September 24, 2012
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| Macmillan Poised to Test Library E-book Model Macmillan officials have confirmed to PW that they have prepared a pilot project that would enable e-book lending for libraries. However, details of the pilot remain undisclosed. "We have been working hard to develop an e-book lending model that works for all parties, as we value the libraries and the role they play in the reading community," reads a statement provided to PW "We are currently finalizing the details of our pilot program and will be announcing it when we are ready, and not in reaction to a demand." The reference to a demand, meanwhile, comes in response to an open letter written by ALA president Maureen Sullivan, which ramps up the public pressure on publishers to provide access to e-books. more »  Approximately 400 booksellers descended upon the Renaissance Hotel in northeast Denver September 20-22 for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's annual trade show, three days of swapping war stories, talking shop with publishers' reps, learning more about selling Kobo digital devices and content, and meeting writers. According to both booksellers and reps, the meeting of booksellers from a huge region-- Montana south to Texas, Nevada east to Nebraska -- has become essential in recent years, especially with publishers cutting back on sending reps in primarily rural states where, often, independent bookstores are the only show in town for readers. more » ADVERTISEMENT  As part of Tuttle Publishing's decision to move its fulfillment to one of the big six, Simon & Schuster, the North Clarendon, Vt.-based publisher is closing its 20-year-old warehouse. It will retain a half-dozen domestic and international distribution clients, and continue to look for more. Its remaining fulfillment client, fellow Vermont publisher Inner Traditions, is also moving to Simon & Schuster at the start of 2013. As a result of the warehouse closing, 16 Tuttle employees, mostly warehouse staff, have been given three months notice, and will receive a severance package. more » Arizona-based publisher Poisoned Pen Press has created its first imprint, dedicated to young adult titles, called Poisoned Pencil. The imprint is looking to release mysteries that cover, it said, "all traditional" forms. more »
Natan Fund Launching Literary Award The Jewish and Israeli nonprofit The Natan Fund has created a literary award designed to support the creation of nonfiction books on Jewish topics. The award, which will be formally announced at an event in New York City this evening celebrating Natan's tenth anniversary, will deliver up to $50,000 to an author, given out in two stages--during the writing process, and then during the marketing and publicity process. more » » William Clark has joined Hachette as v-p of client sales and services/Nashville sales. In this new role, he will oversee client services, manage the newly formed client sales team, and act as Nashville sales liaison/sales director. Clark has spent over 18 years at Anderson Merchandisers. more » » Three days before its pub date, J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy has reached #3 on Amazon's bestseller list, and is #42 on Kindle. Just how big its first week's numbers will be is tough to pin down because of the long preorder window (its been available to preorder since April) and because the book has fluctuated in its ranking since then. One certainty, however, is that print copies will exceed e--the book has consistently been ranked higher in print--perhaps because the print edition (priced at $20.90 on Amazon) is only slightly more than the Kindle edition ($17.99). more » »
Aunt Agatha's Celebrates 20 Years: While larger bookstores have struggled and some have failed, Ann Arbor's small, locally-owned mystery bookshop, Aunt Agatha's, is thriving and celebrating its 20th anniversary Oct. 3. A Look at 'Casual Vacancy': Rowling: "There is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children's babysitter or their teacher." How To Teach Your Child to Love Reading: As tens of thousands of children returned to school earlier this month, the National Literacy Trust's report Children's and Young People's Reading Today informed us that only 30% of children and teenagers read books daily in their own time. In 2005, the figure was 40%. 5 Million iPhone 5s Sold Already: The first weekend has seen sales far exceed the numbers for the iPhone 4S. Should Teen Books Have Ratings?: CJ Daugherty, who writes successful novels for the YA or teenage market, wonders whether the time is right for publishers to put recommended reader ages on the backs of all children's books.
 Authors on the Air September 24, 2012: Salman Rushdie, Mike Isabella Salman Rushdie, author of Joseph Anton (Random House, 978-0812992786), will be on Tavis Talks. Mike Isabella launched his new cookbook Mike Isabella’s Crazy Good Italian (Da Capo, 978-0738215662) on the Today show. more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Imagining Enron: CROs and Collective Licensing Ever since the Google Book Search (GBS) settlement, interest in collective licensing of books has mushroomed. Now, in a recent international survey by Jonathan Band, PLLC of Policy Bandwidth, “Cautionary [...] more » Barbara Vey Talk Like a Pirate Day Books Pirate book suggestions for Talk Like a Pirate Day. more » Josie Leavitt The Art Of A Cold Reading There is an art to reading a customer. If you squander your one chance, you very well might have lost a sale. more » Rose Fox The Land of Guilty Pleasures A comic book called Genreville--no relation!--sends love to the pulps. more » Adam Boretz Audio Reviews Spotlight: Shine Shine Shine The latest batch of audio reviews from Publishers Weekly is in print and online, and that means it's time for our Audio Reviews Spotlight. more »
 East Meets West at BBFIndian writers Pankaj Mishra (From the Ruins of Empire: the Intellectuals Who Remade Asia) and Siddhartha Deb (The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India) read and discuss the relations of East and West in the panel Ruins of Empire panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival. (l. to r.) Mishra, moderator, the New York Times' Book Review's Parul Sehgal, and Deb. Photo Credit: Calvin Reid |    
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces Sponsor The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), the prize for the Arabic novel, is to be sponsored by the newly created Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) beginning in 2013. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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