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Generation Y Leads in Book Buying
Generation Y, those born between 1979 and 1989, spent the most money on books in 2011, taking over long-held book-buying leadership from baby boomers, according to the 2012 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review.
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University of Missouri Press Series Editor Resigns
The University of Missouri’s public relations problems in the wake of it revamping its scholarly press and laying off the director continue to mount.
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E-book and App Device Compatibility Webinar Set for August 22
Jean Kaplansky of Aptara and Joshua Tallent of eBook Architects will speak for an Aptara webinar on "eBook App Device Compatibility: Separating Fact from Fiction."
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Random House U.K. Forms Merchandise and Media Unit
Random House Group in the U.K. has formed Random House Enterprises, a new unit devoted to extending its content and trademarks, for both children and adults, into consumer products and content platforms including television, live events, and gaming.
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Google Buys Frommer's from Wiley
John Wiley & Sons has sold the Frommer's brand to Google for an undisclosed amount. The deal is a sign of Google's play to increase its presence in the travel business.
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Tracking Amazon: Kindle Gold Box Deal Propels Geary's Witch Series
On August 12, the Kindle Gold Box deal was $1.99 for each of the four books in Debora Geary's A Modern Witch series. The deal was enough to launch all four e-books into the top 10, landing at #1, #6, #7, and #8. The books are normally priced at $3.99 each and the highest-ranked was #778 before the deal.
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Following Deaths, Vidal and Binchy Books See Bumps
Two big names in literature died at the end of July, Gore Vidal and Maeve Binchy. While one might expect notable bumps in sales as a result, the numbers from Nielsen BookScan show big gains from small levels.
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Bibliomotion Stays Small, Maintains Nimble Course
Bibliomotion, the Boston-based publisher that forgoes author advances and in exchange gives authors higher royalties, is still devoted to keeping a strong and small list one year after launching. Erika Heilman and Jill Friedlander, the two in charge at Bibliomotion, still expect to be heavily involved with every title and every author.
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News Briefs: Week of August 13, 2012
Harper Legal Fees Drag Down Earnings and more
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At 50, MIT Press Looks Forward
At a time when some university presses have cut back their publishing program or changed course, the MIT Press, which celebrated its first 50 years this spring, continues to look to the future—“relentlessly,” according to editorial director Gita Manaktala. “The retrospective glance doesn’t come naturally to us,” she said.
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Tracking Amazon: Self-Published Author Freethy Rises
A number of e-books by Barbara Freethy, the self-published romance author, saw a big increase in sales as the release of her newest, When Wishes Collide, approaches on August 23.
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Ingram Launches New Website
Ingram has given their homepage a new look at www.ingramcontent.com.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, August 10
This week: the books that are benefiting from 50 Shades spillover and Oliver Sacks's upcoming book. Listen here.
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With Director's Ouster, UNO Press Faces Uncertain Future
In the latest instance of a university press being shuttered, the University of New Orleans Press has been placed on hiatus and its longtime director, Bill Lavender, laid off after his position was eliminated.
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Tracking Amazon: New Oatmeal Book Skyrockets
The new book from The Oatmeal, the comic Website by Matthew Inman, How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (Andrews McMeel Publishing), was opened up for preorders on August 7 and immediately went to #12 on the Amazon bestseller list, even though it doesn't release until October 9.
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Glenn Young Launches New Imprint, Opus Books
Former Applause Books publisher Glenn Young is launching Opus, a new imprint that will publish a line of titles that will include fiction and works on the performing arts beginning with The Dark Knight Trilogy: The Complete Screenplays with Storyboards by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer, to be published this month.
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Amazon Starts Textbook Rentals
Amazon will enter the textbook rental market, launching Amazon Textbook Rental, which will open up thousands of textbooks to rent for up to a 70% discount.
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UNO Press is Shut Down, Director Bill Lavender Ousted
According to published reports, Bill Lavender, director of the University of New Orleans Press since 2007, has been ousted from his position and the press has been placed on hiatus by the university administration.
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Call for Information: Music Books
Needed: Listings and descriptions of this seasons music books, as well as publishers’/editors’ written comments about the state of this category.
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Gibbs Smith Partners with Anorak Magazine
Gibbs Smith announced that it will co-publish and exclusively distribute the North American version of Anorak Magazine, published five times a year by the Anorak Press in Great Britain.
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