en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/ Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/CA337409.html) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:22:18 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708337.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Amazon Asks Judge to Reverse Google Approval; McCain Enjoyed Palin’s Book; UK Publisher Praise New Digital Bill; ‘New Moon’ Opens Big; Pop-Up Pioneer Dead; King on Carver. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:17:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708303.html?rssid=341 Barnes & Noble is out of stock on the Nook, a note on its Web site said Friday. The company said that it expects to ship the e-reader the week of January 4 for customers who pre-order the device. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708233.html?rssid=341 Romance Writers of America and other writer associations yesterday spoke out against the announcement earlier this week that Author Solutions had teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA has deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher is not entitled to enter any award competitions. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:06:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708216.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Oprah to Go Off Air; Palin Sold 300,000; Canadian Publishers Scramble for Kindle; Google Hearing 3; More Apple Tablet Rumors Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708217.html?rssid=341 Total revenue fell 0.6% at Books-A-Million in the third quarter and comp sales were off 1.9%. Still the company said the book business stabilized in the quarter and execs were optimistic about the holiday season. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708132.html?rssid=341 More than 40 Penguin authors are sharing book recommendations for holiday gift-giving as part of Penguin’s What to Give & What to Get campaign. The program, started last year, includes books from any imprint that are new, old, for children and adults. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:40:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708131.html?rssid=341 Judge Denny Chin has given his preliminary approval to the Google Book Search settlement agreement and set February 18 as the date for the final fairness hearing. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:03:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708124.html?rssid=341 Borders has named Bill Dandy senior v-p for marketing and given new roles to Art Keeney and Larry Norton. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:46:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707914.html?rssid=341 Online author Web site directory FiledBy—which provides information on more than three million authors—has added a tech feature to its site from the online “social publishing company” Scribd. The new technology will allow FiledBy authors to use Scribd’s document reader to publish content on FiledBy and Scribd simultaneously. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:16:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707912.html?rssid=341 With the Kindle finally available in Canada, most houses are now getting their titles ready for sale on the e-reader. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:03:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707980.html?rssid=341 Although no Norton authors walked away with a National Book Award last night, the house made an impressive showing with three nominated authors. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707909.html?rssid=341 Waldo (Wally) Hunt, considered by many to be the father of the modern pop-up book industry, died on November 6, three weeks shy of his 89th birthday. Through his three companies - Graphics International, Intervisual Communications and finally Intervisual Books - Hunt pioneered the creating, producing, and marketing of pop-up interactive books, and Hunt’s companies dominated the pop-up book business from the 1960’s until the late 1990's. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:52:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707900.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: A couple of takes on the National Book Awards; Wal-mart Chief Defends Discounting; Smartphones vs. E-Readers; Nabokov Recovered. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:56:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707897.html?rssid=341 Novelist Colum McCann won the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Let the Great World Spin (Random House); Gore Vidal (awarded the medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters) was rambling, witty and profound as he recounted his life; and master of ceremonies, humorist Andy Borowitz, sent everyone home at 10:45 p.m. with a crack about Sarah Palin’s new memoir, Going Rogue, being an early candidate for the 2010 NBA fiction prize. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:10:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707865.html?rssid=341 iMinds, which produces eight-minute downloadable audiobooks, has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with OverDrive. Since launching in September, iMinds has had 30 titles in the Top 100 AudioBook charts on iTunes. It has also doubled its catalog to 180 titles; and launched iMinds Juniors (five-minute tracks for children ages seven to 14) and six iPhone Apps. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:38:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707805.html?rssid=341 Simon & Schuster's conservative imprint, Threshold Editions, has set a pub date of March 9, 2010, for Karl Rove's forthcoming memoir, Courage and Consequences. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:56:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707748.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Dan Brown Boosts RH E-books; Pre-‘Sex in ihe City’; AP Fact Checks Palin;  Meet Alex. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:07:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707751.html?rssid=341 Recorded Books has announced a new nonfiction imprint, ITK Audio (In the Know Audio). Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:53:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707745.html?rssid=341 After investor Ron Burkle revealed that he now owns a 16.8% in Barnes & Noble, the retailer's board approved a shareholder right plan that will make it difficult for an outsider to take control of the company. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:45:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707741.html?rssid=341 Tuesday, at an appearance sponsored by NYU, Jane Friedman talked to grad students and the press about her new company, Open Road Integrated Media. