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Dyssegaard Joins Hyperion
Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Hyperion November 16 as editor-in chief, replacing Will Balliett, who left earlier this fall to head Thames and Hudson.
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Amazon Picks 'Let the Great World Spin' as Best Book of 2009
Amazon has named Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin as its best book of 2009. Published by Random House, Amazon called Spin “a gorgeous and moving story.”
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Soapbox: Now More Than Ever
There's been some talk recently about the future of the fall regional association trade shows: GLiBA, MBA, MPIBA, NAIBA, NEIBA, NCIBA, PNBA, SCIBA and SIBA. Every August and September, I curse these shows.
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Independents Plan Events for National Bookstore Day
More than 100 bookstores across the country are planning to participate in the PW-sponsored event National Bookstore Day this Saturday, November 7. Event organizers are hoping promotions tied to the day will attract local and national media coverage—and, in turn, draw new customers into bookstores.
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Story Plant Revamps Model
Founded in 2008 by two veteran publishing professionals—former Berkley publisher Lou Aronica and literary agent Peter Miller—Story Plant is a publishing venture originally intended to focus on a list of hardcover genre fiction. But after releasing its first two hardcover books last fall, Aronica acknowledged that he and Miller have had to rethink the whole venture.
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Barnes & Noble Touts Three-Prong Approach
Try as it might, Barnes & Noble has had a hard time convincing investors and analysts that, as reading moves more and more to e-books, there is a place for retailers that derive most their revenue—and profits—from the sale of print books. In a 90-minute presentation October 27, B&N's management team did its best to persuade analysts that the company's dominant position in th...
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New Macmillan Contract Latest Wrinkle in Pricing Conundrum
In a letter sent to publishers on October 26, Macmillan CEO John Sargent drew what might be one of the first significant lines in the sand in the looming battle over the payout structure for e-books. Sargent announced that Macmillan would be instituting a boilerplate contract across its divisions that would offer a 20% royalty on net proceeds on e-books, a drop from what has become the de facto...
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Interlink Kilimanjaro Book Begins Climb
Interlink founder Michael Moushabeck's book about his expendition to Mount Kilimanjaro is building up sales.
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Macmillan's Revised Contract Lowers Digital Royalties, Raises Direct to Consumer
A new Macmillan contract will change the way the publisher pays for digital sales as well as upping royalties for direct to consumer sales.
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Baker & Taylor, Gale offer Digital Reference Collection
Baker & Taylor has joined with reference publisher Gale to distribute the Gale Virtual Reference Library e-book collection.
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Consortium, Ingram Publisher Services Add Clients
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution and Ingram Publisher Services have both announced new clients.
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The Nook is Barnes & Noble Top Seller
The Nook has become the fastest selling single item at Barnes & Noble since the retailer introduced the e-reader October 20.
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Barnes & Noble Sees Store Consolidation Ahead
B&N executives believe the retailer will benefit from store consolidation among its competitors.
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Lorena Jones New Publishing Director at Chronicle
Chronicle Books announced yesterday that former Ten Speed Press publisher Lorena Jones has taken over as publishing director. In her new role, Jones will initiate a digital food and drink publishing program, and oversee Chronicle’s food and drink list as a whole.
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Mixed Indigo Second Quarter
Sales rose slightly, but earnings were off at Canada's largest bookseller.
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Barnes & Noble Defends Its Turf
The country's largest bookseller is well positioned to grow as it plans to leverage its traditional bookstores, online presence and growing digital footprint to boost results, executives said.
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Hyperion Postpones James Arthur Ray Books Following Sweat Lodge Deaths
Hyperion has postponed the publication of two books by self-help author James Arthur Ray, following the author’s possible involvement in the deaths of three people and hospitalization of 21 others in a sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort last month.
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Weak School Sales Drop Results at McGraw-Hill Education
Sales in McGraw-Hill Education's school segment fell 19.6% in the third quarter, resulting in an 11.6% decline for the entire company. Results were strongest in the college division.
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North Star Press Tries Some New Things at 40
Still family-run, North Star Press is upping its output and trying some new marketing approaches in its 40th year.
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Soapbox: Selling Green
Business owners are realizing that they have a responsibility to help protect the environment. But what about your bookstore? Where do you fit in, and can changes you enact really make a difference?
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