SCIBA Puts a Wrap on Fall Shows

October 22, 2012

Smooth Sailing for the 2012 SCIBA Authors Feast and Trade Show Aboard the Queen Mary SCIBA is the final regional show of the year, with ABA's Oren Teicher on hand to promote the imminent launch of Kobo's Glo and Mini reading devices to be sold in indies. The local bookselling community was out in force for the show, which included a sold-out Authors Lunch with novelists Amity Gaige and Attica Locke, pop-up book creator Matthew Reinhart, YA author Adam Gidwitz, and Daniel Handler filling in for Lemony Snicket. more » Aha and Podiobooks to Deliver In-Vehicle Streaming Audiobooks Drivers will soon be able to listen to streaming on-demand audiobooks in their vehicles thanks to a new partnership between Aha by Harman, the provider of audio and infotainment products, and Podiobooks.com, which has a large collection of free serialized online audiobooks. Aha has plans to offer the service to other audiobook publishers. more » ADVERTISEMENT 'Publishers Weekly' to Add Canadian Adult Reviews Publishers Weekly is adding reviews of Canadian adult books to its weekly prepublication review coverage of U.S. titles. PW will review approximately 20 titles a month that originate with Canadian houses. Guidelines for Canadian reviews are the same as they are for U.S. reviews in that we need two galleys three to four months ahead of the title's publication date. Leigh Anne Williams has been named Canadian Adult Reviews Editor, reviewing general fiction and nonfiction. more » Today's Job FW Media is seeking an Associate Acquisitions Editor. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. Fourth Self-Publishing Book Expo Set for October 27 The fourth Self-Publishing Book Expo is set for October 27 at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City. The keynote will feature two self-publishing success stories, Barbara Freethy and Bella Andre who together have sold more than 3.6 million copies of their works as e-books. more » » INscribe Expands Global Reach INscribe Digital has announced new distribution deals with a number of international publishers.The new distribution deals include pacts with Chinese publisher Hangzhou Jiwen Digital Technology Co. Ltd. (www.ijiwen.com), which potentially includes as many as 10,000 titles, Swedish publisher Volante, Australia's Snowball Press PTY Limited and the U.S.-based Silvermine International Books, LLC, an aggregator that distributes books in North America for foreign publishing houses. more » » Job Moves: October 22, 2012 At Harvard Business Review Press, Nina Nocciolino has been promoted to senior publicist. more » » THE ROUNDUP Amazon Makes UK Pub. Pay 20% VAT: Luxembourg-based company profits from European tax anomaly, itself paying only 3% VAT on digital books sold to UK readers. Hearst Plans Holiday Recipe E-book: While Hearst has already dipped its toe into electronic publishing for individual magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire, the e-book (published by Open Road) is the first time Hearst has published content from a variety of its magazines in digital form. Stephen King Surprises High Schoolers: He dropped by for a surprise visit to a school in Maine. Santa Gets a PC Update: He doesn't smoke a pipe in new version of 'A Visit from St. Nicholas.' Queen Anne Books Looking For Buyer: Katharine Hershey will leave as of the end of November. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air October 22, 2012: Ron Deal, Timothy Egan, Lisa Lillien Ron Deal, author of Dating and the Single Parent (Bethany House, 9780764206979), will be on Focus on the Family. Timothy Egan, author of Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0618969029), will be on NPR's "On Point." Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786), will be on The Talk. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Random Words of Ownership This past week, Michael Kelley, the Editor in Chief of Library Journal, called attention to statements from Random House that suggest that libraries own the books they acquire from distributors such as Overdrive or 3M. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Ellora’s Cave RomantiCon 2012 RomantiCon 2012 was held this past week in Canton, Ohio. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt How to Make a Kid Happy A child learns about the perks of being a loyal customer. more » Genreville Rose Fox Whither Portal Fantasy? Portal fantasy's disappearance, science fiction's exhaustion. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz Behind The Audio With Chief Inspector Gamache We go on-set with Louise Penny's beloved sleuth. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Vroman's Boards Queen Mary for SCIBA Pictured on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif., for the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association annual show, are: Vroman's booksellers Mary Osborn-Fick, Demetria Togeas, Bridget Schinnerer, and Teresa Arraiga.

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