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Random House Acquires Figment

By Calvin Reid | 10/29/2013 @ 09:30AM

Random House Children's Books has acquired Figment, an online writing community for teens founded by Jacob Lewis and Dana Goodyear in 2010 that has attracted more than 300,000 users.
Editor's Note: October 16 Issue

| 10/17/2013 @ 12:00AM

Due to a technical issue, we were unable to send out the October 16 issue of PW Daily yesterday. Some the stories are included today. Our piece on the NBA finalists is available here and all stories, as always, are available on PW's Web site.
'PW' Webcast: The Future of Epic Fantasy

| 10/16/2013 @ 12:00AM

The future of epic fantasy will be explored on a PW Webcast set for 1 p.m. today.
‘Dr. Sleep’ Wakes Up Social Media

By Clare Swanson | 09/27/2013 @ 07:00PM

Stephen King’s follow-up to his 1977 novel The Shining was the most buzzed-about book on social media for the month of September.
‘BookTV’: 15 Years and 40,000 Hours of Author-Based Programs

By Clare Swanson | 09/20/2013 @ 07:00PM

BookTV, the C-SPAN program devoted to covering nonfiction titles, made its official debut on September 12, 1998.
Margaret Atwood Debuts New Novel ‘MaddAddam’ on Wattpad

| 09/04/2013 @ 12:00AM

In a promotional event timed to coincide with the global release of Margaret Atwood’s new novel MaddAdam, her publisher, Doubleday, is teaming with Wattpad to release an exclusive essay about the book as well as excerpts from the other novels in the dystopian trilogy of which it is a part.
‘Fall of Five’ Dominates August

| 08/30/2013 @ 07:00PM

Rankings of books being discussed in social media, as calculated by CoverCake.
Bill McGowan Works to Make Authors Pitch-Perfect

By Clare Swanson | 08/30/2013 @ 07:00PM

In the early 2000s, while working as a producer at ABC’s 20/20, Bill McGowan put together a branding video for a dot-com entrepreneur.
'PW' Jobs Panel Set for Sept. 25

| 08/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

PW’s first breakfast panel discussion for the fall is set for September 25 and will address job trends in the changing publishing market.
‘Cuckoo’s Calling’ Lights Up Social Media

By Clare Swanson | 08/02/2013 @ 07:00PM

A little mystery by a debut writer got everyone talking on social media last month, after that unknown writer was revealed to be none other than Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
BookVibe Turns Twitter Data into Book Discovery Tool

By Calvin Reid | 07/25/2013 @ 12:00AM

BookVibe allows users to search their tweets and extract the books that are being discussed by the people they follow on Twitter.
Big Brother Fears Reignite A Classic

By Rachel Deahl | 06/29/2013 @ 12:00AM

George Orwell may need to prep a thank you note to Edward Snowden.
'The Battle of $9.99,' a PW Original E-book

| 06/17/2013 @ 08:30AM

A blow-by-blow account of how Apple and five of America's six largest publishers ended up on the wrong end of price-fixing allegations by the Department of Justice, from PW senior writer Andrew Richard Albanese.
IPG Restructures Sales and Marketing

| 06/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

Independent Publishers Group has restructured its sales and marketing divisions, promoting company veteran Mark Voigt to executive v-p, sales.
SIBA's 'Code Read' Off to Successful Start

By Paige Crutcher | 06/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

In order to better gauge social media success, and help usher foot traffic into bookstores, SIBA has launched the marketing initiative, "Code Read.”
‘Inferno’ Holds Strong

By Rachel Deahl | 06/02/2013 @ 12:00AM

The most talked-about book in April was also the most talked-about book in May.
‘Inferno’ Heats Up Social Media

By Jim Milliot | 05/03/2013 @ 07:00PM

Dan Brown’s Inferno, set to be released May 14 by Doubleday, was the most buzzed-about book on social media in April, according to CoverCake, a company that tracks trending topics on major social media platforms.
Brooks’s ‘World War’ Tops Talk

| 03/29/2013 @ 12:00AM

Oscar season is over, which means one thing: it’s on to the summer blockbusters.
Seattle YA Authors Organize Grassroots Tour

By Sally Lodge | 03/14/2013 @ 03:00PM

The "You Are Next" tour has visited schools and bookstores in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Portland, Ore. Next stop: Disneyland.
‘Sniper’ Tops Oscars in Social Media

By Jim Milliot | 03/01/2013 @ 07:00PM

Interest in the Oscars and the books that many were based on garnered lots of buzz on social media in February, but it was the murder of Chris Kyle, author of American Sniper, that put that title atop CoverCake’s most-talked-about books in social media last month.

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