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:56:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707583.html?rssid=341 IPS is continuing to distribute titles from its distribution client, Graphic Arts Center Press, following the Chapter 7 filing by the publishing house. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:53:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707486.html?rssid=341 Amazon began selling the Kindle in Canada today. The e-reader will have the same price as in American, $259, and have access to the 300,000 titles available. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:19:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707476.html?rssid=341 Aptara, a digital vendor specializing in e-book data conversion, has developed eGen, a new e-book platform for converting large volumes of digital content into the ePub standard e-book format for distribution to multiple e-reader hardware platforms. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:13:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707481.html?rssid=341 Metropolitan Books has acquired two titles by Nobel Prize winner Herta Müller. The first is a new novel called Everything I Possess I Carry With Me, and the second, an earlier work called The Fox Was Always a Hunter. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:09:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707471.html?rssid=341 Watertown, Mass., children’s publisher Charlesbridge has acquired the rights to the 30-book backlist and several forthcoming titles from Mackinac Island Press of Traverse City, Mich. MIP will continue to operate as a book developer, producing between eight and 12 children’s titles, and one and two series a year. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:50:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707474.html?rssid=341 Author Solutions has teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:44:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707468.html?rssid=341 After more than a year of layoffs and complaints of nonpayment from creditors as it struggles to restructure, San Francisco-based independent publisher MacAdam/Cage has secured a new investor who is offering an immediate loan and an offer to buy a 30% stake in the house. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:15:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707463.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Canadian Writers Reject Google Deal; B&N to Enable Gift Cards for E-books; S&S Expands Warehouse, Cuts Jobs; 'Going Rogue' Reviewed. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:01:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707452.html?rssid=341 Fans of Royal Flush magazine have had to wait more than a year for the sixth installment of the comics- and interview-packed independent arts publication—a wait that was unexpectedly extended even longer when retailers including Borders, Barnes & Noble, Hot Topic and Hastings refused to carry the magazine without poly-bags, on account of the potentially "offensive" material within. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:32:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707449.html?rssid=341 While many have proclaimed the "death of the pamphlet" where periodical comic books are concerned, a few companies have been able to prove that it still has a lot of life left in it. Five-year-old Dynamite Entertainment is one of the success stories in recent years with a mix of licensed and creator-owned titles.  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707435.html?rssid=341 Papercutz, a tween-focused graphic novel publisher, seems to have caught lightning in a bottle as demand for its zombie parody of Jeff Kinney's bestselling children's book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is sending the publisher back for a second and third printing. The title has sold about 30,000 copies since early November. Papercutz publisher Terry Nantier, who published the graphic novel anthology... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:59:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707212.html?rssid=341 The debate over the revised Google Book Search agreement centered around the creation of a fiduciary who will be solely responsible for the unclaimed works otherwise known as orphan works. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:38:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707207.html?rssid=341 Bookstore sales jumped 7.0% in September, to $1.58 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Monday morning. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:24:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707206.html?rssid=341 Unit sales increased 6.9% at Hastings in the third quarter, but sale still fell as consumers focused on low-priced items. Book comps rose 0.2% driven by used and bargain books. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:02:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707202.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Revised Google Settlement, For and Against; Pooh Goes Back to Court; Shortcovers and Smashwords Team Up; Library Books Returned 51 Years Late. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:27:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707179.html?rssid=341 The revised Google Book Search Settlement agreements limits the books covered to only those registered in the U.S. Copyright Office or published in the U.K., Australia or Canada. Modifications were made regarding unclaimed works and to access models. The parties hope to have a Final Fairness Hearing on the deal in early 2010. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:44:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707140.html?rssid=341 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:23:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707044.html?rssid=341 Beginning November 18, Shortcovers will begin selling 2,000 e-book titles from Smashwords. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706995.html?rssid=341 Worldcolor reported net income of $13.3 million in the third quarter compared to a loss of $64.2 million in last year's third period has the company improves its operations after emerging from bankruptcy. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:34:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706984.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Palin Preview; E-Book-Only Publishers; Worst Books Blog; Themed Sony Readers; Kindle DX Rejected; Australian Ruling: The Fallout. