October 12, 2012
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 Disney Overhauls Paper Sourcing Policy The Disney Company said Thursday that it is overhauling its paper sourcing policy in a change that will maximize recycled content and fibers sourced from Forest Stewardship Council-certified operations and eliminate paper products containing "irresponsibly harvest fiber, such as fiber from High Conservation Value Areas." The Rainforest Action Network, which had been critical of Disney Publishing's paper policy, praised the move as one that will help slow the deforestation of rainforests, particularly in Indonesia. While RAN began talking to Disney about only its publishing operations, discussions on how to improve its paper policy moved to include the entire Disney company. more »  This year CLMP is sponsoring an independent publisher's booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair that includes indie presses like Akashic Books and Archipelago, indie houses experienced in coming to Frankfurt and buying and selling rights, and many others—Siglio, Bellevue Press, Fence and Red Hen—who have never attended. more » ADVERTISEMENT  In a brisk and entertaining exchange, Brian O'Leary, principal at Megallen Media Consulting, and Laura Dawson, product manager at R.R. Bowker Identifiers, managed to make metadata, the descriptive information underlying and identifying digital content, not only a bit more comprehensible, but downright interesting. Interviewed by Mark Dressler on Thursday at the Frankfurt Book Fair on the Sparks Stage in Hall 8, in a conversation called, "When Will We Stop Talking About Metadata?", O'Leary addressed the topic of the conversation right off the bat: "well, probably never." more »  ICV2: Digital, Comics Sales Up for 2012; Manga Down Comics sales have held steady in the first half of 2012, led by periodicals and digital, while graphic novels are still recovering from the Borders implosion but should be up by the end of the year. These were among the industry trends covered at the ICv2 Comics and Digital conference held ahead of New York Comic-Con. more » The Authors Guild had no immediate comment on Wednesday's court decision in the HathiTrust case, but in a post on its Web site this morning the Guild said it "disagree[s] with nearly every aspect of the court's ruling." In his decision, Judge Harold Baer found that the mass book digitization program conducted by five major universities in conjunction with Google is a fair use under U.S. copyright law. The Guild said it is talking to its colleagues and co-plaintiffs and will announce it next steps soon. more »
Bouchercon 2012: Crime Fiction Rocks Cleveland Cleveland played host to the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, an event for crime fiction authors and fans that drew approximately 1,500 registered attendees. more » » As part of the recent reorganizations of Thomas Nelson and Zondervan—which have been combined to form the HarperCollins Christian Publishing Group—fiction has been placed under one publisher, Daisy Hutton, at Thomas Nelson; fiction marketing will now be handled by a single team at Nelson. Fiction editors at Nelson and Zondervan remain separate and in their current locations. more » » Amazon has announced that the Kindle Owners' Lending Library is opening in the U.K., Germany and France later this month. With the launch of these new lending libraries later this month, the KDP Select fund has been increased by $100,000 to $700,000 in October, with a larger increase anticipated in November. more » » CodeMantra, a global supplier of publishing software and services, has reached an agreement with ePubDirect, a worldwide distributor of e-book content, to offer publishers an indirect distribution model. more » » Frances Tompson Rutter, cofounder and publisher of The Shoe String Press, Inc., of Connecticut, died September 13 at the age of 92 in Tulsa, Ok. A graduate of Brown University and a librarian, Rutter and her husband John Ottemiller started Shoe String in 1952 to fill the postwar needs of academic libraries by publishing reprints in all subjects and pioneering professional literature for librarians. more » » Dan Ambrosio has been hired as senior editor at Da Capo Press, coming to Perseus after four years at Wiley. He will specialize in Da Capo's Lifelong area of wellness books. more » »
Amazon Confirms There's No Kindle Profit: In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, Jeff Bezos admitted that Amazon sells the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD at cost, making the company literally no profit on the devices. Mo Yan Speaks Up for Jailed Writer: Criticised for his closeness to the Chinese authorities, the new laureate has publicly urged the freeing of peace prize winner, Liu Xiaobo. 10 Ways to Save Publishing: According to Colin Robinson. How 'Moby-Dick' Was Made More Accessible: David Attenborough, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more read Melville's book. Open Door Bookstore For Sale: The longtime owner of the Open Door Bookstore in downtown Schenectady, New York, is retiring and putting the business up for sale.
 Authors on the Air October 12, 2012: Mark Bowden, Lisa Lillien Mark Bowden will be on On the Record with Greta Van Susteren on October 15 and Fox and Friends on October 16 for The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0-8021-2034-2). Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl to the Max will be on Good Morning America on Monday, October 15. more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Authors Guild v. HathiTrust: Closing the Case A Federal judge has found in favor of defendant HathiTrust’s (HT) request for summary judgment on Fair Use grounds against the Authors Guild (AG), delivering a victory for those seeking [...] more » Barbara Vey Cookbooks With Stories What about cookbooks that include a story? more » Josie Leavitt “I Have an Odd Request†A look at the odd requests booksellers field every day. more » Rose Fox The Future of Medicine Where should one look for good medical SF? more » Adam Boretz Post-Debate Depression? Colbert Has The Cure Who can make sense of it all? Stephen Colbert, that's who. more »
 Gutenberg at FrankfurtThe Gutenberg Museum provided daily demonstrations at the Frankfurt Book Fair of the Gutenberg press conducted by Johannes Gutenberg, himself, or at least someone wearing his hat. Photo Credit: Calvin Reid |    
Rowling's Next Book to Be Children's Title J.K. Rowling is getting back to her roots...as a YA author. The bestseller, during an October 11 webcast hosted by Scholastic, said, from her home in Scotland, that her next project will likely be a book for younger readers. The webcast was also timed to the unveiling of a new branded Web site called The Harry Potter Reading Club, which features interviews with the author, as well as various portals for fans to discuss the Potter books. more » Berkley reported Thursday that Reflected in You, Sylvia Day's sequel to Bared to You, sold 286,000 e-books in its first week on sale. Berkley will release a trade paperback edition of Reflected in You October 23 with a first printing of 630,000 copies. more » We parse through the HathiTrust case and discuss the great book, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Listen here. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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