October 24, 2012
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| B&N Customers Suffer Identity Theft Scheme Barnes & Noble has been hacked. The retailer said that there was "tampering with PIN pad devices" in 63 of its stores, all related to "one compromised PIN pad" in each location. In reaction to the tampering, B&N said it has stopped using the pads in all 700 of its stores. more »  The number of self-published books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287% since 2006, with 235,625 print and e titles released in 2011, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker. The research found that while production increases are occurring in both print and e-book formats, the latter is driving the greatest percentage gains. more » ADVERTISEMENT  The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on October 29 that could decide whether long-held "first sale" rights under the Copyright Act extend to goods manufactured overseas. But a newly formed coalition of business and libraries is already anticipating the next front in the battle: Congress. more » Attorneys for Harlequin have filed a motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit filed this summer by three authors who charged that they had not received full royalties on e-books for works that were originally signed between 1990 and 2004. The motion, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that the authors were paid for the sale of the digital editions of their work precisely in the manner laid out in their publishing agreements. more »  Apple Unveils $329 iPad Mini At a live-streamed press event held Tuesday at the California Theatre in San Jose, California, Apple unveiled a $329 miniature version of its popular iPad tablet. The iPad mini has a 7.9 inch screen (diagonally), and is basically equivalent in power and features to Apple's iPad 2, the second-generation iPad released in 2011. The device, which comes in both black and white, fits easily in one hand and in a pocket or purse. more »
Atwood, Alderman Team Up to Publish Zombie Serial on Wattpad In another effort to update the conventional serial work, Wattpad, the online writing community, is publishing The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home, a collaborative work of fiction produced by acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and emerging U.K.-based author Naomi Alderman, who wrote alternating chapters of the comic zombie novel. The story can be read for free on Wattpad, which will post the first three chapters of the 13-chapter story today and will post new chapters each Wednesday until the story is finished in January. more » » Amazon.co.jp has announced the Kindle Paperwhite is heading to Japan, shipping on November 19 and selling for ¥12,980. To coincide with the release, the Kindle Store on Amazon.co.jp will launch October 25 with over 50,000 Japanese-language Kindle books including over 10,000 free Japanese titles. In total, the store offers over one million titles. more » »  A Call to Action: Bullying and Books More than 13 million students are bullied each year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Bullying has become such an epidemic that it has spawned numerous support and activist groups, as well as awareness campaigns, including National Bullying Prevention Month in October. With that in mind, we provide some perspective from experts on the topic, including the role books can play in combating the problem. more » » Ashley Garland has joined the Ecco / HarperCollins publicity team as publicity manager. She was previously with Ballantine. Riverhead publicity has made the following promotions: Claire McGinnis is now publicity manager; Liz Hohenadel is senior publicist; Glory Plata is publicist. Paul Bradshaw has been named v-p of sales and marketing for FutureMark Paper Group. He was formerly with Appleton Coated LLC. more » »
The 40-Year Publishing Dream Ends: "Following the demise of several other once-thriving Canadian-owned publishers, the abrupt and unceremonious death of D&M this week marks the end of a 40-year dream to create an independent industry to publish and promote Canadian authors." The Top 10 Reading Bars in NYC: Including Beekman Bar & Books and Bruckner Bar & Grill. Busboys and Poets Comes to Hyattsville: While waiters at the Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville's Arts District are busy serving food to customers in the bustling restaurant, Rodrigo Rioja quietly prepares a space, meticulously filling rows of shelves with hundreds of books as he prepares to open the restaurant's bookstore. 2012 Whiting Award Winners Announced: The Whiting Foundation announced its 2012 literary award recipients Tuesday. The 10 authors will each receive a $50,000 grant, no strings attached. 'Spider-Man' Co-Writer Gets Book Deal: Glen Berger is working on a book about the Broadway musical's stunt accidents and how it was made.
 Authors on the Air October 24, 2012: Dakota Meyer, Anthony Everitt Dakota Meyer, author of Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War (Random House, 978-0812993400), will be on The Daily Show. On The Colbert Report, Anthony Everitt will discuss The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Random House, 978-1400066636). more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Random House Did Not Mean Own, Exactly Public libraries, as opposed to Random House's view, seek a different kind of ownership: the kind that appears in the dictionary. more » Barbara Vey Romance: PW Magazine Issue Publishers Weekly's Romance issue will be out next month and they are asking for input from you. more » Elizabeth Bluemle When a Book Lives Up to Its Hype I admit it. I avoided reading 'The Peculiar' for far too long. more » Rose Fox In Praise of the Implausible Speculative fiction needs to stop speculating and start dreaming. more » Adam Boretz Duck Commander Family: The Audio Experience Beards. Duck Calls. Audiobooks. more »
 Pryke at Book PassagePaula Pryke was at Book Passage last week for an event for her book Everyday Flowers (Rizzoli). |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
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