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Earthscan Acquires Assets of RFF Press
U.K.-based environmental publisher Earthscan has acquired the publishing assets of RFF Press.
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The Wimp Factor
In schoolyards, jocks may still rule. But in bookstores, the big boy on campus is a wimp. More specifically, he’s a middle-schooler named Greg Heffley, the star of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Next Monday, Amulet Books imprint is releasing four million copies of Dog Days, the fourth installment of the cartoon-illustrated novels—the largest first printing for any children’s book this year.
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Comps Off at Barnes & Noble Retail, College Groups
Barnes & Noble Inc. this morning released its first financial results since the September 30 completion of its acquisition of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. The figures show the college division performing better than the retail operations, although same-store sales for both are down in the second quarter.
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Florida Indie Inks Deal With Jean-Michel Cousteau
Florida-based independent press Ocean Publishing has signed Jean-Michel Cousteau to a four-book deal.
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'Wimpy Kid 4' Print Run Upped to Four Million
Harry N. Abrams announced late Tuesday that it has increased the print run for the October 12 release of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days from three million to four million, based on strong demand. This makes the fourth installment of the cartoon-illustrated novels the largest first printing for any children’s book this year.
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‘Symbol’ Ripples Begin to Stir
A couple of independent publishers reported that the expected spillover effect of readers interested in all things relate to The Lost Symbol has begun.
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Big Spanish-Language Printing for 'Lost Symbol'
Grupo Planeta is printing 1 million copies of the Spanish-language edition of The Lost Symbol, which Perseus will distribute in the U.S.
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New Square Fish Program Packs Double Punch
This month Square Fish is debuting its Flip Me paperback line, which presents two back-to-back, flip-over chapter books by one author in a single volume. The program draws from the backlists of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group’s four imprints. A practical concern provided the inspiration, explains Jean Feiwel, senior v-p and director of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, who informally refers to the Flip Me line as "Square Fish Squared."
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Simon & Schuster Launches Inaugural Vooks
In an experiment testing consumers’ interest in integrated print and video content, Simon & Schuster has partnered with multimedia start-up Vook to create a quartet of titles that melds print and video.
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Simon & Schuster Unites Pocket, Simon Spotlight Entertainment in Gallery Books Imprint
Simon & Schuster has united the editorial and publicity teams of its Pocket Books and Simon Spotlight Entertainment into a new imprint called Gallery Books. The new group will be headed by Louise Burke who is now executive v-p and publisher of Gallery with Antony Ziccardi named v-p and deputy publisher.
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St. Martin's to Publish E. Lynn Harris' 'In My Father's House' in July
While Mama Dearest is the last book of E, Lynn Harris that Simon & Schuster will publish, St. Martin’s will go ahead with the publication of In My Father’s House: The Chronicle of Bentley L. Dean next July.
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Garth Stein Moves to Simon & Schuster for Next Book
Garth Stein, author of the bestselling The Art of Racing in the Rain, is leaving HarperCollins, which published Rain in 2008, for Simon & Schuster, which will publish his next novel in summer 2011.
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Gingko Press, Upper Playground Ink Book Pact
After distributing the self-published titles of Upper Playground, the San Francisco—based street/youth culture design and apparel maker, for five years, Gingko Press has taken over the direction of its publishing program and will continue to handle its distribution. Founded 10 years ago by Matt Revelli, Upper Playground is known for cutting-edge street-influenced design produced by local ...
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Jimmy Carter Moves to FSG for White House Diaries
Jimmy Carter has moved houses, signing to do his next book with FSG. (Carter's last book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land, was published by Simon & Schuster in January.) John Sterling acquired world rights to the book--which will be the former president's White House diaries--and the house is planning to publish in October 2010.
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Scholastic Has Strong First Quarter
Led by gains in its educational technology and trade book segments, revenue for the first quarter ended August 31 rose 14% at Scholastic, to $315.6 million. The first quarter loss from continuing operations was cut to $24.6 million from $42.9 million, while the net loss was reduced to $23 million from $49.1 million.
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Self-Published Indiana Author Spurs Police Action with Novel
A self-published Indiana author spurs local police to re-open an old murder case with his novel, based on a local crime.
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Madras Press to Publish Short Fiction
Madras Press has been eatablished in Brookline, Mass. to publish works of short fiction that will be distributed to independent booksellers.
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QR Codes Tie Print, Online Marketing
As publishers continue to hunt for ways to use new technology to draw the attention of teens to books, HarperCollins has been extremely pleased with the response it has received to the use of QR (quick response) codes, which it used for recent releases L.A. Candy and The Amanda Project. To access the codes, teens (or anyone else) take a picture of the code with a smartphone, which then links the user...
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Barnes & Nobles Relaunches SparkNotes.com
Barnes & Noble has relaunched its online study guide site, SparkNotes.com. The new site features numerous blogs--on everything from test prep to grammar to college admissions--a new section dedicated to social networking called Sparklife and e-books.
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Simon & Schuster Issues Digital Piracy Policy
Simon & Schuster this morning issued a new policy statement regarding its stance about the online piracy of digital books. The statement notes that as sales of digital books becomes a bigger piece of the book business, combating unauthorized copying and posting of material “requires vigilance and innovation.
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