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Bleak House Moving Forward As Founder Moves On
Bleak House founder Ben LeRoy is starting a new house, while Big Earth Publishing will continue to release new titles under the Bleak House imprint.
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New Hachette Program Gives Complete Access to Titles
Hachette's new OpenAccess program allows readers to view the complete book from a select number of titles.
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Sentinel Kills Sanford Book
South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, whose extramarital affair, after becoming front page news, has threatened his political career (and his marriage), has also now lost his book deal.
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Vertical Inc. Is Still Here
Although Vertical Inc., a New York City publisher specializing in translations of contemporary Japanese prose literature and manga, has struggled during the economic downturn, the house has secured a new investor, hired a new marketing manager and plans to make adjustments to its list beginning in 2010.
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Tonight's Kathy Griffin Show Set at Random House Offices
Random House’s New York offices will be appearing in three episodes of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List starting Monday night. Ballantine is publishing comedian Griffin’s Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin on September 8, and the three episodes will follow Griffin as she takes the first steps toward publishing her memoir.
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Scholastic Reconfigures Book Fairs
As part of its effots to centralize its book fair operations, Scholastic last month closed seven distribution centers and laid off about 100 book fair employees.
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Cooking the Books with Rachel Holtzman
Earlier this month, Gotham Books acquired rights to chef Grant Achatz’s memoir, Life, On the Line. Based on the proposal and Achatz’s cookbook, Alinea, the memoir won’t be a typical chef’s narrative. Rather, the book, co-written with Achatz’s business partner, Nick Kokonas, will be part autobio, part art book, and part business story. PW talks to Rachel Holtzman, who will edit Life, On the Line.
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Random Houses Teams with BookGlutton for Promotion
Random House is offering four chapters of Sacred Hearts through BookGlutton.com as part of its outreach to online book clubs.
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Reorg at Harvard University Press Eliminates Six Positions
Harvard University Press has eliminated six jobs as part of an overall cost reduction plan implemented by the university.
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Delay in Honorarium Payments Newest Rift Between NYCIP, GSMT
The lack of honorarium payments to speakers at the New York Center for Independent Publishing's April writers' conference led to a e-mail exchange between the event's organizer and the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen over when payment can be expected.
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Barnes & Noble.com Launches Bookstore iPhone App
Users can purchase items, view B&N Recommends lists, watch video interviews with authors and access other features of BN.com.
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Chelsea Green Sets Up Wish List for Librarians
Online wish list will let patrons buy Chelsea Green titles to contribute to local library.
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Stay Thirsty Lures Veteran Writers
Shamus Award—winning mystery writer David Fulmer first heard about Stay Thirsty Press when a friend sent him an e-mail. “It was a notice from Craigslist that a publisher was looking for original works to publish as e-books,” said Fulmer. “I'd had this book, The Last Time, that had technically been shopped around by my agent, but it was different from all my other work an...
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New Company Buys Gareth Stevens
Roger Rosen, owner of Rosen Publishing, has teamed with Gary Spears to acquire Gareth Stevens Publishing from Reader's Digest. Spears, who was a co-founder of Stevens 25 years ago, will be president.
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Barnes & Noble Appoints New Digital Executive
Former eBay v-p Jamie Iannone named executive v-p, B&N.com & B&N Digital.
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Books Flat at BAM
In its first-quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Books-A-Million broke out sales by segment for the first time. Books and magazines accounted for just over 82% in the first quarter ended May 2, slightly less than in the comparable period of 2008. Sales of books and magazines were flat in the period at about $97 million.
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New Structure For Ingram Content Group
As part of the next phase of integrating the once separate Ingram Book Company, Ingram Digital and Lightning Source into the recently formed Ingram Content Group Inc., Skip Prichard, president and CEO of Ingram Content Group, has created two units organized around different markets. Phil Ollila has been named chief content officer and will head the content organization, and Shawn Everson has be...
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Penguin Launches Online Network
From the Publisher's Office will feature three online channels with nine series of programs dedicated to different subject areas. The goal is to give greater exposure to books and authors overlooked by the mainstream media.
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McGraw-Hill Education Announces Digital Initiative
McGraw-Hill Education today announced the creation of its Center for Digital Innovation, a research and development center that will focus on bringing technology to elementary and secondary classrooms. The Center will be led by McGraw-Hill Education’s team of former teachers, engineers and software developers.
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Freese Heading Back to National Book Network as President
Rich Freese, who was senior v-p of sales at NBN until 2001, is returning as president, freeing up current president Jed Lyons to focus on running NBN's sister company Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
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