October 23, 2012
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| S&S Reorganizes Adult Group; Levin to Leave Free Press Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy has reorganized the company's adult publishing imprints into four main groups. Under the new structure, the Atria Publishing Group will be led by Judith Curr; the Scribner Publishing Group, by Susan Moldow; the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group, by Jonathan Karp; and the Gallery Publishing Group, will be under Louise Burke. As a result of the reorganization Martha Levin, executive v-p and publisher of Free Press, and Dominick Anfuso, v-p and editorial director, are leaving the company. Other staffer have also been cut, with the total reduction believed to be less than 10. more »   Vancouver's D&M Publishers Files for Bankruptcy Protection D&M Publishers, one of Canada's largest independent houses, has filed for bankruptcy protection but will continue to operate while it restructures. more » ADVERTISEMENT  Some 80% of Americans ages 16-29 have read a book in the past year, and six in ten say they have used their local public library, but library attitudes among that age group are somewhat in flux, according to a survey released today by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, with younger readers reporting that they are reading more in an "era of digital content," and increasingly on their mobile devices, suggesting "opportunities of further engagement with libraries" later in life. more » Ardy Khazaei has been named the new CEO of Bookish, succeeding Caroline Marks who left in mid-September. Most recently a consultant, Khazaei had been CEO of the community writing site Webook and before that senior v-p of electronic media for HarperCollins. more »  Review: 'The Racketeer' by John Grisham Grisham is back in top form with this twisty, precisely plotted legal thriller that eschews the civics lessons of some of his more recent work. MORE »
 Books of Wonder Looks to indiegogo for Help Yesterday New York City's oldest children's-only bookstore, Books of Wonder launched a $100,000 fundraiser on indiegogo. For the 22-year-old bookstore it wasn't so much the effect of the downturn of the economy on book sales as the loss of rent and utilities when the bakery that shared its space closed 18 months ago. more » » ADVERTISEMENT   Pinsker Appointed President of Klutz Filling a position that has been opened since Matt Brown left at the end of 2011, Jeff Pinsker has been named president of Klutz and a v-p of Scholastic. Pinsker, who will lead the creative, sales, and marketing direction of Klutz, will assume responsibilities December 3, 2012 and report to Ellie Berger. more » » Steve Smith has been named the new publisher of Oasis Audio, following the resignation of Tammy Faxel who is joining Brilliance Audio. Smith has served as the v-p of sales and marketing since August 2010, and brings with him more than 25 years of publishing experience. more » » Paul Kurtz, founder of Prometheus Books, died on October 20 at age 86. Kurtz was the author of more than 50 books and an ardent advocate for the secular and scientific worldview. He founded Prometheus Books in 1969, Skeptical Inquirer magazine and the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) in 1976, Free Inquiry magazine and the Council for Secular Humanism in 1980, and the Center for Inquiry in 1991. more » » Issue: November 12 Deadline: October 25 Needed: Editors' and publishers' comments on new and resurgent trends in romance, especially erotic romance (looking beyond the "50 Shades" phenomenon), PG-rated romances for the mainstream (non-inspirational) market, and the increased popularity and availability of gay, bi, and ménage romance. Pub dates October 2012 through June 2013. Cross-genre, digital-first/digital-only, and literary titles welcome, but no YA, please. Send quotable comments--not catalog copy--to Rose Fox at rfox@publishersweekly.com. MORE » »
Amazon Deletes Without Explanation: "According to Martin Bekkelund, a Norwegian Amazon customer identified only as Linn had her Kindle access revoked without warning or explanation." Colbert Cameo in 'The Hobbit': Colbert is a big fan of the series and now he's actually a part of it. Delaware Book Exchange to Close: The store specialized in university merchandise and textbooks. Eason Opens Virtual Bookshop: Eason has opened a "virtual bookshop" in Connolly railway station in Dublin which will allow customers to buy an e-book straight onto their smart phones using a QR code. Lemony Snicket By the Numbers: USA Today gives the stats.
 Authors on the Air October 23, 2012: John Grisham, T.C. Boyle John Grisham will be on The Colbert Report for The Racketeers (Doubleday, 978-0385535144). T.C. Boyle will be on Tavis Talks for San Miguel (Viking, 978-0670026241). more » »
PWxyz Blog Mike Harvkey PW Best Books 2012: Broken Harbor by Tana French "French makes expert use of the very real and serious economic problems that her adopted country has faced in recent years." more » Barbara Vey Ellora’s Cave RomantiCon 2012 RomantiCon 2012 was held this past week in Canton, Ohio. more » Josie Leavitt How to Make a Kid Happy A child learns about the perks of being a loyal customer. more » Rose Fox The Eel Doesn’t Get Her The most famous spoiler of all time. more » Adam Boretz Coming Soon: In-Vehicle Streaming Audiobooks You're morning commute is about to get a whole lot better. more »
 Katch Gets Some 'Democracy'Danny Katch, author of the e-book America's Got Democracy: The Making of the World's Longest-Running Reality Show (Haymarket), is pictured here with Sherry Wolf (Sexuality and Socialism: A History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation), at the title's launch party, which took place on October 21 at The Spark Cafe in Manhattan. |    
Ingram Adds E-tailers to CoreSource Ingram announced this morning the names of e-book retailers that have joined its CoreSource Plus network over the past six months: Bilbary, Copia, Books-A-Million, iPublishCentral, Fishpond, BookShout!, Flikkt, Page Foundry, Baker & Taylor, and Ingram's e-textbook platform VitalSource Bookshelf have all signed on. All new retail channels are expected to be live by the end of 2012. more » Samantha Young's On Dublin Street spent weeks atop Amazon's Kindle chart, which culminated in a seven-figure sale to Penguin earlier this month. The e-book edition, priced at $3.99 before the deal, has slipped to #196 as of October 23, 11 days after it was republished under the NAL banner. Penguin's current price for the Kindle edition is $5.99. The paperback is set to release later this year. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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