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:41:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706967.html?rssid=341 Tim LaHaye, co-author of the megaselling Left Behind series of apocalyptic novels, has switched publishers and will partner with lawyer-author Craig Parshall on a new apocalyptic series.  Zondervan said it had signed LaHaye and Parshall to produce The End. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706966.html?rssid=341 The University of Minnesota Press is doing a 25,000-copy tie-in edition for A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood that is being released as a film by the Weinstein Company in December. The press has set up a Web site to promote both the book and the movie. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:26:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706958.html?rssid=341 Former Rodale Books v-p Cindy Ratzlaff has started a new e-book and video publishing company, Supreme Social Media. The start-up, which Ratzlaff bills as “an online publishing and training company,” publishes e-books and downloadable videos. Its first release is a four book, 34-video series called FUNdamentals of Social Media, which includes lessons for beginners on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and SEO. It retails for $247 at the company's Web site. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:47:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706881.html?rssid=341 Two former venture capitalist decided to fund the publication of an anthology on manhood after the project was turned down by 50 publishers. They have so far drummed up lots of pre-pub publicity. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:36:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706758.html?rssid=341 Amazon adds three new titles to AmazonEncore. Its first book, Legacy, has sold 1,000 copies since August. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:20:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706753.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: U.K. Publishers Sales Up; Projecting Palin; Australian Booksellers Disappointed; Readius Lives Again; Stephen King Reviewed. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:45:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706735.html?rssid=341 Marshall Smith passed away on November 10 in Franklin, Ind., while returning from last weekend’s CIROBE (Chicago International Remainder and Overstock Exposition) to his bookstore, Key West Island Books. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:14:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706731.html?rssid=341 Daniel Handler, who had a long and successful run with his Lemony Snicket-penned A Series of Unfortunate Events series at HarperCollins, is moving to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in a five-book deal. Under the agreement, Handler will write four Lemony Snicket titles in a new series, with the first due out in 2012. Before that series hits, LBYR will release a Handler young adult novel in 2011 that will feature full-color illustrations by Maira Kalman. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:24:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706724.html?rssid=341 Cengage Learning is seeking at least $20 million from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for what it charges was HMH's actions to saturate the international textbook market prior to its sales of the HMH college division to Cengage. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:32:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706689.html?rssid=341 Running with the success of its mash-up titles, launched with the surprise bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Quirk Books has unveiled a Web site dedicated to its tongue-in-cheek series, QuirkClassics.com. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:19:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706698.html?rssid=341 WEbook has launched AgentInbox, a service that hopes to link submission-ready manuscripts to appropriate agents. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:38:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706552.html?rssid=341 The 27th Sharjah International Book Fair opened today with a ceremony led by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi. Over the next 10 days, the fair, which is open to the public, will host more than 750 publishers from some 40 countries, and draw more than 400,000 visitors. Fair organizers said they expect about $28 million worth of business to take place at the fair. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:59:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706555.html?rssid=341 Hachette Book Group has signed with Tata Consultancy Services in an agreement through which TCS will provide targeted application and development support services that will help HBG to continue to expand in the digital market. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:58:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706550.html?rssid=341 In a move that signifies the importance of women readers and the romance genre in driving e-book sales, romance publisher Harlequin is launching Carina Press, a digital-only publishing venture that will be run separately from Harlequin’s conventional publishing program. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:44:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706549.html?rssid=341 This year’s winner of the richest prize for fiction in Canada, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, is veteran journalist and author Linden MacIntyre for his second novel The Bishop’s Man published by Random House Canada.   Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:37:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706547.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Australia Rejects Import Law Changes; Reed CEO Resigns; Kindle for PC Reviewed; Boog Up at MediaBistro. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:35:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706539.html?rssid=341 Transit Publishing, the small Montreal-based house that made headlines for selling the rights to Ian Halperin’s now-bestselling Michael Jackson biography Unmasked, is looking to get back in the headlines with another Halperin tell-all, this one about Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:25:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706546.html?rssid=341 The one-time Random House executive Erik Engstrom was named CEO of the professional publisher. In an update on business trends, Reed said the sale of its U.S. controlled circulation magazines and certain other magazines (including PW) "is in progress." Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:05:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706449.html?rssid=341 Bloomsbury found a partner in the gulf state of Qatar to help publish a 2,000 page finance reference work. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:51:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706300.html?rssid=341 John Pipkin's The Woodsburner won the Center for Fiction's 2009 First Novel Prize and Gerald Howard wonthe Maxwell E. Perkins Award. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:36:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706290.html?rssid=341 The mega-chain appears to have shipped some of the titles it is offering for $8.98 before the on-sale date. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:14:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706288.html?rssid=341 After adding a full slate of programming focused on comics and graphic novels for the first time at last year’s fair, The Miami Book Fair International, scheduled November 8-15 in downtown Miami, returns with new additions to its slate of comics events, panels and workshops. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:09:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706285.html?rssid=341 A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Amazon Courts Agents; Google’s Extension; Richard Nash on the Future of BEA; Thames & Hudson Profits Halved; Amazon’s Top 100; Granta on the Berlin Wall. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:53:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706270.html?rssid=341 Emerging from the British small press scene of the 1980s, Eddie Campbell has since produced a body of thinly-veiled autobiographical comics featuring his stand-in character “Alec” (the pseudonym has been dropped in recent years). These works are distinguished visually by Campbell’s fluid, pen-and-ink technique, which marries the observed realism of classic continuity strips with the loose efficiency of a courtroom sketch artist (a vocation Campbell has practiced). Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706273.html?rssid=341 In what may be a first at a major trade book publisher, Del Rey Books is releasing its first serialized periodical comic, an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman. The series will be released under a new imprint called Del Rey Comics. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706268.html?rssid=341 In 2006, when CMX, DC Comics’ manga imprint, released volume one of Kaoru Mori’s Victorian Era manga series, Emma, American manga readers had their first taste of Japan’s fascination with both maids and romance. Three years later, Emma will come to a close in December when CMX releases the final volume in this series. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:57:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706260.html?rssid=341 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:03:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705988.html?rssid=341 In this issue's round-up of cookbook-related news, pierogi lovers celebrate The Veselka Cookbook; a food-centric series of discussions, readings and tastings takes place in New York; Diane Sawyer greets her sister-in-law, Su-Mei Yu on air to talk Thai recipes; Pioneer Woman signs on for a memoir, a new cookbook and two kids' books; Californians party for My Nepenthe; and Eleven Madison Park gets a book deal. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:32:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705985.html?rssid=341 Cookbook editor and food blogger Luisa Weiss recently sold a memoir, My Berlin Kitchen, to Viking. On her blog, The Wednesday Chef, Weiss explained, “I'm moving back to Berlin and I'm writing a book, about Berlin, about my life, about cooking and home and family and love.” She talked to PW from her office at Stewart, Tabori and Chang, where she’s wrapping things up before departing for Berlin in December. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705981.html?rssid=341 The new Emeryville, Calif., company that blends text and video last week announced the arrival of its first cookvook, The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen by Eric Gower, which Kodansha first published in 2003. The vook features recipes and professionally-shot videos showing Gower preparing contemporary Japanese dishes such as roasted hamachi with miso-apricot glaze and udon with herby pesto. For $5.99, viewers can stream the vook from the Web or download it to their iPhone or iPod touch. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705893.html?rssid=341 Last week’s issue of PW listed our editors’ picks for the best books of the year. Five out of the 100 were books about food: Ad Hoc at Home, Born Round, Gourmet Today, Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy and Momofuku. While we’re the first to agree those books deserve props, here are 10 more (plus 10 honorable mentions) from this year that also warrant attention. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706261.html?rssid=341 The parties working to revise the Google Book Search settlement have been granted until November 13 to file their new motion. The deadline had been midnight, November 9. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:22:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706126.html?rssid=341 Third quarter sales in Canada rose 3.8%, according to Booknet Canada, led by gains in fiction driven by The Lost Symbol. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:57:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706058.html?rssid=341 Vanity Fair correspondent William Langewiesche offers a "tightly written yet expansive book" about US Airways flight 1549, best known for the heroic landing pilot Chesley Sullenberger pulled off. Langewiesche's short work is "a masterpiece of modern journalism" and a "page-turning narrative." Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:28:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706059.html?rssid=341 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706056.html?rssid=341 An interview with Mary Karr, whose new memoir, Lit, was published November 3 by Harper. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:22:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706055.html?rssid=341 The 2010 IDPF conference will be held in conjunction with BEA. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:55:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706046.html?rssid=341 A daily round up of book and publishing news from across the Web: Color Palin ‘Rouge’; Self-Publishing in New York; Hitler in the App Store; Nook Order Delayed; Project Gutenberg Founder Interviewed. