Profiles and news of small presses and independent publishers. en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/community/Indie+News/47144.html?nid=3321 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/337409.html Terms of Use. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:25:02 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705963.html?nid=3321 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 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706045.html?nid=3321 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 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704613.html?nid=3321 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 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704610.html?nid=3321 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 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704283.html?nid=3321 There's been some talk recently about the future of the fall regional association trade shows: GLiBA, MBA, MPIBA, NAIBA, NEIBA, NCIBA, PNBA, SCIBA and SIBA. Every August and September, I curse these shows. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704288.html?nid=3321 Kristen McLean, executive director of the Association of Booksellers for Children, presented a detailed outline of the technological challenges facing the teen book market at the fall meeting of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association on October 24. After commenting on the proliferation of teen Web sites, blogs, and social networks and how they are transforming the way books are read... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704371.html?nid=3321 Interlink founder Michael Moushabeck's book about his expendition to Mount Kilimanjaro is building up sales. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:21:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704292.html?nid=3321 Phaidon Press is opening a “pop-up” store in Soho, New York City, next week. The 2,500-square-foot store, at 100 Wooster Street, will be open from November 2 through January 2010. Store hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704293.html?nid=3321 The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has launched a new banner ad campaign under which the associaiton will coordinate the promotion of one title across participating stores Web sites. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:55:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703790.html?nid=3321 Still family-run, North Star Press is upping its output and trying some new marketing approaches in its 40th year. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:38:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703653.html?nid=3321 Business owners are realizing that they have a responsibility to help protect the environment. But what about your bookstore? Where do you fit in, and can changes you enact really make a difference? Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703525.html?nid=3321 The American Booksellers Association sent a letter to the Department of Justice asking the government to investigate what it believes is the illegal predatory pricing practices of Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target in selling hardcovers for as low as $8.98. The ABA said it believes the big box retailers are trying to "win control of the market for hardcover bestsellers." Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703382.html?nid=3321 New progressive press OR Books is using an e-book, print-on-demand strategy to release its first book, Going Rouge. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:25:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703281.html?nid=3321 GSL Publishing Associates has been appointed by the bankruptcy court to oversee the possible sale of Arcade Publishing. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:18:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702829.html?nid=3321 New York independent Encounter Books is creating a new imprint, Encounter Broadsides, which will publish 6,000-word titles by conservative writers on a tight turnaround schedule. The first books in the series are all 48-page, $5.99 paperbacks: How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our Elections by John Fund (Nov. 3) and Why Obama’s Government Takeover of Health Care Will Be a Disaster by Dr. David Gratzer (Nov. 10). Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:58:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702101.html?nid=3321 At a breakfast that was more stand-up comedy than standard presentation, authors James Dashner (l.), Nancy Farmer and Berkeley Breathed charmed the sold-out crowd gathered for the Children’s Author Breakfast at the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association annual trade show in Oakland on October 10. Award-winning YA author Nancy Farmer began her talk with a humorous, detailed description of her recent eye surgery... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:15:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701964.html?nid=3321 Children's books shared the stage with adult titles at the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association conference earlier this month. Longtime Baltimore institution The Children's Bookstore was one of several stops on a DIY bookstore tour that preceded the official opening of the conference, which began with a dinner with children's author Laurie Halse Anderson and adult author Paul Rudnick. Sporting a blue IndieBound T-shirt, Anderson thanked booksellers for fighting the good fight for shopping local. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:05:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701943.html?nid=3321 At a panel on tween readers held at the recent New Atlantic Booksellers Association fall conference, Association of Booksellers for Children executive director Kristen McLean, who got her start selling toys, observed that 15 years ago, the toy business changed its definition of "kids" from age 12 to age eight. Around the same time, she said, publishers and booksellers began breaking out middle-grade fiction... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:01:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701176.html?nid=3321 Bookseller brings books to people Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701173.html?nid=3321 Exactly five years after kicking off its first season with a single title, The Green Age of Asher Witherow (2004), Unbridled Books is releasing 10 titles this fall, its largest list yet. The press, well-known among independent booksellers for its literary fiction, is moving in a new direction with the September publication of Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST