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University of California Press Brings Flashpoint Series To an End
U.C. Press has decided to cease publication of its FlashPoint series, which launched five years ago and specialized in scholarly literary studies titles.
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Ingram Adds Four New Clients
Ingram Publisher Services Inc. announced agreements with four new publishers, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Insight Publications, No Limit Publishing Group and Opinionated About.
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A Look at Fall's Big Books
This is a reminder that nearly 8,500 fall titles can be viewed at publishersweekly.com/Fall2011. PW subscribers can browse the titles submitted by using a variety of helpful filters--by publisher, imprint, subject category, publication date, and format.
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PoliPoint Press Closed
After selling off 21 titles to Paradigm and Berrett-Koehler in May, PoliPoint Press, founded in 2004 in Sausalito, Calif., has closed. According to Monique Lusse, PoliPoint’s director of finance and its sole remaining employee, rights to the balance of the press’s titles reverted back to the authors.
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Distribution: Sasquatch Moves to RH
Seattle-based independent publisher Sasquatch Books has announced it is entering a sales and distribution agreement with Random House Publisher Services, effective January 1, 2012.
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July 12, 2011
The Association of Canadian Publishers has selected Ingram’s digital asset management platform CoreSource to distribute and archive content for their members globally.
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July 11, 2011
Lorelei James’ e-book-only, newest Rough Riders novel, Chasin' Eight, became Samhain Publishing's first New York Times and USA Today bestseller.
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Rosetta Books Comes of Age
As Arthur Klebanoff puts it, his 10-year-old company, Rosetta Books, "went eight years into the desert along with the rest of the e-book business, but the critical thing was, we didn't die." When Klebanoff, who also owns the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, launched Rosetta in 2001 to publish backlist e-books, the e-book market was a fraction of its size today. But now, Klebanoff said, with the e-book market exploding, the times have finally caught up to Rosetta's business model.
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News Briefs: Week of 7/11/11
Amazon Buys The Book Depository and more.
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Robert Weil and The Music of Editing
By any measure, Robert Weil, W.W. Norton executive editor and newly appointed editor-in-chief and publishing director of the newly revived Liveright & Company imprint, is not only a good editor but a great one.
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Gena Knox Media, Wind Publications Step Up
The Southern Independent Booksellers Association (SIBA) announced its 2011 Book Award winners on Independence Day (naturally), honoring two independent Southern presses as well: Wind Publications, which published poetry winner A House of Branches by Janisse Ray, and self-publishing enterprise Gena Knox Media, whose Southern My Way won in the "cooking" category.
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Of Note: July 7, 2011
Today marks the launch of the redesigned PW Daily. In addition to our regular original news items we're adding more links to publishing news from other sources through the Roundup and check out this space for brief, but noteworthy, items.
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The Potter In Print Count
With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 set to be released in theaters next Thursday, Scholastic is expecting a bump in sales for the hugely popular series. In the U.S., the seven Potter books have 150 million copies in print with the first book, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone, the leader at 30 million copies.
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Minnesota Historical Society Press Shut by Government Impasse
If Minnesota's state government shutdown, going into its second week, lasts much longer, there will be serious consequences for the Minnesota Historical Society Press, housed at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.
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Vook to Open New Office in New York
The mixed media company Vook is consolidating its operations into a new office in New York City. Since its launch in 2009, Vook has had space in both New York and Emeryville, Calif., but beginning July 18 the company will bring all employees to a new office on West 25th St. in Chelsea.
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Kate Middleton's Fondness for 'Anne of Green Gables'
Reports that the duchess loved the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables as a girl and wanted to visit Prince Edward Island, the province where the series is set, have sparked a lot of interest and media attention during the royal couple's Canadian tour.
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Gabrielsson's 'Things I Want You To Know' a Hit for Seven Stories
After more a than week of personal appearances from Eva Gabrielsson in support of her much anticipated memoir, There are Things I Want You To Know About Stieg Larsson and Me, Seven Stories Press publisher Dan Simon reports that the book has more than 43,000 copies in print and has landed on the National Indiebound Bestseller List and on several regional lists.
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Turkish Publisher Faces Obscenity Charges Over Burroughs Novel
The Turkish house Sel Publishing is under fire in its native country for releasing, in Turkish, William Burroughs' novel, The Soft Machine.
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'Parks and Recreation' Book Headlines NBCUniversal’s Upcoming TV-to-Book Titles
NBCUniversal and Hyperion will release a book based on the television show Parks and Recreation in October.
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News Briefs: Week of Jul 4, 2011
Nebraska Book Co. Files Chapter 11 and more.
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