Wiley Rebuts Guild Charges

In a statement released late Thursday afternoon, John Wiley denied accusations leveled against it by the Authors Guild yesterday morning that said letters sent by Wiley to Bloomberg authors misled those authors into thinking new terms proposed by Wiley were better than the royalty rate they earned at Bloomberg. The Guild implication that the Wiley changes will reduce royalties for all or most Bloomberg authors "is simply not the case," the Wiley statement said.

Yale Launches New Jewish Biography Series

Yale University Press has launched a new series of biographies called Jewish Lives, in collaboration with the Leon D. Black Foundation. The publisher is calling the books "interpretive biographies," in that they pair subjects and authors to elicit "lively, deeply informed" books that explore the Jewish experience.

Guild Objects to Wiley Changes in Bloomberg Contracts

The Authors Guild has sent an alert to its membership advising former Bloomberg Press authors not to sign a letter sent to them by John Wiley. Wiley took over the Bloomberg book publishing program earlier this year. According to the Guild, the letter is actually a contract amendment that changes the way royalties are paid from a rate based on list price to a rate based on net receipts. The result of the change, the Guild said, will reduce author royalties by as much as 50%.

The PW Morning Report: Thursday, June 10, 2010

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Politics and Prose Up for Sale; Wired iPad App Outdoes Print Mag; Obama To Write Mandela's Foreword; Gleeful Books; What Publishers Can Learn.

An Illustrated Tour of the New PublishersWeekly.com

PW recently relaunched its Web site. The new publishersweekly.com gives us lots more ways to feature our content and bring you the best in publishing industry news, book reviews, and author interviews and features. But, things on the site have moved around and we want to make sure you can find what you're looking for, so we've created this guided tour to help you.

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The PW Morning Report: Wednesday, June 9, 2010

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Brits Excited About iPhone 4; An International Agent; Talking to David Rosenthal; Ace Frehley’s Memoir Readers Digest Cuts 270 Jobs; Hillary Spurling Reviewed.

Photo of the Day: Penguin Walks for the Environment

The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, June 8, 2010

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: NYT on iPhone 4; Demi MemMoore; What's Madoff Reading?; Free 'Twilight' Book; Amazon Splits Kindle Bestsellers; 'Potter' E-Books; Markson NYT Obit.

Who's Next for Twelve?

Grand Central has started a search for a replacement for Jonathan Karp with publisher Jamie Raab assuring that Twelve will continue under a new leader.

McGraw-Hill Readies Wooden Title

With the death over the weekend of John Wooden, McGraw-Hill Professional is pushing up the release date for the final book it is publishing with the legendary UCLA coach. According to MHP president Philip Ruppel, the publisher had been working with Wooden and his co-author Steve Jamison on The Wisdom of Wooden: A Century of Family, Faith, and Friends.

The PW Morning Report: Monday, June 7, 2010

Bezos Speaks; David Markson Has Died; Teens Choose Print Books; Ghostwriters Unite; S&S Signs On with World's Largest Dictionary.

The PW Morning Report: Friday, June 4, 2010

A daily round-up of publishing news from across the Web: Many Views on Karp Replacing Rosenthal; Blair Underwood Involved in Vook; Bookrenter Scores $10 Million in Financing; Barefoot Books Opens New Flagship; Evangeline Lilly Wants to Write Kids' Books; Bloomberg's Favorite Business Books; Amazon "Re-Kindles" Challenge to Bring E-Readers Into the Fold; Cronin's Vampire Novel.

AAUP Strikes Subscription Deal with NetGalley

The AAUP has struck a deal with NetGalley to offer the company's services to its members at a discount. NetGalley, which allows publishers to send digital galleys and press kits to reviews and members of the media, will cost university presses different amounts, depending on the number of titles the press publishes. Through the deal, however, all AAUP members receive at least a 10% discount on the monthly cost of the subscription service.

F+W Media in Deal with Ingram

F+W Media has dramatically increased the number of titles available through its 21 eStores, signing a deal with the Ingram Content Group that will supply F+W's publishing communities with approximately 500,000 titles. The 21 stores, which serve such niche groups as writing and design, currently have about 3,000 products, most published by F+W. The Ingram offerings will be a mix of print and e-books from all publishers.

Karp Replaces Rosenthal at Simon & Schuster

With Simon & Schuster's adult publishing group struggling, the company is replacing publisher David Rosenthal with Jonathan Karp, publisher of Hachette Book Group’s Twelve imprint. S&S has endured a difficult 18 months, with sales off in 2009 and down again in the first quarter of 2010. CEO Carolyn Reidy has acknowledged that hardcover sales have been particularly soft; the biggest hits from the company recently have come not come from the flagship imprint but from the publisher’s conservative imprint Threshold Editions overseen by Mary Matalin.

The PW Morning Report: Thursday, June 3, 2010

A daily round-up of publishing news from across the Web: 'Vanity' Press Goes Digital; Publishers Want Universal E-Books; The Great Publishing Disconnect; British Book Fest Conquers the World; David Rosenthal Leaving S&S

PW Has Moved!

PW has just moved its office--check out the view from our new digs! But new phone numbers and emails might not all be up till tomorrow. The new main PW number will be 212-377-5500. For urgent messages today, call 212-337-1954