September 27, 2012
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kelly Gallagher Moving to Ingram The Ingram Content Group has made two new executive appointments, including naming Kelly Gallagher v-p of content acquisition. Gallagher has been head of Bowker's publishing solutions team and is well known on the conference circuit where he regularly presents the latest findings from Bowker's data. He will join Ingram October 8 as will Pep Carrera who has been named chief information officer. more »   'My Mother Was Nuts,' First Big New Harvest Book, Stumbles in Print The biggest book yet to be released under the New Harvest imprint, My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall, sold just over 2,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen BookScan. Marshall's book, acquired by Amazon Publishing with the print edition released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's New Harvest imprint, received heavy promotion across Amazon's Web site, but earlier this year, booksellers across the country said they wouldn't carry New Harvest titles because of its ties to Amazon, and Barnes & Noble confirmed it is not carrying the physical book in its stores. more » ADVERTISEMENT   Review: 'The Casual Vacancy' Our review of J.K. Rowling's adult book calls it "relentlessly competent" and, while its cast of characters are all well drawn and believable, "they aren't much fun." more » Rueben Martinez, who opened his first Santa Ana bookshop in 1975 and initially stocked it with books purchased in Tijuana for Spanish-speaking customers, has found a new home on the campus of Chapman University in Orange, California as Liberia Martinez de Chapman University. The grand opening will be held on October 27, 2012. more » The National Book Awards will celebrate this year's 5 Under 35 authors on November 12 at powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn. The 2012 Honorees are Jennifer duBois (A Partial History of Lost Causes), Stuart Nadler (The Book of Life), Haley Tanner (Vaclav & Lena), Justin Torres (We the Animals), and Claire Vaye Watkins (Battleborn). more »
 Random House Lends Its Support During National Bullying Prevention Month October is National Bullying Prevention Month and in support, Random House Children's Books is unveiling a month-long campaign inspired by R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Knopf, Feb.). The middle-grade novel stars Auggie, a fifth-grade boy with a severe facial deformity who is attending a mainstream school for the first time. Back in May, Random House rolled out its Wonder-centric Choose Kind online anti-bullying campaign to provide a forum for readers of all ages to share stories, access information, and take the Choose Kind Pledge to practice everyday acts of kindness. But National Bullying Prevention Month affords an opportunity for the publisher to intensify its efforts. more » » ADVERTISEMENT  As publishers and wholesalers look for new ways to communicate the excitement behind their books to booksellers beyond Edelweiss descriptions or images on a printed catalogue page, some are reaching out to new technology. For the fall season SCB Distributors, which represents a number of illustrated book publishers, is testing an IOS-compatible app for iPhones and iPads. more » » At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Katrina Kruse has been promoted to senior marketing manager and Simmi Aujla has been promoted to senior publicity associate. Gary Davidson, senior v-p and Bible group publisher at Thomas Nelson, has left the company. He can be reached at gary.davidson@comcast.net. Gemma Cooper has joined The Bent Agency, representing children's and young adult fiction exclusively. She was previously with the Bright Literary Agency. more » »
Why 'Casual Vacancy' Embargo Didn't Hold: The embargo on the J.K. Rowling novel, reportedly one of the most draconian non-disclosure agreements in the history of publishing . . . did not quite work. Eugenides on Picoult's 'Belly-aching': "It seems to me that there's a difference between the kinds of books that Jonathan Franzen writes and Jodi Picoult writes — so it's not surprising to me that they're treated differently in terms of review coverage or literary coverage. I don't think that's based on gender." Why 'Casual Vacany' E-book is $17.99: Why is the e-book edition of J.K. Rowling's new novel, "The Casual Vacancy," $17.99? Thank the fact that publisher Hachette is in a sweet spot between the e-book settlement's approval and the time that it actually takes effect at non-Apple retailers. How Wichita Booksellers Read the Future: "Local booksellers are mostly upbeat about their business and their futures. They think their local ownership is a factor in their ability to survive, as is their willingness to adapt to the changing market." Bainbridge Island Bookstore Adds Owners: After 15 years as sole owner of Eagle Harbor Book Company, Morley Horder has announced that the bookstore's manager, Tim Hunter, and Pacific Northwest bookseller Rene' Kirkpatrick will become partners in the business. (see photo below)
 Authors on the Air September 27, 2012: Bob Woodward, Amare Stoudemire Bob Woodward, author of The Price of Politics (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451651102), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here. Amare Stoudemire, author of STAT: Standing Tall and Talented #1: Home Court (Scholastic, 978-0545387590), will be on The Daily Show. more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash 'Ulysses' in Pie Chart Form Ulysses is a Gorgonzola cheese pie. Obviously. more » Barbara Vey Meet Amanda Barratt While at the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, I had an opportunity to meet Amanda Barratt, a 16 year old author who was attending her second ACFW conference. more » Elizabeth Bluemle "Be Pink! Be Blue! Be Sparkly!" -- But Not for the Reasons You Think I'm not really a pink-blue-sparkly kinda gal (although I admit I had my moments as a kid). But a customer and I were talking about multicultural book covers recently, and our conversation made me think of these shorthand emblems of shiny-happy in a slightly different way. more » Rose Fox The Future of Medicine Where should one look for good medical SF? more » Adam Boretz Audio Excerpt: The Cursing Mommy's Book Of Days Next month, Macmillan Audio is releasing the audio edition of Ian Frazier.s first novel, The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days, narrated by Cynthia Nixon. more »
 New Eagle Harbor Book TeamTim Hunter (center) and Rene Kirkpatrick have joined Morley Horder as partners in the Eagle Harbor Book Company, the Bainbridge Island bookstore. Hunter and Kirkpatrick will be the managing partners and Horder will remain active in the store on the business side. |    
Black Dog & Leventhal, Open Road Form Partnership In a deal to bring some of its backlist titles out in digital form, Black Dog & Leventhal has partnered with Open Road Integrated Media. Through the deal, Open Road will release a selection of BDL's titles in digital form, starting with two titles: Jacques Pepin's Jacques Pepin New Complete Techniques and Hans Holzer's Ghosts. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| To submit pictures of the day, email pics@publishersweekly.com Send editorial questions about this eNewsletter to: jmilliot@publishersweekly.com Send advertising questions about this eNewsletter to: cbryerman@publishersweekly.com For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Copyright 2012, PWxyz LLC Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to a Publishers Weekly e-newsletter. To unsubscribe, click the link below.
 |
|
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten