October 10, 2012
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 Diaz, Eggers, Erdrich Among 2012 National Book Awards Finalists Of the 20 finalists, six were published by small, independent, or university presses. more »  BookShout, a social reading and book retail application, is introducing new technology that will allow its users to legally import their previous and future e-book purchases into their BookShout account, free of charge, no matter where they were purchased. Announced at TOC Frankfurt, beginning today users can import e-books purchased at Amazon and Barnes & Noble into their BookShout accounts and have all their e-book titles available in one location. more » ADVERTISEMENT  The American Society of Journalists and Authors, the National Writers Union, and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have asked the Department of Justice to review last week's settlement between the AAP and Google that ended the publishers' seven-year copyright fight with the giant company. Most of the details in the agreement are confidential and the three organizations, worried that the settlement could hurt authors' rights by selling copyrighted books illegally, said they want the DoJ to see if the deal may violate antitrust laws. The organizations are calling on publishers and Google to make all the settlement terms public. more » After launching a self-publishing platform this summer, e-book retailer Kobo has enlarged its publishing portfolio again after agreeing to acquire Aquafadas, a digital publishing platform that allows publishers to easily and economically build multimedia apps for children's books, comics, magazines, and newspapers without using a programmer. The e-tailer also announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair that Writing Life, is self-publishing platform will increase its royalty by 10% to any writer signing on between now and December and is expanding the number of languages the service will support. more » After years of talking about what the digital future might hold, a CEO panel at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair instead took a look back at the last decade of change. MORE » It is a truth universally acknowledged, that strong sales in the run up to the fall regionals lead to good trade shows and the New England Independent Booksellers Association's 39th annual fall conference held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence from October 3-5 was no exception. "The show's been very, very good. Booksellers are just feeling good about the fall," says Penguin Group sales representative Karl Krueger. Big accounts like New England Mobile Book Fair were back in full force and so were big name writers, including Junot Diaz, Wally Lamb and Dennis Lehane. more » E-books accounted for about 16% of Canadian book purchases in the first half of 2012, a new survey commissioned by BookNet Canada found. According to the report, "The Canadian Book Consumer 2012: Book-Buying Behaviour in Canada January to June 2012," the most popular format in the period was paperback, which accounted for 57% of sales, while hardcovers represented 24% of unit sales. more »
Quercus to Expand in U.S. Quercus, the London-based publisher whose roster of international successes includes Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, is poised to launch a U.S. publishing operation and has established a New York office in preparation for its debut lists set for autumn 2013. In addition, the company signed with Random House Publisher Services for sales and distribution of print and digital titles in the U.S. more » » Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group has hired former Continuum CEO Oliver Gadsby to head a new international academic publishing division. Roman & Littlefield International will be based in London and will acquire titles in the humanities and social sciences categories for not just the U.K. and European markets but for all markets outside of the U.S., Gadsby said. Gadsby told PW that he is starting to recruit a small team for the London office and that he expects to release the company's first books in the third quarter of 2013. more » » Karen Rinaldi, who joined HarperCollins in May without a clearly defined role at the publisher, has been given a formal job; she will be overseeing a new health and wellness imprint called HarperWave, which will be housed within the Harper group. more » »  New Publisher to Take the Reins at Groundwood Books Groundwood Books' co-publisher Sheila Barry to take over from Patsy Aldana, who is stepping down from her role as co-publisher of the Canadian children's books house she founded 35 years ago. more » » James Grimmelmann, Professor of Law at New York Law School, has joined Publishers Weekly as a contributing editor for legal affairs. Grimmelmann frequently writes about intellectual property, virtual worlds, search engines, online privacy, and other topics in computer and Internet law, and is considered one of the foremost experts on the Google Settlement and its implications. more » » The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association's has appointed a new president to head its board. Tripp Ryder, general trade manager at Carleton College Bookstore in Northfield, Minn., will assume the duties of MIBA president immediately. more » » Elizabeth A. Geiser, publishing executive and educator, died on October 8 at her home in Florida. One of the founders of the University of Denver Publishing Institute in 1976, Geiser also served as senior v-p of the book division of R.R. Bowker Company and then as senior v-p/business development for Gale Research Company. more » » Farrin Jacobs has been appointed editorial director of the Poppy imprint at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. She was previously with HarperTeen. Shannon Donnelly has joined the It Books and Harper Design marketing department. At OverDrive, Don Fabricant will serve as general manager of education and chief sales officer. He has held executive posts at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Edventures and Thomson Learning. more » »
Walmart Looks at Same-Day Delivery: The competition with Amazon grows. Publishers Put Public Library at Risk: Says Tim Coates. 'Twilight' Is 'War and Peace'?: Salman Rushdie: 'Fifty Shades of Grey makes Twilight look like War and Peace.' Ware: 'Everything Makes Me Feel Alone': A look at 'Building Stories.' Polanski Rape Victim To Pen Memoir: Samantha Geimer, now 47, has a deal with Atria Books for "The Girl: Emerging From the Shadow of Roman Polanski."
 Authors on the Air October 10, 2012: Mark Kelly, Erin McHugh Mark Kelly, author of Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 978-1442458246), will be on Good Morning America on October 11. Erin McHugh, author of One Good Deed (Abrams Image, 9781419704178) will be on Katie Couric this Thursday, 10/11 on ABC. more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Writers Compete in Spelling Bee to Support Indie Publishing Writers are battling each other with words, this time for the benefit of indie publishing. more » Barbara Vey WW Ladies Book Club The WW Ladies offer up the books they've been reading this week. more » Gabe Habash Writers Compete in Spelling Bee to Support Indie Publishing Writers are battling each other with words, this time for the benefit of indie publishing. more » Elizabeth Bluemle The Backlist / Midlist Conundrum With all the noise in the world, I find it is all too easy to let great backlist slideâ€"and I'm a bookseller who deliberately created a bookstore with a deep backlist, and a store culture that is particularly appreciative of the depth and enduring quality of great books that have been around for a while. How do we keep the midlist and backlist books we love foremost in our own minds, as well as in those of our customers, while still sounding the clarion horn for the best of the new books, too? 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 »
 Hachette Kicks It OffTuesday night's Hachette party got the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair off to a rousing start. Joining Hachette Book Group CEO David Young (right) at the celebration was Ingram's David Taylor. |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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