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:17:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705963.html?rssid=341 Madison, Ct.'s RJ Julia Booksellers has begun the soft launch for the online version of its gift book program. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:15:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706045.html?rssid=341 Skylight Books of Los Angeles held a wine and cheese reception that brought together many of the areas independent bookseller who shared stories of the art of bookselling. Diesel Books said National Bookstore Day turned into National Reader Appreciation Day. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:39:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706271.html?rssid=341 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:18:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705998.html?rssid=341 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:44:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705847.html?rssid=341 BookExpo America officials have decided to limit the number of days the exhibit floor will be opened to Wednesday and Thursday when the annual convention convenes in New York City next spring. Originally, BEA had planned to open the floor from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:57:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705834.html?rssid=341 Book and publishing news from across the Web: Publishing as Economic Bright Spot; A Self-Pub How-To; PW’s Top Ten Controversy; A New Indie Press Blog; ‘Going Rouge’. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:55:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705825.html?rssid=341 Third-quarter sales rose 2.4% at Simon & Schuster and earnings increased 13.6%. Though heartened by the improved performance, CEO Carolyn Reidy said she is disappointed that sales for the entire market have not shown more of an increase so far this fall. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705797.html?rssid=341 Borders has announced that it will close approximately 200 stores in its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail group in January. The store closings will leave Borders with about 130 mall-based outlets. About 1,500 positions will be eliminated in the downsizing, most of which are part-time jobs. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705655.html?rssid=341 Robert Friedman, a fixture in the New Age publishing community and the cofounder and president of Hampton Roads Publishing, is leaving the company. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:14:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705644.html?rssid=341 Triumph Books plans to have copies of The Best in New York area stores by the weekend. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:24:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705638.html?rssid=341 The 14th annual Texas Book Festival drew more authors, including lots of novelists, than last year and large crowds eager to discuss books. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:45:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705535.html?rssid=341 Veteran publishing exec Dan Weiss has a new job as publisher at large at St. Martin’s, reporting to Matthew Shear, who is senior v-p and publisher of the house’s paperback and consumer reference groups. Weiss will work on developing content for Gen Y readers—“emerging adults who are navigating career, love and family in a 24/7 connected world,” explained Shear. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:58:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705538.html?rssid=341 With sales down in both its publishing and printing businesses, Courier Corp. reported an 11.1% decline in revenue for the fiscal year ended September 26, with sales falling to $248.8 million. The company had a net loss of $3.1 million in fiscal 2009 compared to a loss of $370,000 in fiscal 2008. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:55:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705533.html?rssid=341 Sales in the U.S. division rose 15% in the third quarter, with a number of titles joining the Twilight series in pushing sales. The company warned, however, that growth in the fourth quarter could be considerably slower than in the last period of 2008. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:51:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705519.html?rssid=341 Publishing News from Across The Web: Obama Books in U.K.; Holiday E-Book Hopes; McSweeney’s Newspaper; Palin’s Book Tour; Utah Univ. Press Goes Online; Looks at 2010 Books. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:16:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705494.html?rssid=341 Henry Holt executive editor Gillian Blake has won a hotly contested auction for New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert's new book, The Sixth Extinction. Blake beat out eight other houses for the book, which will be expanded from the author's May 2009 New Yorker piece of the same name. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:13:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705499.html?rssid=341 First quarter operating profits rose to $20 million from $3 million in the comparable period in fiscal 2009 at HarperCollins, although revenue was roughly flat. Cost reductions and a return to more normal buying patterns for backlist were among the reasons cited for the profit improvement. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705293.html?rssid=341 Tantor Audio will release four Sherlock Holmes audiobooks November 23, a month ahead of the new Sherlock Holmes movie. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:32:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705282.html?rssid=341 Simon & Schuster has unveiled an e-galley program to provide digital ARCs to the media. Galley Grab, which is still in beta at www.galleygrab.com, offers DRM protected downloads of S&S titles, for review and feature coverage, which can be read on varioues e-readers, including the Sony eReader and the Nook. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:01:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705281.html?rssid=341 Third-quarter sales rose 22.5% at Harlequin on a 3.7% sales gain. Earnings were helped by lower costs and foreign exchange. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:31:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705246.html?rssid=341 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705243.html?rssid=341 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:15:00 PDT