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Indigo Wants Books to Be More Environmentally Friendly
Indigo Books & Music is asking publishers to report whether or not their books are published on recycled paper or paper that has been certified to come from sustainably managed forests as part of its green initiatives.
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New Additions to Random's Books = Gifts Program
Random House is expanding its Books = Gifts program from last year. The campaign has new interactive elements that highlight books as perfect gifts for all ages and interests and a redesigned logo which doesn’t include any RH-specific branding. It is available at no charge to all book publishers, retailers, bloggers and anyone else wanting to promote books as gifts.
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Paris Press's 'Sister' Act
Paris Press has just released a new anthology, Sisters, which gave the indie its first People review.
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Little Cheer from Chains
Despite a boost in sales from The Lost Symbol and facing weak comparisons with last year’s third quarter, total revenue from the nation’s three largest bookstore chains dropped 2.3% in the period ended October 31, with revenue falling to $1.87 billion. Compared to the third quarter of 2007, revenue from the major chains was down 8.
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Cleis's Keys to Success: Sex, the Good Life, and No Debt
While others in the industry scramble to get a grip on e-books and lament lackluster sales in a bad economy, Cleis Press reports sales up 50% over last year, and the company is looking for new offices to accommodate its growth. Although Cleis was founded in 1980 with a mission to publish women's books that documented the resilience and resistance of women rather than victimhood, over the years ...
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Harlequin Horizons Now DellArte Press
In the wake of widespread criticism over its self-publishing imprint, Harlequin has changed the imprint’s name from Harlequin Horizons to DellArte Press. As Harlequin publisher and CEO Donna Hayes said it would, the company renamed the imprint to a designation “that [does] not refer to Harlequin in any way.” There is no mention of Harlequin on DellArte’s Web site.
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Duke University to Publish Obama’s Mom’s Pioneering Book
The American Anthropological Association is working in conjunction with Duke University Press to publish Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia, a revised edition of the doctoral dissertation of S. Ann Dunham, also known as Ann Dunham Soetoro, the mother of President Barack Obama.
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Random Pushes Up Paperback Release of NBA-Winning 'Great World'
Random House has pushed up the paperback publication of last week’s National Book Award winner for fiction, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. The trade paperback edition was originally slated for next spring but will now go on sale December 4 with a 100,000-copy first printing.
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Little, Brown Has H1N1 E-Book Update
Little, Brown announced Monday that it will publish its first e-book only update December 1 when it makes available a 2,000-word piece on the subject in it’s The Vaccine Book, written by Dr. Robert Sears.
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Barnes & Noble Has Mixed Quarter, Lowers Earnings Guidance
Sales from its general stores fell 2% in the quarter, but rose 9% from B&N.com and the acquisition of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers added $65 million to revenue. Demand for the Nook exceeded expectations, but increased higher production costs and slow retail traffic forced the company to lower earnings expectations.
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Borders Third Quarter Results "Difficult and Disappointing"
Total sales at Borders Group continued to sink in the third quarter, though the chain did better on the bottom-line. Revenue fell 12.7% in the quarter ended October 31, to $595.5 million, while the loss form continuing operations was cut to $38.5 million from $172.2 million in the third quarter of 2008.
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Barnes & Noble Out of Stock on Nook
Barnes & Noble is out of stock on the Nook, a note on its Web site said Friday. The company said that it expects to ship the e-reader the week of January 4 for customers who pre-order the device.
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Cameron + Company Founder Dies, Grandson-In-Law to Continue Business
The grandson in-law of aerial photographer Robert Cameron is committed to carrying on the legacy of the founder of the Above series.
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BAM Sees Some Positive Signs
Although total revenue fell 0.6% and same-store sales were off 1.9% in the third quarter, Books-A-Million CEO Clyde Anderson said he was pleased with the results since the core book business stabilized in the period, the key factor in improving the comp sale figure, which was off 4.9% in the second quarter.
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RWA, MWA and SFWA Angered by Harlequin's New Self-Publishing Imprint
Romance Writers of America and other writer associations yesterday spoke out against the announcement earlier this week that Author Solutions had teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA has deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher is not entitled to enter any award competitions.
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Penguin Authors Share Holiday Recommendations
More than 40 Penguin authors are sharing book recommendations for holiday gift-giving as part of Penguin’s What to Give & What to Get campaign. The program, started last year, includes books from any imprint that are new, old, for children and adults.
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Norton Signs NBA Nominee to New Deal
Although no Norton authors walked away with a National Book Award last night, the house made an impressive showing with three nominated authors.
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Barnes & Noble Responds to Burkle Investment with Rights Plan
After investor Ron Burkle revealed that he now owns a 16.8% in Barnes & Noble, the retailer's board approved a shareholder right plan that will make it difficult for an outsider to take control of the company.
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Ingram Continues to Distribute Bankrupt Graphic Arts Center Press
IPS is continuing to distribute titles from its distribution client, Graphic Arts Center Press, following the Chapter 7 filing by the publishing house.
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Recorded Books Forms Nonfiction Imprint
Recorded Books has announced a new nonfiction imprint, ITK Audio (In the Know Audio).
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