NAIBA Has Strong Show

October 1, 2012

'High Energy' at New Atlantic Booksellers Conference This year's New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference (Sept. 28-30), focused on getting noticed, and it definitely stood out as one of the organization's strongest shows in several years. Whether it was the shift from Atlantic City to Greater Washington; the presence of so many booksellers with newly opened stores or those contemplating them, most booksellers and sales representatives commented on the "high energy" all weekend long. Attendance was up as are booksellers' sales, which also contributed to an upbeat show. more » BISG Panelists: More Change Coming Speakers on a panel of industry leaders at Friday's annual meeting of the Book Industry Study Group agreed that the publishing industry is in for much more change. "I expect there to be more dramatic, disruptive change ahead," said Sourcebooks CEO Dominique Raccah. Tom Turvey, director of strategic partnerships for Google, said he believes the industry "is not close to what it will look like five years from now." more » ADVERTISEMENT Quarto Board Sets Meeting For November 7; Backs Orbach Responding to demands from two shareholders to call a special meeting to vote on replacing Quarto CEO Laurence Orbach, the board of the U.K-based publisher has set the meeting for November 7. At the same time, the board reiterated that it is firmly against the proposal and urged shareholder to vote against the resolution. more » Tracking Amazon: Riordan Topples Rowling The Casual Vacancy has been knocked off its perch atop Amazon's bestseller list, falling to #2 behind Rick Riordan's The Mark of Athena. Riordan's book, which comes out October 2, has a 3.5 million-copy first printing in the U.S., while The Casual Vacancy has a 2 million-copy run. More astounding: social reads Website Goodreads tweeted on September 28 that The Casual Vacancy broke the record for all-time biggest "started reading" day for a book on Goodreads on September 27, the book's pub date. more » Glitches Aside, B&N Insists It Is Not Carrying Amazon Titles After PW reported that Barnes & Noble would not be carrying books from Amazon Publishing, a report has surfaced that the retailer seems to be selling titles from the publishing imprint, at least at one documented location. PW has reached out to B&N to find out why Penny Marshall's book, My Mother Was Nuts, which was acquired by Amazon and distributed to retailers by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's New Harvest imprint (which has a deal with Amazon); a representative for the company said B&N is not selling Amazon titles and would return with a comment on why these titles are on the retailer's shelves. more » Today's Job Barron's Educational Series, Inc. is seeking a Copy Writer. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. Job Moves: October 1, 2012 Shana Smith has been named the associate editor for Love Inspired at Harlequin. Smith was previously an assistant editor at Harlequin since January 2011. Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to group publicity director, overseeing publicity for all of the Morrow and Avon imprints and formats. She has been with HarperCollins since 1998. John Groton has left Innodata. He can be reached at jgroton@gmail.com and 860-245-5222. more » » THE ROUNDUP Did You Pay Too Much for That E-book?: "A lot of great, nearly free lit out there, but big publishers won't tell you." The 50 Best Book Covers of 2011: A visual feast. The Book Review Debate: The Guardian asks: Are professional book reviewers better than amateurs? Pratchett Starts Multimedia Company: Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company, Narrativia, to hold exclusive worldwide rights to all of the writer's work across film, television, merchandising and digital media. Local Bookstores Support Banned Books: Taking a stand against reader censorship, several Tri-Valley bookstores are focusing on books that have been challenged by authoritative agencies over the years in honor of Banned Book Week. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air October 1, 2012: Callista Gingrich, Sheila Bair Callista Gingrich, author of Land of the Pilgrims' Pride (Regnery Kids, 978159698829-3), has appearances on the Today show and the Sean Hannity Radio Show, and will be on Morning Joe on October 2. Sheila Bair, author of Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself (Simon & Schuster, 9781451672480), will be on Tavis Talks. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Royal Library: Public Interests Over Private The Royal Library of the Netherlands, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), has announced the release of a digital collection of magazines and journals from the period 1850-1940. Although many of these [...] more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Sherlock Holmes Strikes Again / Yes, I read all the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes books.  No, I could never guess who did it or how.  But I loved them all the same.  [...] more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt A Different Kind of Community Outreach When I'm not working at the bookstore, I'm a professional stand-up comic. more » Genreville Rose Fox The Future of Medicine Where should one look for good medical SF? more » ListenUp Adam Boretz Audio Bestsellers: Week of 10.01.12 After dropping to #2 last week, Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer's No Easy Day (narrated by Holter Graham for Penguin Audio) reclaims the #1 spot this week on PW's Audio Bestseller List. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY NAIBA Publicity 'Tell-All' Panel Clockwise from top: Jason Wells, executive director of publicity and marketing for Abrams Books for Young Readers; Christine Onorati, owner of WORD in Brooklyn, N.Y., moderator; Lara Phan, senior manager of account marketing at Random House; and Liz Keenan, director of publicity at Plume and Hudson Street Press present a "Publicity Tell-All" panel at NAIBA on how they choose stores and venues for author events.	Of Note B&N Drops Nook Glowlight to $119 Barnes & Noble's NOOK Simple Touch with Glowlight is now $119, a price drop from $139. The announcement, made Sunday, came the day before Amazon began shipping the Kindle Paperwhite, its e-reader designed to be read in the dark, priced at $119 for devices with ads and $139 for devices with no ads. more »

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