November 20, 2012
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| Courier Corp. Had Modest 2012 Gains A 1% increase in sales in its manufacturing segment offset a 6% decline in its publishing group resulting in total revenue for the fiscal year ended September 29 inching up to $261.3 million from $259.4 million in fiscal 2011 at Courier Corp. Net income jumped to $9.2 million from $134,000. Earnings in both years were impacted by one-time charges. more »  Self-publishing was one of the highlights at the just-concluded 2012 Miami Book Fair. From a pre-fair feature article in the Miami Herald to an informative panel on self-publishing—a prominent theme for this year's fairgoers was: how do I get published? And in a visible change from even just a year ago, the question is no longer whether self-publishing is a viable option, but rather how to do it—and do it well. more » ADVERTISEMENT   39 Clues for Christmas Scholastic is launching an original e-book, The 39 Clues: Cahill Files: Silent Night, on Christmas Day. The title follows greater-than-expected sales of The 39 Clues: Rapid Fire, a series of original e-books released last Christmas season. more » Last week, Salon du livre de Montréal completed its 35th show. The event, which highlights literature from Quebec and elsewhere, marks the largest display in North America of French-language books. This year, 120,000 book fanatics attended the annual fair. Publishers metamorphosed into booksellers as they successfully transformed a vast empty exhibition hall into an inviting book parlor with plush sofas, flirtatious design and rows of miniature coniferous trees. more » Reader's Digest had another disappointing quarter with sales down 26% in the third period ended September 30, to $230.1 million, while posting an operating loss of $100.1 million, a figure that includes an impairment charge of $85 million. Excluding charges in both the third quarter of 2011 and 2012, the loss fell from $25.9 million to $15.1 million. more »
 CBLDF Elects Griepp, Abraham; Marder Reelected President Cartoonist Larry Marder, creator of the Beanworld comic, has been reelected president of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit First Amendment watchdog organization protecting the interests of comics creators, retailers, librarians and fans. In addition, longtime treasurer Milton Griepp, CEO of pop culture trade news site ICv2.com, was elected CBLDF vice-president and Jeff Abraham, president of Random House Publisher Services, was elected treasurer. more » » Milt Adams, a pioneer in DIY publishing and the founding publisher of Beavers Pond Press died Sunday in the Twin Cities. He was 84 years old. Beavers Pond, which was acquired by Tom Kerber in 2011, has published 700 self-published titles. more » » Julianne Shapiro, junior digital content specialist at Library Journals LLC, is leaving at the end of the month to join the American Association of Advertising Agencies as its digital content manager. more » »
'Anne of Green Gables': A first edition of the L. M. Montgomery classic sold at auction for $10,000. B&N CEO Prefers Digital: "I don't really read physical books that much anymore," said William Lynch. Books that Still Torture Readers: These are the books that refuse closure. The Rise of Literary Genres: The Guardian: "A week ago, writing about 62-year old Hilary Boyd's Thursdays in the Park (Quercus), I coined the term 'gran lit.' Hardly original, you will say, (no dispute there), but it caught on. Subsequently, variations on "gran lit" appeared in the Times, the Telegraph and the Independent, as well as getting recognition in Australia's Herald-Sun." Hearts & Minds Bookstore Turns 30: The bookstore started out with just Byron Borger and his wife, Beth, on staff -- "in the store, around the clock" -- and plenty of help from family members. Now, it employs three salespeople, a bookkeeper and an employee solely dedicated to mail orders.
 Authors on the Air November 20, 2012: Paul Tough Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547564654), will be on Tavis Talks. more » »
PWxyz Blog PWStaff Amazon Kindle Turns 5 Amazon has released a list of its bestselling Kindle e-books to mark the device's fifth anniversary. more » Barbara Vey Marketing, Book Trailers and Author Etiquette in a Nutshell Sheila Clover English and I do a lot of workshops and panels, so we took all the questions we were asked and answered them in fun, little book, Marketing, Book Trailers and Author Etiquette in a Nutshell. more » Josie Leavitt Is It a Husband Book? Let's make gender a non-issue with book purchases for kids and adults. more » Rose Fox Which Future Are We In? How does past futurism influence the present? more » Adam Boretz Audiobook Q&A: Laura Merlington We chat audiobooks with one of the industry's best narrators. more »
 Sandy Relief for powerHousepowerHouse Arena in Dumbo held a fundraising event on November 17 to recoup damages suffered in Hurricane Sandy. A number of bookstores, literary journals, and volunteers helped out at the event, which ran all day. Among the authors that read and signed was Jonathan Franzen, pictured here. |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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