September 7, 2012
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| Federal Judge Approves Settlement in DoJ E-Book Settlement Approval of the settlement had been widely expected. Still, the timing took the industry by surprise—dated September 5, the final decree comes less than five months after the Department of Justice first announced its action; just over two months since the end of the public comment period, and one week after the three publishers struck a more than $70 million deal with 54 states and U.S. territories to settle state price-fixing claims. more »   Amazon Unveils New Kindle Fire HD Tablets Amazon has refreshed its line of Kindles, introducing four new devices, updating the original Kindle Fire, and dropping the price on the cheapest e-ink Kindle to $69. The first new devices begin shipping next week and all will be out before Thanksgiving. more » ADVERTISEMENT  Just one week after the American Booksellers Association announced that it will partner with Kobo to sell e-books, the organization announced that Ingram Content Group will be the exclusive distributor of Kobo eReaders to ABA members. These include the eReaders that Kobo unveiled earlier this week: Kobo Glo, a front-lit eReader; the Kobo Mini, the smallest full-featured eReader available; and the Kobo Arc, an Android 4.0 multimedia tablet. As part of the program, participating booksellers will receive free displays, demo devices, a cash bonus for participating, rebates for sell-through, and product returnability. more » Avon has lauched AvonRomance.com, a romance community Website that aggregates online content, spotlighting an array of user-generated posts and commentary. The website features editorials, book reviews, pictures, videos, news, and special promotions from Avon authors, romance readers, and influential online reviewers, as well as Avon Romance editors and marketers. The site redesign and interactive and social capabilities are powered by Tidal. Titles on the Website are sold through all major retailers including Amazon, Books-A-Million, and Indiebound. more » Graphic Arts Books has acquired the trade titles and publishing rights of Pruett Publishing Company of Boulder, Col. The deal includes about 50 books which Graphic Arts will publish under its WestWinds Press imprint. But the Pruett name will not be disappearing as Graphic Arts said it will add "The Pruett Series" on the back cover to each title as it reprints or reissues the titles as both print and e-books. more »
 Northern California Children's Booksellers Group to Merge with NCIBA More than a quarter century after forming the first children's booksellers organization in the country, the Northern California Children's Booksellers Association will merge with its counterpart, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. "It's a relief," says longtime NCCBA board member Luan Stauss, owner of Oakland's Laurel Bookstore. "It's nice to be part of a larger bookselling community, although many of our members already belong to NCIBA." more » » ADVERTISEMENT   New Hampshire's Spencer Hill Press Expands When psychologist Kate Kaynak and her husband, Osman, started YA publisher Spencer Hill Press in 2010 out of their home in Hopkinton, N.H., they wanted to begin small. But just over two years after their launch, the Kaynaks are already adding two new imprints – one for adults and a second for contemporary YA novels. more » »  New Leaf Literary & Media Stages Multiple-Author Event Five YA authors, more than 200 attendees, 540 books sold. These are the impressive numbers tied to a panel presentation and signing held at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Ill. on August 30. The event was unusual in that it was organized by the authors' agency, Manhattan-based New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc., and offered, as an incentive to boost sales, a booklet containing "exclusive" bonus content contributed by all five featured authors, who published their novels with four different houses. more » » Janet Goldstein has been appointed senior v-p and editorial director of National Geographic Books. more » »
Prepare for Cheaper E-books: The settlement with Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins will likely lead to an e-book price war in the months to come. How Amazon Makes Money on Low Prices: Jeff Bezos explains it all (mostly). New 'Cloud Atlas' Trailer: Watch it here. Gabby Douglas To Publish Book: In time for Christmas. A Novelist and His Detective Muse: Unlike Darlene O'Hara, the fictional detective at the center of his novels, Peter de Jonge has opened Milano's only once. "For research," he said, sitting in the century-old dive bar on East Houston Street in Manhattan early one recent morning.
 Authors on the Air September 7, 2012: Kim Kavin, Carol Blue Kim Kavin will be on CNN's Weekend Early Start with Randi Kaye on September 8 at 8:50 AM EST for Little Boy Blue: A Puppy's Rescue from Death Row and His Owner's Journey for Truth (Barron's, 9780764165269). Carol Blue, wife of the late Christopher Hitchens, will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about Mortality (Twelve, 978-1455502752). more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash The Worst Book Ever Is 'What Are These Strawberries Doing on My Nipples? … I Need Them for the Fruit Salad!' We lied before. This is the worst book ever. more » Barbara Vey WW Ladies Book Club It seem like I've been getting a lot of books lately that are reprints of old books. more » Josie Leavitt A Great Week for New Releases The leaves changing color isn't the only joy of autumn. There is also the stunning array of new books coming out. more » Rose Fox Back from Chicago Today is National Buy a Book Day! more » Adam Boretz Audible and Amazon Introduce Immersion Reading and Whispersync for Voice Audible and Amazon yesterday launched two new features exclusive to Kindle: “Immersion Reading†and “Whispersync for Voice.†more »
 Saddleback Donates 10,000 BooksSaddleback Publishing has partnered with CHOC Children's to "immunize" children in Orange County against illiteracy through its donation of over 10,000 books to the CHOC- sponsored "Reach Out and Read" Program, which promotes early literacy and school readiness with a research-tested, evidence-based model that is proven to help children develop the language skills they will need to learn to read and succeed in school. |    
Tracking Amazon: Five Preorders Dominate Bestseller List On the morning of September 7, five preorder books made it into Amazon's top 20 bestselling books: The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward (#5, September 11), Winter of the World by Ken Follett (#9, September 18), The Martk of Athena by Rick Riordan (#10, October 2), The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney (#11, November 13), and Reflected in You by Sylvia Day (#18, October 2). more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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