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Digital Distribution: INscribe Signs Greatest Guides Limited, Eight Other Publishers
INscribe has agreed to distribution deals with a number of publishers, and will deliver e-books to retail outlets as early as first quarter 2012.
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Buerkle to Join Kingfisher
Brian Buerkle will join Kingfisher in the New York office as associate publisher, director of marketing, beginning January 9.
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Tracking Amazon: 'The Patient's Checklist' Makes Astronomical Leap
Amazon's top "Movers & Shakers" book for yesterday jumped from number 527,050 sales rank all the way to number 370, a 142,345% increase.
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Six University Presses Sign with Ingram's CoreSource
The University of New Mexico Press, University of South Carolina Press, Indiana University Press, The University Press of Florida, University of Virginia Press, and Wesleyan University Press have signed with Ingram's CoreSource.
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Green Press Initiative and PW To Host Webinar
Green Press Initiative and Publishers Weekly are hosting a webinar called "New Certification for Environmentally Responsible Publishers" on January 10, 2012 at 1:00 pm EST.
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BEA To Hold Facebook Webinar
The webinar will cover topics including subscribe opportunities, privacy issues, lists and groups, Facebook advertising, Facebook Insights, and the timeline.
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News Briefs
Harper Charges Open Road with Infringement and more
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Looking for the 50% Solution
E-books and other forms of digital content are transforming all aspects of the book publishing industry. While the transition from print to digital is not moving at the same pace for all segments, within five years it is generally believed that e-book sales will account for about half of trade revenues. With that in mind, PW asked nine executives to tell us how their company is preparing for that eventuality and what impact it will have on their businesses.
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Random House Joins Bidding War for Allrecipes.com
Random House is the latest name to come up in the bidding war for Allrecipes.com, the food site put up for sale by Reader's Digest Association in October.
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Startup e-Book House Releases Crime Anthology
Michael Wolf, v-p of research at GigaOM, a technology news and analysis blog, has launched Bstsllr.com, an e-book publishing house specializing in crime and mystery fiction.
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Wimpy Kid Goes to Court Against Zombie
Up until now the Wimpy Kid’s adventures have stayed out of court. But that changed on Tuesday with the filing of a trademark infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against Antarctic Press, publishers of Diary of a Zombie Kid.
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Macmillan Rebrands Higher Education Division
Macmillan is changing the name of its higher education publishing group. The publisher is switching the moniker from Bedford, Freeman, and Worth Publishing Group, to Macmillan Higher Education.
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BISG To Hold Digital Identfication Webcast
BISG will hold a webcast about their recently issued policy statement on best practices for identifying digital products. The webcast is designed to help clarify meaning and expectations regarding the statement's recommendations.
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Vintage Floods Market with More 'Dragon Tattoo' Editions in Time for Film
With David Fincher's adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo opening across the country tomorrow, Knopf has flooded the market with new editions of the bestselling title.
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McGraw-Hill Professional Restructures Sales
McGraw-Hill’s professional book group is the latest publisher to change its sales structure in response to the growth of sales of digital content and the reduction of shelf space at retail stores. The company has combined its different sales groups into one organization and created four “super regions,” according to Philip Ruppel, president of the professional book group.
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Dohle Reflects on "Successful Year"
In his annual year-end letter, Random House chairman Markus Dohle thanked the publisher’s employees across the globe for their work the last few years in aligning Random’s “culture, organization and strategy.”
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National Book Foundation To Match Donations
A member of the National Book Foundation's board of directors will match all personal gifts to the Foundation up to a total of $25,000 between now and the end of January, 2012.
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Reidy Says Year Ends on 'Higher' Note After Rough Start
In a lengthy year-end letter to staff sent on Friday, Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy told employees that the year, after a rough start, is "ending on a much higher note."
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Arbitrator Finds for Regnery in Author Dispute
An arbitrator has ruled for Regnery Publishing in a lawsuit brought by three of its authors who charged the publisher with breach of contract, breach of good faith and breach of fiduciary duty.
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News Briefs: Week of December 19, 2011
Solid Quarter at Scholastic and more.
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