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GSL Publishing Associates Handling Arcade Sale
GSL Publishing Associates has been appointed by the bankruptcy court to oversee the possible sale of Arcade Publishing.
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OR’s New Model at Work in ‘Going Rouge’
New progressive press OR Books is using an e-book, print-on-demand strategy to release its first book, Going Rouge.
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Simon & Schuster Delaying 'Under the Dome' E-book Release
With publishers experimenting on release dates for e-books, Simon & Schuster has announced it is delaying the release of the e-book of Stephen King's eagerly anticipated new 1,000-plus-page novel, Under the Dome.
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Cronin Moving to RH's Sub Rights Department
Denise Cronin has been named v-p of subsidiary rights for the Random House Publishing Group, filling a position that has been open since Rebecca Gardner left in late September to be rights director at the Gernert Company.
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Barnes & Noble Unveils the Nook 3G/Wi-Fi Digital Reader
Turns out those mysterious photos released last week of a rumored Barnes & Noble-sponsored digital reader were the real deal. B&N CEO Steve Riggio along with B&N.com president William Lynch were on hand to show off the new device—called the Nook—at a packed press conference on the west side of Manhattan Tuesday afternoon.
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Encounter's New Imprint Crashes Short Books
New York independent Encounter Books is creating a new imprint, Encounter Broadsides, which will publish 6,000-word titles by conservative writers on a tight turnaround schedule. The first books in the series are all 48-page, $5.99 paperbacks: How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our Elections by John Fund (Nov. 3) and Why Obama’s Government Takeover of Health Care Will Be a Disaster by Dr. David Gratzer (Nov. 10).
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Penguin Up... and Down
Reported third quarter sales at Penguin were up 12%, but without the benefit of currency fluctuations, revenue was off 4%.
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Weinstein Books Partners with Perseus
After rumors that it maybe closing down, Weinstein Books has partnered with Perseus Books Group to keep the imprint alive.
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Simon & Schuster Signs Trilogy Adapted from iTunes App
Simon & Schuster's Atria Books imprint has struck a three-book deal with F.J. Lennon for a series based on his popular video game app, Soul Trapper.
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Wayne State in Fourth Printing for NBA Finalist 'American Salvage'
When the National Book Award finalists were announced last Wednesday, Wayne State University Press was the only small publisher represented in the fiction category, with Bonnie Jo Campbell's American Salvage. It also marked the first time one of the press’ authors was nominated for the award.
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Amazon Responds to Wal-Mart Price War with New Delivery Options
Amazon has fired a shot in the pricing war with Wal-Mart that broke out Thursday, by introducing same-day delivery in seven major cities and expanding its Saturday delivery options.
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Scholastic Adds Novel Dimension to Book Cover
An ominous-looking character pops—literally—from the front of Malice, Chris Wooding’s YA novel about London teens who get trapped in a world that exists inside a horrifying comic book. Published this month by Scholastic Press, this paper-over-board volume has a cover that features a 3-D, molded plastic figure and display type, which presented design and production crews with challenges they’d never before encountered.
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A Closer Look at Disney Digital Books
Late last month, Disney Publishing Worldwide unveiled the launch of Disney Digital Books, and further details were announced during Disney’s presentation to the media on October 8. An online library of more than 500 classic and contemporary titles, Disney Digital Books was designed around three key components: an Interactive Reader, Look and Listen, and a Story Builder, which lets kids create their own books. Because Disney owns its own content...
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Workman Trots Out New Scanimation Books
When Rufus Butler Seder's Gallop!, featuring Seder's Scanimation technology, hit the scene back in 2007, readers responded. Gallop! landed at the top of bestseller lists and stores had trouble keeping it in stock. That book was followed in 2008 by a sports-themed sequel, Swing!, and Workman has just released a third book, Waddle!, as well as a Spanish-language edition of Gallop! called ¡Al Galope!
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Bantam Signs Koontz for New Frankenstein Novels
Bantam has signed Dean Koontz for three new Frankenstein novels, which will be the first of the series—launched with two volumes in 2005—that will be published in hardcover. The first new volume, Lost Souls, will be published in May 2010 and begins a new story cycle that will continue with the two subsequent books, to be released in May 2011 and May 2012.
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McGraw-Hill Professional in E-books Deal with ScrollMotion
McGraw-Hill Professional has announced a deal with iPhone app developer ScrollMotion to offer e-books as iPhone and iPod Touch apps via ScrollMotion’s Iceberg Reader.
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Change Makers: Don Barliant
Bookseller brings books to people
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B&N Remains Cautious for Holidays
In a conference call discussing current business trends as well as the impact on B&N Inc. of acquiring Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, CFO Joseph Lombardi said that while the college division's sales were “a little short” of what was expected, the unit was still making its earnings numbers.
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Unbridled's New Direction
Exactly five years after kicking off its first season with a single title, The Green Age of Asher Witherow (2004), Unbridled Books is releasing 10 titles this fall, its largest list yet. The press, well-known among independent booksellers for its literary fiction, is moving in a new direction with the September publication of Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey...
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Distribution: Langenscheidt Adds Language Line; Hachette Expands Chronicle
Langenscheidt has added the Fluenz software language line to its distribution roster, while Hachette Book Group will distribute Chronicle titles in select foreign markets.
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