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'Heaven Is for Real for Kids' Hits Half a Million
Since its release in November 2011 from Tommy Nelson, the children's picture book Heaven Is for Real for Kids has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.
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Call for Information: Movie Tie-in Feature
For our April 16 Movie Tie-in Feature, please e-mail Dick Donahue your information.
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Bilbary.com Goes Live
Bilbary.com, the international e-bookstore launched by former Waterstones head Tom Coates, went live with a beta test this morning with 340,000 titles from about 2,300 publishers.
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Tracking Amazon: Hungry Girl Sees Boost After Oz Appearance
Lisa Lillien, also known as "Hungry Girl," appeared on The Dr. Oz Show on March 19, and her books, published by St. Martin's Griffin imprint, have immediately seen an increase in sales.
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FastPencil Extends Services to Publishers
Self-publishing resource company FastPencil is opening up its proprietary publishing platform to publishers and other enterprises. The move will extend the company’s reach beyond do-it-yourself authors and will permit other customers to design, publish and sell books in print and digital formats.
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Following a Down Year, Hastings Making Product Shifts
The continuing shift by consumers to buy digital entertainment products plus the sluggish economy resulted in a down year at Hastings Entertainment and is prompting the multimedia chain to change its product mix this year.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Walking Dead' Devours Competition
On the morning of March 19, the dead will walk the Earth. That's because Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead series has landed a whopping 14 titles in Amazon's top 100.
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Amazon Gives Grant for LGBT Writers Retreat
The Lambda Literary Foundation, a nonprofit organization for the LGBT literary community, has announced the renewal of a grant of $25,000 from Amazon for a third year in a row
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News Briefs: Week of March 19, 2012
Flat Start for Bookstore Sales and more.
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The New Press: 20 Years of Publishing ‘in the Public Interest’
Twenty years after it was founded by former Pantheon publisher Andre Schiffrin as a nonprofit publisher with a mission statement to publish “in the public interest,” the New Press is on something of a roll. The house has a new bestseller—Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow—spacious offices in SoHo, a $5 million annual budget, and a much-lauded intern program that continues to introduce a diverse selection of young people to careers in book publishing.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, March 16
From the bi-annual Public Library Association conference in Philadelphia, PW Senior Writer Andrew Albanese notes a strong turnout of PLA members, as well as a top-shelf slate of programs, including a stirring keynote address from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Leaver to Join Quarto, Thompson Up at Sterling
Sterling president Marcus Leaver is leaving the Barnes & Noble subsidiary to join the Quarto Group next month in the newly created position of COO.
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Consortium Adds Eight Companies to List
Consortium Book Sales and Distribution is adding eight publishers to their list of more than 100 client publishers this fall.
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Sigler to Publish YA Books Through Diversion Books
Scott Sigler will publish his Galactic Football League series as paperbacks through Diversion Books, the affiliate company of Waxman Literary Agency, where he is represented for his adult fiction by Byrd Leavell. Perseus will distribute the titles.
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Tracking Amazon: Preorders Dominate Top 10
For once, preorders are taking the spotlight in Amazon's rankings. As of the morning of March 14, Amazon's top 10 Movers & Shakers, the biggest sales gainers in the past 24 hours, saw eight preorders.
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Open Road Partners with Career Press
Open Road and Career Press have formed a digital partnership that will see more than 25 e-books published.
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Little, Brown Gives 200,000 Patterson Books to Armed Forces
Little, Brown and James Patterson are donating 200,000 copies of his books to the United States Armed Forces. The books will be distributed via Operation Gratitude with the help of George Scott of Books for Heroes and the Peerless Book Store of Alpharetta, Ga.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Fifty Shades' Fever
If you wanted a paperback copy of E L James's Fifty Shades of Grey, you'll have to wait until April 3 for Vintage's re-release. As of March 13, the book's stock has run out on Amazon.
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'True Blood Cookbook' Expected Fall 2012 from Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books and HBO will publish The True Blood Cookbook from series creator Alan Ball (with Karen Sommer Shallett and Marcelle Bienvenu), expected in fall 2012.
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Smashwords Reaches Agreement with PayPal
The last few weeks of talks seem to be nearing an end for Smashwords and PayPal, who, according to Smashwords Website, will "soon announce revised content policies" that Smashwords founder Mark Coker expects "will please the Smashwords community."
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