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Quercus to Expand in U.S.
Quercus, the London-based publisher whose roster of international successes includes Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, is poised to launch a U.S. publishing operation and has established a New York office in preparation for its debut lists set for autumn 2013.
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Gadsby to Head New International Division at Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group has hired former Continuum CEO Oliver Gadsby to head a new international academic publishing division. Roman & Littlefield International will be based in London.
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News Briefs: Week of October 8, 2012
B&N, Microsoft Complete Deal, and more.
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Paris Press Plans Special Edition of Woolf’s ‘On Being Ill’
In 2002, Paris Press, the Ashfield, Mass., nonprofit publisher, rescued a little-known work by Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill. The 64-page essay, originally published by Hogarth Press in 1930, about what it’s like to “cease to be soldiers in the army of the upright,” contained elements of autobiography and satire.
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Princeton University Press Launches Library of Jewish Ideas Series
The first title will publish on October 17.
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Mizzou Backs Down: Clair Willcox Reinstated as Editor-in-Chief
Willcox returned to his office Friday morning, and went to work, calling authors.
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HC Makes Changes to Product Development Team
The moves are intended to "increase product innovation, best-practice sharing, and scaling of successful ideas and projects."
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Geragotelis, S&S Prepare to Release 'Life's a Witch' Prequel
Brittany Geragotelis, who landed a three-book, six-figure deal with S&S after a PW story about her self-published YA debut, Life's a Witch, will publish a prequel with S&S, called What The Spell.
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Hachette Realigns Sales Structure
Hachette Book Group executive v-p and chief marketing officer Evan Schnittman has realigned the publisher's sales force.
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Tracking Amazon: The Return of a Diverse Top 10
The top 10 bestselling books at Amazon are from nine different authors, a marked difference from the past few months.
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How Big Was the 'Casual Vacancy' Debut?
According to Nielsen BookScan, J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy sold 157,000 copies in its first week of publication at outlets tracked by the company.
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Quarto Board Sets Meeting For November 7; Backs Orbach
Responding to demands from shareholders to vote on replacing Quarto CEO Laurence Orbach, the board of the U.K-based publisher has set the meeting for November 7.
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Tracking Amazon: Riordan Topples Rowling
The Casual Vacancy has been knocked off its perch atop Amazon's bestseller list, falling to #2 behind Rick Riordan's The Mark of Athena.
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Moving Beyond ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’
It’s been 10 years since David Borgenicht founded Quirk Books, and three years since the Philadelphia publisher released its massive hit, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a title that has not only sold more than 1.5 million copies (combined print and digital) but launched the mashup book category. The success of PPZ provided Quirk with a boost to the confidence of its publishing team as well as its finances. “We realized that we can make big things happen when we get all the elements right,” said Borgenicht about the impact of PPZ on Quirk’s collective publishing psyche.
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North Atlantic Books Transforms with the Times
Almost four decades after Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough founded North Atlantic Books in Vermont, the press, which has been in Berkeley, Calif., since 1977, continues to evolve within the body, mind, and spirit segment. From a two-person operation with roots in the poetry journal Io that published such stellar poets as Robert Duncan, Charles Olson, Ed Sanders, and Diane di Prima, NAB has published 1,500 titles, with nearly 1,000 still in print, and has a staff of 24. “The body, mind, and spirit market has changed,” said Kat Engh, NAB’s community outreach and new media specialist. “It’s more mainstream now. In times of crisis, people are looking for alternative approaches to self-help.”
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Review: 'The Casual Vacancy'
Our review of J.K. Rowling's adult book calls it "relentlessly competent" and, while its cast of characters are all well drawn and believable, "they aren't much fun."
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Simon & Schuster Adding Video to Frankfurt Offerings
Simon & Schuster foreign rights directors will be bringing videos to the Frankfurt Book Fair to be used as not only a promotional tool but to license them as well to international partners.
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'My Mother Was Nuts,' First Big New Harvest Book, Stumbles in Print
The biggest book yet to be released under the New Harvest imprint, My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall, sold just over 2,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen BookScan.
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Tracking Amazon: Rowling and Riordan Battle for Top Spot
The day before the anticipated release of The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling's book has reached #1 on Amazon (topping No Easy Day), and #22 on Kindle.
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Disney Completes California and NYC Transition
Back in April Disney Publishing Worldwide announced that it was moving its employees from White Plains to New York City and Glendale, Calif.; that transition is now nearing completion.
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