left the company Monday. IPG owner Curt Matthews sent a “special alert” e-mail to IPG's hundreds of client publishers informing them that Suchomel was no longer with the company.
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Big Blue Marble Books: A Press with a Mission
A drive to inspire children to learn more about the Earth motivated Gabriella Francine to found Big Blue Marble Books, her first foray into book publishing.
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How To Launch a Social Media Marketing Campaign
Goodreads is in, video responses are out--these were some of the points made at the latest in the ABPA's monthly panel series.
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Steerforth Debuts Hanover Publishers Services
Launched informally in 2010 by Steerforth Press, Hanover Publisher Services acts a subcontractor offering small presses access to distribution by Random House Publishers Services.
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Coffee House Expands Its Offerings
The Minneapolis literary nonprofit press is adding essay collections and creative nonfiction to its repertoire, beginning with its fall 2013 list.
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News Briefs: Week of March 4, 2013
Penguin Profits Dip and more
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The Fastest-Growing Independent Publishers, 2012
Higher e-book sales, expansion into new markets, and leveraging the wild popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey were some of the ways the publishers that made this year’s list of PW’s fast-growing independent publishers prospered in 2012.
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Podcast: In Books, Everyone’s Declaring Independence
Across the publishing industry, all the players are proudly declaring independence. Authors have cut ties with publishers and agents and found success in more than “50 shades.” Listen here.
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AAP Annual Meeting Details Crises in Education, Politics
Renowned educator Diane Ravitch and retired U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe outlined the woeful state of American educational policy and that of our gridlocked Congress at the AAP annual meeting in New York.
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Penguin Faces June 3 Trial in e-Books Case
Antitrust litigation for e-book pricing is moving to trial with Penguin in the defendant’s seat alongside Apple, despite Penguin’s settlement with the DoJ last December.
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25 Backlist Sandra Brown Novels Come to E
Grand Central Publishing has acquired 25 of Sandra Brown's backlist titles, bringing them to e-book for the first time.
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Pharos Editions Pairs Name Authors With Old Favorites
Jonathan Evison and Frank Norris. Matt Groening and Eric Knight. Sherman Alexie and Todd Walton. What do these duos have in common? Pharos Editions, a new imprint from the Seattlle indie, Dark Coast Press.
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NetGalley and Perseus Partner
NetGalley and Perseus Books Group have announced a partnership which will allow Perseus and all of its distributed publishers to take advantage of NetGalley’s digital galley services at a preferential rate.
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Profits Dipped on Small Sales Gain at Penguin
Total sales at Penguin Group rose 1% for 2012, to £1.05 billion, although operating profit declined 12%, to £98 million.
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World Book Night To Showcase Books on April 9
World Book Night will present awards, as well as its new books for 2013 at AAP, 71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor, on Tuesday, April 9, 6:00-7:00. In attendance will be the book printing vendors and Hillary Jordan, author of 2013 WBN pick, Mudbound.
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