Marks Out at Bookish

September 21, 2012

Marks Out at Bookish Caroline Marks, who took over as head of Bookish from Paulo Lemgruber just about one year ago, has left the company. A spokesperson confirmed Marks's departure, but said the three founding Bookish publishers--Penguin, Simon & Schuster and Hachette—will move forward. "The reasons for Bookish remain in place, and the partners are committed as ever to it," the spokesperson said. A search has started for a new CEO with a new launch date to be determined. more » Buzzed About Novel With Tie to Bon Iver Sells In Major Deal In one of the notable pre-Frankfurt deals, buzzed-about debut novel Shotgun Lovesongs has sold to Katie Gilligan at St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne, who bought U.S. and Canadian rights in a high six-figure acquisition, beating out seven other bidders. Rob McQuilkin at Lippincott Massie McQuilkin represented author Nickolas Butler. more » Back to the Drawing Board: Bob Kohn Files Another Comic Brief in DoJ Case He may not end up winning, but Bob Kohn may succeed in pioneering a new genre. Unhappy that the court ignored his now famous five-page amicus brief presented as a comic strip, and that the DoJ referred to it as a "frolic," in its opposition brief filed this week, attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn doubled down, once again filing his response to the DoJ's opposition as a comic strip. "The DOJ made it clear it was not amused by my graphic-novel amicus brief," Kohn told PW in a statement, "but while they were quick to insult its form they utterly failed to respond to its substance." more » Kathy Dawson Gets Imprint at Penguin Young Readers Penguin Young Readers Group has announced the formation of Kathy Dawson Books, an imprint that will focus on "emotionally driven" middle grade and young adult fiction across a variety of genres. Dawson began her career at Putnam more than two decades ago, and after 17 years with the company spent several years at Harcourt before returning to Penguin in 2009. "It's a dream come true," says Dawson of starting her own imprint. more » 'Infinite Jest' Sees Sales Bump Following DFW Biography Since the publication on August 30 of D.T. Max's Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace (Viking), sales of Wallace's most famous book, Infinite Jest, have steadily increased, culminating with 1,061 copies sold for the week ending September 16, the novel's best sales week since Christmas 2011. The numbers are up 10% from the week ending September 9, when the book sold 967 copies. All figures are according to the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan. more » Today's Job Independent Publishers Group is seeking a Special Sales Associate. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. Vintage Reissuing Strayed's First Novel Hoping to build on the success of her memoir, Wild, Vintage is reissuing a paperback edition of Cherly Strayed's debut novel, Torch. The book was originally publishing by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2006 and Vintage's edition will drop on October 12. more » » Google Paid $22 Million for Frommer's; Wiley Gets New Wiley Board Member In its recently released quarterly filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, John Wiley reported that it received "approximately $22 million in cash" from Google for its travel related properties that include Frommer's, WhatsonWhen and Unofficial Guides. more » » ABFFE Postpones Online Auction The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) announced that it is postponing an online auction of original children's art that had been scheduled to run through Banned Books Week (Sept. 30-Oct. 6). ABFFE president Chris Finan said that ABFFE had fallen short of the number of pieces that it had hoped to offer. It will continue to solicit donations and hold the auction later in the fall. "We have received many lovely pieces, but we need a little more time," Finan said. "We're also hoping that holding the auction during gift-buying season will give us a boost." more » » Call For Information Feature: Illustrated Gift Books Issue: Oct. 9 Deadline: September 26 Please let us know of highly illustrated gift books—on art & photography, sports, antiques, travel, fashion, furniture, science, history, nature, etc.—that are prime for the holiday gifting season. Send .pdfs or jpegs and info to mcoffey@publishersweekly.com; blads, galleys, finished copies to Michael Coffey, PW, 71 W. 23rd St., New York, N.Y. 10010. more » » THE ROUNDUP BAM Exec. Fired for Military Service?: A captain in the U.S. Navy who served as an executive with Books-A-Million claims he was fired because of his military service. Wal-Mart Drops Kindle: A sign of how seriously the chain views Amazon as a competitor. Reader Recommendations: Growing Business: LA Times: Need help finding your next favorite title? With new works like 'Start Here' and 'Read This!,' bloggers and booksellers aim to ease the way. Publishers Aren't Innovating Fast Enough: Says literary agent Jason Ashlock. 'We're All Just Lying Machines': A conversation with Gillian Flynn. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air September 21, 2012: 'Flatland,' Karl Knausgaard The classic book Flatland by Edwin Abbot will be discussed on NPR's Science Friday by Ian Stewart, who wrote the preface to The Annotated Flatland. Karl Knausgaard, author of My Struggle (Archipelago Books, 978-1935744184), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash The Best Kurt Vonnegut Book (Readers' Pick) And the winner is... more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt When Staffers Go Back to School This past summer we had two student staffers. We've been without them for almost a month. I love having young staffers at the store and I'm finding myself missing them. more » Genreville Rose Fox The Land of Guilty Pleasures A comic book called Genreville--no relation!--sends love to the pulps. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz The Moby-Dick Big Read If you're a fan of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and audiobooks, then you're going to want to check out The Moby-Dick Big Read. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Smith Wins Editor of the Year Grand Central Publishing's Latoya Smith receives the 2012 Editor of the Year Golden Apple Award from RWA's NYC Chapter. (L-R:) Megha Parekh, editorial assistant, Grand Central Publishing; Rochelle Alers, author, Grand Central Publishing; Latoya Smith, editor, Grand Central Publishing; Lise Horton, RWA NYC president.	Of Note Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, September 21 Leaders from the book industry and the American Library Association gather next week in New York City. The Association of American Publishers has invited them to share perspectives on a growing controversy over e-book pricing. For the moment, as the diplomats might say, the dialogue is business-like. That could change, though, observes Andrew Albanese. more »

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