October 9, 2012
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| Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: At ToC Frankfurt, Data Shows E-Book Growth and Opportunity Digital has been a hot topic of conversation at recent Frankfurt Book Fairs, and two data-driven keynotes at the Tools of Change Frankfurt kicked off the 2012 show with yet more evidence of the vast potential digital offers publishers. In her opening keynote, Bowker's Jo Henry previewed some interesting global trends in the company's latest consumer survey, due to be released in November, followed by Andrew Bud, global chair of MEF, the trade association for the mobile industry, who offered insights about the emerging mobile market, also gleaned from a recent survey. more »  The first Heartland Fall Forum was described by many as the best regional gathering they'd attended in years. The forum, the joint trade show held by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, drew 770 total attendees. more » ADVERTISEMENT  In a venture designed to bring giant mobile phone carriers more directly into the book market, German e-book retailer Txtr has unveiled plans at the Frankfurt Book Fair to release a new e-ink digital reading device that can be offered as an inexpensive premium through phone plans. The new device, called the Beagle, is a small, battery-powered e-reader with a 5" e-ink screen that would cost less than $19 when offered via a mobile data plan. more » The University of Missouri has learned that pens -- along with an ongoing and relentless social media campaign waged by a loose coalition of authors and a commission publishers' rep -- are indeed mightier than the sword. Little more than two months after editor-in-chief Clair Willcox was laid off as part of the press' reorganization announced by university officials on May 24, he has been rehired as editor-in-chief and associate director of the press. Willcox will report to the university provost Brian Foster; Dwight Browne, the interim director of the press for the past three years, is retiring. Willcox returned to his office Friday morning, and went to work, calling authors. more » What better panel to follow Andrew Bud's TOC Frankfurt keynote on mobile content and commerce than the Evolving Role of Readers, a panel that examined the proliferation of new kinds of online collaborative writing models—often created by a generation that lives online, reading and writing via their smartphones—and the ways these new forms are intersecting with conventional publishing. Moderated by BookCamp founder Ami Greko, the panel included Wattpad founder Allen Lau, Amy Martin, Wattpad marketing manager and Say Books cofounder Anna von Veh. more »
A New Way to Buy and Sell Digital Content via Ganxy Ganxy, a three-year-old online service that was originally started to sell music, goes live today with the goal to give small and mid-size presses, in particular, an easy way to sell their content online. more » » Leon Black, CEO of the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC, has acquired Phaidon Press for an undisclosed price. With offices in New York and London, Phaidon is best known for its art books and does about 60 titles annually and has a 1,900-title backlist. more » »  Sourcebooks Landmark Pre-Empts Sophomore Novel for Six Figures An overnight read by Shana Drehs at Sourcebooks led to a swift pre-empt, and a six figure deal, for world English rights to a novel by Dianne Dixon. Alice Tasman at Jean Naggar Literary Agency closed the deal, which is for two books. The publisher says that The Book of Someday, the first book scheduled for publication in fall 2013, is in the tradition of Kristin Hannah and Jodi Picoult. more » » Linda Greenspan Regan, who served as executive editor of Prometheus Books for 11 years, where she acquired nonfiction books and helped to build the trade list in the area of popular science , died October 4. Before joining Prometheus, she had been executive editor at Carol Publishing and at Plenum Trade Books, which she headed. more » » At Sourcebooks, Suzanna Bainbridge has been named editorial manager for Sourcebooks EDU. She was most recently at Cengage Learning, where she was a development editor. Sarah Henry has been hired as a marketing associate, working on Sourcebooks new digital initiatives. She most recently worked at McGraw-Hill as an editorial assistant, with a focus on design and digital content. more » »
Teen Opens Bookstore to Pay For College: A teen in Tennessee is determined to go to college. So much so, he's started a business to fund his dream. The Advantage of Having Literary Parents: No, it's not just nepotism. Scientists confirm there is an inherited element to creativity Nobel Award Annoucement Thursday: Last year's prize went to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer. How 50 Shades Took a Bite of Twilight: The success and shortcomings of E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" have roots in an unexpected source: Stephenie Meyers' supernatural "Twilight" franchise. If you read closely, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is really a vampire story without the vampires. Orange Prize Saved by Private Donors: After organizers failed to find a sponsor.
 Authors on the Air October 9, 2012: Paul Elie, Gary Casselman Paul Elie, author of PW Pick Reinventing Bach (FSG, 978-0374281076), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here. Gary Casselman, author of Waking the Sleeping Giant: How Mainstream Americans Can Beat Liberals at Their Own Game (Beaufort, 978-082530679-2), will be on the Mancow Muller Show on Wednesday, October 10. more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley AAP: Call Me Maybe The fallout after the Google case settled. more » Barbara Vey WW Ladies Book Club Yesterday I volunteered to serve free lunches to college kids at UW-Milwaukee. more » Peter Brantley AAP: Call Me Maybe The fallout after the Google case settled. more » Josie Leavitt A Visit with David Shannon This past Sunday we were thrilled to welcome David Shannon to the store. Word seemed to spread like wildfire among folks in our area that he was coming. more » Rose Fox The Future of Medicine Where should one look for good medical SF? more » Adam Boretz Behind The Audio: Greg Asimakoupoulos Behind the Audio goes into the recording booth with christianaudio -- and Gummy Bears. more »
 'Lighthouse Road' Wins Book of the ShowMIBA booksellers Lisa Baudoin of Books & Co in Oconomowoc, Wisc. and David Enyeart of Common Good Books in St. Paul, Minn. hoist GLiBA bookseller Stacie Williams of Boswell Books in Milwaukee, Wisc. as she holds up a copy of Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye (Unbridled Books). The trio formed a human pyramid as part of a promotional campaign conceived by Unbridled Books for the new release, which was the book of the show at the first Heartland Fall Forum, which took place in Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 3-5. Photo Credit: Claire Kirch |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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