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, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:26 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705667.html?rssid=340 As America's biggest trading partner, Canadians live in fear of the old adage: “when America sneezes, the rest of the world gets a cold.” But they have, for the most part, remained surprisingly robust. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705668.html?rssid=340 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705669.html?rssid=340 Canadians were mystified and annoyed when Amazon recently began selling its e-reading device in about 100 countries—but not Canada. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706021.html?rssid=340 A week after Barnes & Noble executives said there would be consolidation among physical bookstores, Borders Group announced plans to close approximately 200 outlets in its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail group in January. The stores to be closed, mostly mall-based, operate under the Waldenbooks, Borders Express and Borders Outlet names. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706022.html?rssid=340 A hip but basic series of travel guides is building on its print success with a number of digital initiatives. Not for Tourists, a New York City publishing company with 12 titles, has been rolling out iPhone apps since June. So far there are three, for Manhattan, London (which came out in August), and San Francisco (out last month). Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706023.html?rssid=340 With baby boomers a prime demographic for book publishers, PW and AARP organized a pavilion for publishers at AARP's Vegas@50+ member conference at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas October 22–24. The Books for Grownups area of the show floor consisted of four publishers as well as an AARP bookstore selling books. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706026.html?rssid=340 Recently librarian and School Library Journal blogger Elizabeth Bird raised questions, in a post, about Amazon’s mysteriously anointed Vine Voices reviewers, who receive free advance copies of new titles—and then often diss them on Amazon. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706027.html?rssid=340 BEA limits its floor days, McIntosh to RH, S&S offers e-chapters and -galleys, more. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706028.html?rssid=340 After completing a fiscal year ended September 26 in which the recession resulted in an 11.2% sales decline and a net loss of $3.1 million, Courier Corp. chairman Jim Conway told analysts that the company “is not holding our breath” on a significant turnaround in the near future. Still, steps taken in fiscal 2009 make Courier better prepared to deal with the challenges in the new fi... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704609.html?rssid=340 Julie Well, Patti Ratchford, Linda Jones, more. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704610.html?rssid=340 More than 100 bookstores across the country are planning to participate in the PW-sponsored event National Bookstore Day this Saturday, November 7. Event organizers are hoping promotions tied to the day will attract local and national media coverage—and, in turn, draw new customers into bookstores. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704611.html?rssid=340 This week, Pace University celebrates the 25th anniversary of its master of science in publishing program. Since its 1984 inception, the program has seen vast changes in the book business, from corporate conglomeration to the rise of e-publishing, financial cutbacks to declining book sales. And even as a similar program, the Stanford Publishing Course for Professionals, shut down earlier this f... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704612.html?rssid=340 When Wall Street faltered last October, so did the demand for luxury goods. Even so, 15-year-old Assouline Publishing, founded in France by Martine and Prosper Assouline, has managed to maintain its footing by publishing books that are intended to be just as much a luxury brand as watches at Cartier. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704613.html?rssid=340 Founded in 2008 by two veteran publishing professionals—former Berkley publisher Lou Aronica and literary agent Peter Miller—Story Plant is a publishing venture originally intended to focus on a list of hardcover genre fiction. But after releasing its first two hardcover books last fall, Aronica acknowledged that he and Miller have had to rethink the whole venture. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704614.html?rssid=340 Try as it might, Barnes & Noble has had a hard time convincing investors and analysts that, as reading moves more and more to e-books, there is a place for retailers that derive most their revenue—and profits—from the sale of print books. In a 90-minute presentation October 27, B&N's management team did its best to persuade analysts that the company's dominant position in th... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704615.html?rssid=340 Holt, McGraw-Hill, Indigo Book and Music, more. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704616.html?rssid=340 In a letter sent to publishers on October 26, Macmillan CEO John Sargent drew what might be one of the first significant lines in the sand in the looming battle over the payout structure for e-books. Sargent announced that Macmillan would be instituting a boilerplate contract across its divisions that would offer a 20% royalty on net proceeds on e-books, a drop from what has become the de facto... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704617.html?rssid=340 With book prices continuing to be a major top-of-industry conversation, the U.S. Department of Labor has released statistics that show book prices have risen slowly since 2000, and much slower than the overall Consumer Price Index. Between 2000 and 2008, book price rose 5.15%, according to the Labor Department, compared to an increase of 25. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703713.html?rssid=340 Tantor, Book Rights Registry, Doug Grad Literary, more. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703715.html?rssid=340 With National Bookstore Day coming closer, another 30 stores have signed on for the event in the last week, bringing the total number of stores to 80. Among the new stores to join National Bookstore Day, set for November 7, are Broadway Book Mall, Denver; Jabberwocky Books, Music & Video, Eagle River, Wis. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT