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New Heads for Scholastic UK; Storia Adds National Geographic
Scholastic has appointed Catherine Bell and Steve Thompson to be co-managing directors of Scholastic UK. In the U.S., a line of nonfiction titles from National Geographic for Kids will be available through Scholastic's Storia e-reading app in August.
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J.K. Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' Cover Reveal
The Casual Vacancy, publishing worldwide in English on September 27, has a confirmed page count of 512 pages and a release from Little, Brown called it "a big novel about a small town."
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Call for Information: Fall 2012 On-Sale Calendar
Needed: We're looking for information about your biggest titles to be published from September 1 through December 31, 2012, to be included in our on-sale calendar, an ongoing feature on our Web site.
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BISG Changes Offices
As of July 18, 2012, BISG will relocate to 145 W 45th Street, Suite 601, New York, NY 10036. Contact info@bisg.org or 646-336-7141 for questions.
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Tracking Amazon: Terry Goodkind's Self-Published Novel Skyrockets
Bestselling fantasy author Terry Goodkind is self-publishing his latest novel, The First Confessor, which is already #28 on the Kindle bestseller list as of the morning of July 3.
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Chelsea Green Goes Employee Owned
Last Friday employees at Chelsea Green Publishing in White River Junction, Vt., celebrated a change in ownership; they now own close to 80% of the stock.
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Authors on the Air July 2, 2012: Glenn Greenwald, Ellie Kay, Eddie and Tamara George
Glenn Greenwald, author of With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality (Picador, 978-1250013835), will be on "The Brian Lehrer Show" and "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" on July 2. On July 3, he will be on "Morning Joe" and "Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer."
Ellie Kay, author of Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for America's Military Families (Bethany House, 0764205595) will be on Moody's "Midday Connection."
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Tracking Amazon: Essayist Jumps After NY Times 'Busy' Column
Tim Kreider, author of PW Pick We Learn Nothing: Essays and Cartoons, has seen his book jump over 2,000% following his "Opinionator" blog post for the New York Times on June 30.
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Lulu Gives Authors Free Custom Publishing Advice
Lulu has announced the launch of the Lulu.com Publishing Advisor, a new tool designed to give authors of all backgrounds and levels of experience customized publishing recommendations for their books for free.
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New Press to Publish Books on Eastern Bloc
New Europe Books, the first press dedicated to books about the former Eastern Bloc, debuts next month with Sándor Szathmári’s 1941 dystopian classic, Voyage to Kazohinia (July), which Hungarians regard as their Gulliver’s Travels or Brave New World.
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News Briefs: Week of June 29, 2012
Amazon Bids On Dorchester and more
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, June 29
In Anaheim this week, the gathered members of the American Library Association conference heard why libraries may be more important than ever, even in the throes of the digital publishing revolution. Listen here.
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Tracking Amazon: New Wheel of Time Book Sees Preorders Six Months in Advance
It won't be published until January 2013, but Tor's A Memory of Light is already selling copies--landing at #224 on Amazon's bestseller list as of June 29. The book, listed at 864 pages, is the 14th and final book in the Wheel of Time series, which has sold well over 44 million copies since Robert Jordan started the series in 1990.
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Court Denies Penguin Arbitration Motion in Class Action
A motion filed by Penguin to force consumers who bought e-books from Amazon or BN.com to settle any harm caused by Penguin’s alleged price-fixing of e-books has been denied through arbitration by Judge Denise Cote.
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Dispute Over Chicken Soup Brand Settled by HCI, CSSP
Health Communications, Inc., the original publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise, has settled a long-running dispute with Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing company that gives CSSP rights to all Chicken Soup titles beginning July 1.
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How the DoJ Changes the Agency vs. Wholesale Argument
Don Linn, president of Firebrand Associates, offered the paradox concerning the wholesale vs. agency discussion running through publishing circles: "Publishers (often) earn more with wholesale than agency--so what's all the fuss about Amazon?"
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News Corp. to Split, HC to Join Publishing Group
News Corp. made it official Thursday morning, announcing that its board of directors has authorized the company’s management to split the company into entertainment and publishing companies.
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Amazon Bids on Dorchester Assets
Dorchester Publishing is likely to be acquired by Amazon which has made a bid to acquire the assets of the company.
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Tracking Amazon: How Well Do Kindle Singles Sell?
The top two bestselling Kindle Singles titles have cracked the regular Kindle top 100--as of the morning of June 28.
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'50 Shades' Sales Slow
Sales of the first book in the series are down 5%, and the sales for the box set are down 45%, according to Nielsen BookScan.
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