Lagardere Sales Rise

November 13, 2012

Third Quarter Sales Up at Lagardere Sales at Lagardere Publishing rose 4% in the third quarter ended September 30, to 626 million euros due in part to favorable currency fluctuations and a strong performance in the literature category led by the release of J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy. more » Amazon Best Books 2012 Revealed Amazon has released its list of the top 100 books of 2012, as well as top 10 lists in over two dozen categories, from children's books to celebrity picks. The top 10 includes Louise Erdrich, Kevin Powers, and Gillian Flynn. more » ADVERTISEMENT Candace Savage Wins Canada's Largest Non-fiction Prize Candace Savage's prairie history Geography of Blood has won Canada's newest and largest prize for nonfiction, the C$60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize. Blood was published by Greystone Books, part of D&M Publishers which filed for bankruptcy last month. more » Canadian Nabs Top British Nonfiction Award A Canadian author has won one of England's best regarded literary awards. Wade Davis won the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction on Monday, with Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, published by Bodley Head in the U.K., and Knopf in the U.S. more » John Wiley Teams with TED to Offer Educational Content John Wiley has reached an agreement with TED, the nonprofit specializing in spreading discussions on technology, entertainment, design and other subjects, to produce instructional material for TED Studies. more » Today's Job Sounds True, Inc. is seeking a VP of Sales, Marketing & Web Development. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. Advertisement: Alexander Street Press Is Hiring for Multiple Key Positions As one of the eContent 100 list of companies that matter most to the digital content industry, we're committed to publishing the best content in the best way. We're looking for talented, creative, hard-working individuals to join our growing team. Click here to find out more. MORE » » S&S Gives Hurricane Relief Simon & Schuster has started several outreach projects in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, including offering 500 "best of" titles to any public or school library damaged by the storm in order to help in the restoration of their collections. So far, S&S has partnered with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project's Literacy Lifeboats initiative to provide help to New York City schools. more » » Media App Summit Tackles Publishing Apps Join PW at Media App Summit, December 3 in New York City for an inside look at how publishers, magazines, and museums are taking advantage of mobile devices and apps to reach new readerships. Enter our exclusive discount code for a discounted ticket. more » » Job Moves: November 13, 2012 Christina Smith DeYoung has been named director of sales and marketing at Harvard Education Press. She was previously with WGBH Education. Richard Buthod is now national sales manager for Turtleback Books. He was previously in the same role for Unique Books. Jake Putzler has been promoted to senior director, information technology at Rockpoint Logistics. more » » Spring Announcements, Adult/Children's Issue dates: Jan. 28 (adult) and Feb. 25 (children's) Deadline: Dec. 10 Needed: We are now collecting title information for spring books through our PW/Edelweiss portal. Publishers should go to www.publishersweekly.com/spring2013call for more detail, or www.publishersweekly.com/spring2013submissions to register and begin entering titles. Question, contact Michael Coffey at mcoffey@publishersweekly for adult and Carolyn Juris at cjuris@publishersweekly.com for children's. » THE ROUNDUP Amazon Faces $252M Fine: Another big Internet company is the target of Direction générale des finances – France's equivalent of the IRS – due to tax noncompliance. The agency is asking Amazon to pay $252 million (€198 million) in non-reported tax and penalties. "GIF" is Word of the Year: Oxford American Dictionary picks its word of the year. RH/Penguin Merger: "More Firepower": Makinson: "Penguin on its own wouldn't necessarily have access to those kinds of resources. And I think in combination with Random House we would. We'd have the firepower as an organization, creatively and commercially, to invest." Famous Literary Exits: From Shakespeare's withdrawal to Oscar Wilde's imprisonment, here are some of the most celebrated last bows in literature. Kansas Library Targets E-book Policies: The Kansas State Library has launched a social-media campaign against what it says are unfair practices to keep bestselling electronic books out of the hands of libraries and their patrons. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air November 13, 2012: Barbara Paul Robinson Barbara Paul Robinson will be on NPR's "Here & Now" for Rosemary Verey, The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener (David R. Godine, 978-1567924503). more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Moving Up to a Bigger Musket Random House and Penguin have reached for a bigger musket to arm themselves in order to retain financial independence. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Social Media for Social Good: Romance Charity In the world of romance (as well as other genres), there's always a good cause to get behind. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt Bookselling the Old-Fashioned Way A bookseller grapples with retail when the computer and Internet go down for the weekend. more » Genreville Rose Fox The Demise of Horror is Greatly Exaggerated Is horror "literary enough"? That's the wrong question. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz Audio Bestsellers: Through 11.4.12 It's déjà vu on this week's audio bestseller list. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Biden Donates to Military Bases In honor of Veteran's Day, Jill Biden is doing a major donation of her book Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops to military bases across the country. On November 10, she did a signing at a Costco, in Fairfax, VA.	OF NOTE Franzen, Egan, Auster Join powerHouse Arena for Hurricane Relief powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn is hosting a Hurricane Sandy relief fundraiser, Sandy Hates Books, on Saturday, November 17, from 12-9 pm. Set to appear are Jonathan Franzen, Jennifer Egan, Paul Auster, Joseph O'Neill, Rick Moody, Pete Hamill, and many more. Readings, signings, and refreshments will take place at the event, which has a suggested donation of $10 to help the bookstore recoup the sizable damages suffered from Sandy. more »

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