September 11, 2012
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| HarperCollins Reaches New E-book Agreements The final agreement in the Department of Justice's settlement with HarperCollins, Hachette Book Group, and Simon & Schuster gave the publishers 30 days to begin the process to reach new sales terms over e-books with its e-tailers. HarperCollins was the first to move, reaching deals with e-tailers that it said "are consistent with the final judgment." more »  The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades. The appeal comes after Judge Orinda Evans filed her final order for relief in the case, on August 10, rejecting the plaintiff publishers' sweeping proposal for relief and ordering the publishers to pay the defendants' attorneys' costs. more » ADVERTISEMENT  Compiled by BlueLoop Concepts, a research and consulting firm focused on the digital and mobile media markets, "The E-Book Platform Landscape" is a newly released, concise report on the growth of digital publishing, the ever-increasing number of digital startups and the market trends surrounding them. The report, which is free of charge, profiles 29 digital publishing ventures and isolates eight market trends driving their business models. more »  iVerse Unveils a Comics Crowdfunding Site and Enters the DRM-Free World New things are percolating at iVerse, the Waco, Tex., digital vendor behind the ComicsPlus digital comics app. iVerse is looking to steal some of Kickstarter's marketshare, as well as venture into DRM-free digital comics. ComicsAccelerator is the company's new crowdfunding play, a whole new platform for raising money specifically for comics-based projects. more » Leigh Haber has been appointed books editor at O, The Oprah Magazine, and will assume the role beginning September 17. Most recently, she was editor-at-large at Chronicle Books and consultant to the publishing-on-demand platform Blurb. She has held editorial roles at Scribner, Hyperion, and Rodale. Haber is replacing Sara Nelson, who went to Amazon in May 2012. more »
Feminist Press Lands Pussy Riot E-book The nonprofit, indie Feminist Press will be publishing the first e-book about the Russian punk band, Pussy Riot. Three members of the group, who have become an international symbol of protest and the fight for free speech, were charged with hooliganism after giving an anti-government performance in Moscow in February. Feminist Press's e-book, Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom, is slated to be available at various e-tailers in two weeks, and collects material from the trial, as well as tributes from figures like Yoko Ono and Eileen Myles. more » » Roger D. Hodge has been named the second editor in the 20-year history of The Oxford American, succeeding Marc Smirnoff, who was fired July 15 amid a sexual harassment accusation. Hodge was the editor of Harper's from 2006-2010, and during his tenure the magazine was a finalist for a National Magazine Award seven times, winning twice. more » » Needed: We're looking for information about your biggest titles to be published from January 1 – April 30, 2013, to be included in our on-sale calendar. MORE » » Mark Beyer has been named entertainment buyer at Berean Christian Stores. He was previously with LifeWay Christian Stores. more » »
2012 Man Booker Shortlist: The prize's list gets down to six books. Is This Book Bad, or Is It Just Me?: The anatomy of book reviews. HC Pays 6 Figures for Teenage Author: Abigail Gibbs, 18, began publishing her novel The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire when she was 15 on the online writer's platform, Wattpad. Allen & Unwin Talking Over Murdoch Books: MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch's nephew Matt Handbury is negotiating to sell his international publishing company Murdoch Books to Allen & Unwin amid tough times for book retailers in Australia. BEA Bean Returns: The source of BEA news has returned.
 Authors on the Air September 11, 2012: Junot Diaz, Shari and Judi Zucker Junot Diaz, author of This Is How You Lose Her (Riverhead, 978-1594487361), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here. Shari and Judi Zucker will be on SiriusXM's "Cover to Cover with Maggie Linton" for The Ultimate Allergy-Free Snack Cookbook (Square One, 978-0757003462). more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash First Crowdsourced Dictionary Words Include 'Floordrobe' and 'Shabby Chic' The first words submitted to Collins Dictionary by the public are in. more » Barbara Vey Remembering 9/11 I can't imagine anyone going through today without remembering the tragic events of September 11, 2001. more » Josie Leavitt A New Kind of Customer Service Generally, the bookseller is supposed to provide the service to the customers. But sometimes our customers see that we need help and lend a hand. more » Rose Fox What Conventions Are and Aren't The convention business model: help people have fun. more » Adam Boretz Behind The Audio: Telegraph Avenue If you're a Michael Chabon fan, you need to check out the following video of Clarke Peters talking about narrating Telegraph Avenue. more »
 Doctorow and Stross at Maker BotCory Doctorow and Charlie Stross spoke to a standing room only crowd at Maker Bot Institute to discuss their joint collaboration, The Rapture of the Nerds (Tor, 9/4). Doctorow (L) and Stross (R) are seen here in front of MakerBot's 3D printer with their book, and 3D printouts of their heads. The authors dropped by the studio to have molds of their heads made while in town for BEA in June. |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
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