-
‘Pigeon’ Fans Want An... Answer
How high can Pigeon fly? Hyperion hopes that the arrival of the latest addition to Mo Willems’s picture book series next month will only add to Pigeon’s mischievous appeal. The new book, which boasts a 250,000-copy first printing, is currently referred to as The Pigeon Wants A...; the full title will not be revealed until the book’s April 1 pub date.
-
The Lion, the Witch and the Web
In 2005, the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe earned more than $750 million worldwide. HarperCollins sold more than 17 million units of Narnia products during the six-month period leading up to that film’s release. Now, the publisher is launching Read It Before You See It, a digital marketing campaign that aims to bring more readers into the fold in advance of the May release of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
-
Bestselling Chinese Series Makes U.S. Debut
Last August, HarperCollins U.K. acquired the first eight titles in Hongying Yang’s Naughty Ma Xiaotao series (there are 18 in all), which have been renamed Mo’s Mischief; this April the books will be published simultaneously in Britain and the U.S.
-
A Rowling Recap
Last week Rowling and Warner Bros. issued a response to a filing by RDR Books, the Michigan publisher that plans to release Harry Potter Lexicon, based on material posted on a Harry Potter fan Web site.
-
Q&A with 'Hotlanta' Authors
Children's Bookshelf spoke with Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller, co-authors of
Hotlanta (Scholastic/Point, Apr.), first in a three-book series about two affluent African-American teens, and the mystery they get embroiled in. -
B&N Sees Tough Year Ahead
Barnes & Noble said it expects same store sales to be "slightly positive" in 2008 as the country's largest bookstore chain confronts what it calls an uncertain economic environment and a competitive bookselling market. Sales for 2007 rose 2.8%.
-
Rinaldi Leaving Bloomsbury for Rodale
Bloomsbury USA president and publisher Karen Rinaldi is leaving the company after nine years to join Rodale Books where she will oversee the publisher's book group with responsibility for marketing Rodale's titles across all platforms. Her departure comes about a month after Bloomsbury cut seven jobs.
-
U.S. Drives Gains at Penguin
Solid sales and earnings gains at Penguin Group USA led the profit perfomance for the entire Penguin group where earnings rose 12% to $148 million. Worldwide sales were flat at about $1.69 billion. Excluding currency fluctuations, sales were up 3% and earnings 20%.
-
Kate Braestrup and Joshua Ferris Win Barnes & Noble Discover Prize
Two Little, Brown authors took the top prize yesterday in Barnes & Noble’s 15th annual Discover Great New Writers Awards, which, according to B&N, "honor the works of exceptionally talented writers featured in the Barnes & Noble 'Discover Great New Writers' program during the previous year.”
-
Random Buys Monacelli Press
Random House has acquired the visual arts book publisher The Monacelli Press, which will operate as a standalone imprint of Random House Inc. Founder Gianfranco Monacelli will continue to direct the press from RH's New York offices.
-
Indies' Experiments Pay Off
One thing that unites the fast-growing small presses on this year's list is their willingness to experiment. Whether it's publishing more titles, publishing fewer titles, selling to new markets or expanding into genres they'd only dabbled in up until now, these small publishers are eager to try new things.
-
Shambhala Goes Frontlist
Good backlist publishing is earned. You are either publishing classics and books that have already proven themselves, or you are publishing at a consistent and trusted quality in a specific area—selling on your reputation. But in today's marketplace, where used books are widely purveyed (cutting into backlist sales), publishers have to be in the frontlist game.
-
Janet Silver Joins Nan A. Talese
Janet Silver, the veteran Houghton Mifflin editor who left in the company's recent reorganization, has joined Nan A. Talese as editor at large.
-
David Fickling to Launch Weekly Comic
“In my own experience, the link between reading a comic and reading a book is wonderful and exciting,” says publisher David Fickling, who will launch a comic book program this May called The DFC (The David Fickling Comic). For Fickling, whose London-based, eponymous imprint at Random House publishes children’s books on both sides of the Atlantic, the launch of The DFC reflects his lifelong love of comic books.
-
The Future Is Now for Borders
Online, it's called a “mash-up”—when two different genres of music or video are spliced together to form a distinct but familiar creation. Last week, Borders Group unveiled its new concept store—a 28,900-sq.-ft. bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich.—that convincingly bridges the online world and the real one.
-
Borders Debuts New Store Format
Borders unveiled the first of its 14 new concept stores yesterday. The new format emphasizes online interactivity and a fully staffed Digital Center.
-
Prydwen Press Sets Sail
Incorporated in Wilmington, Del., and operating from an office in a Victorian house in Antwerp, Prydwen Press will release its debut title in May. The Vanities is written and illustrated by Terence Lawlor, who also founded the press. This is the first book created by the Los Angeles native, a collage artist who has worked in fashion and advertising as a designer and art director.
-
Job Fallout as Houghton Reorganizes
As part of the ongoing reorganization at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a number of staffers have been let go while others have been promoted from within.
-
Random House and HC Test Drive Online Access to Their Books
Random House and HarperCollins have both announced new e-initiatives aimed at using technology to sell more print and digital titles.
-
AWP: The Place to Be
There were dozens of readings and panels at this year's Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference in New York, but the real action took place at the book fair: three floors of booths from more than 400 exhibitors, ranging from bigger indies like Graywolf and Milkweed to university presses like Wesleyan and the University of Georgia, distributors like SPD to prominent and obs...
Browse archive by date:
