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'Paterno' Sales Drop
After debuting at #1 on the adult frontlist nonfiction bestseller list, Joe Posnanski's Paterno has slipped to #7 in its second week, according to Nielsen BookScan.
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Tracking Amazon: Albom Books Rise in Kindle Deal
To mark the release of Mitch Albom's newest book, The Time Keeper (Hyperion), Amazon packaged two of his previous books together for $1.99 on September 4.
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Education Publishers, Distributors Settle Claims Over Counterfeit Textbooks
Four major educational publishers have settled claims with five distributors involving the sale of counterfeit textbooks. Cengage Learning, John Wiley and Sons, Pearson, and McGraw-Hill report that the five separate settlements call for “the combined payment of more than $2.6 million dollars and agreements not to engage in any infringement going forward.”
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Tracking Amazon: 'No Easy Day' Preorders Alone Make It a 2012 Bestseller
On September 4, the day of its publication, No Easy Day by Mark Owen is already the #31 bestselling book of 2012 on Amazon.
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News Briefs: Week of September 3, 2012
ABA/Kobo Partner and more
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Do Mass Market Originals Still Work?
Despite shrinking sales, declining shelf space, and the rise in popularity of relatively inexpensive e-book editions, mass market paperback is still a category that can be used to break out an author—especially in tandem with other publishing formats. A number of publishers contacted by PW said despite the category’s decline, mass market pricing combined with savvy marketing in the right genres—among them romance, westerns, paranormal, and crime/thrillers—can still lift an author’s sales, significantly.
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Navy SEAL's Lawyers Respond to Pentagon's Threat
Mark Owen's lawyers have responded to the Pentagon's threats of legal action over the information in No Easy Day.
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Neil Armstrong Biography Goes Back to Press
As a public figure that largely turned away from the public spotlight during his lifetime, Neil Armstrong has a relatively low number of biographies (he never wrote an autobiography).
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Wiley Joins Open Access Group
In another sign of the shift to open access publishing, Wiley has announced its membership in the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), a global organization representing the interests of open access journal publishers.
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'Paterno' Debuts at Number One
Joe Posnanski's Paterno sold 11,439 copies in its first week, good enough to place it #1 on the adult nonfiction frontlist bestseller list.
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Navy SEAL Book Moved Up Again
Mark Owen's No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden has been moved up a week and will publish on September 4.
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Cherry Lake Acquires Sleeping Bear Press
Cherry Lake Publishing, a Mankato, Minn.-based educational publisher, announced that the company has acquired Sleeping Bear Press.
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Mizzou Backpedals on Proposed Reinvention of Press
University of Missouri president Timothy Wolfe issued a call Tuesday for nominations for members of an advisory committee to guide the University of Missouri Press through less of a transition than was originally proposed.
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Another Editor Resigns at Missouri Press
Tom Quirk, the editor of the Mark Twain and His Circle series at the University of Missouri Press, is the latest to submit a letter of resignation to university president Timothy Wolfe.
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PubWest and Library Journal To Present 'The Content Conundrum' Panel
Library Journal and PubWest will present a panel discussion on library book acquisitions in September.
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'The Writer' Returns to Boston
After a dozen years with Kalmbach Publishing Co. in Waukesha, Wisc., The Writer will return to Boston, where the 125-year-old magazine was acquired by Madavor Media.
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Bin Laden Book by 'Black Hawk Down' Author to Pub in October
With all the press surrounding No Easy Day, Atlantic Monthly Press is holding firm to the October date for its account of the al Qaeda leader’s death by Mark Bowden, The Finish.
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AnswerQi: Tech Info On-Demand
‘‘It’s an on-demand world,” said Glenn Nano, cofounder of startup AnswerQi. “People have unique needs and you can’t just give them off-the-shelf stuff.” Launched in May 2011, AnswerQi is a Web-based question and answer service that can provide immediate answers or detailed support for a wide variety of technology-related questions.
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AAA Shifts Gears
AAA Publishing is adapting to the digital age to ensure that its name remains synonymous with trusted travel tips and information. To that end, AAA is becoming a digital-first publisher, putting core data in digital formats at the top of its publishing pyramid.
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Buzz Grows Around Navy SEAL Bin Laden Book
Mark Owen's No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden has been moved up to a September 11 pub date by Dutton, and has revealed an extensive publicity campaign.
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