PW's Best Books of 2012

November 2, 2012

PW's Best Books of 2012 Announcing our Best Books of 2012, featuring 140 of our picks for the top reads of this year...and what a year it was! more » As Results Drop, Decision Coming on McGraw-Hill Education Spin-off Sales and profits fell in the third quarter ended September 30 at McGraw-Hill Education, and parent company McGraw-Hill Cos. said it expects to have a decision soon on whether to sell or spin off its publishing division. more » ADVERTISEMENT The Bestselling Self-Published Kindle Books of 2012 Eighteen e-books with self-publishing origins are in Amazon's Kindle top 100 overall for 2012 through November 1. And while these titles come from a wider variety of authors versus 2011's top 100 overall, the total number actually had a slight decrease from the same period in 2011. more » Disney Goes Digital App First with Some Comics Starting with a comics adaptation of Brave, Disney is experimenting with releasing comics through stand alone interactive apps. more » Publishers Ordered to Pay $3 Million in GSU Copyright Case Not only did publishers not get the injunctive relief they sought in a closely watched case over e-reserves, last week, they paid the tab. more » Today's Job OR Books is seeking a Sales and Marketing Manager. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. Bookazine Undamaged Bookazine COO Richard Kallman reports that the wholesaler's facility is undamaged. "We shut everything down in preparation for the storm. Everything is fine," he says. "It's just a matter of getting the power back up and running. They're telling us it's a matter of days." In the interim, any customers trying to reach Bookazine, can contact Kallman directly at: bzrichk@aol.com. more » » Disney Lucasfilm Purchase Leaves Comics Licenses in Doubt While Tuesday's blockbuster $4.05 billion sale of LucasFilm to Disney may have answered some questions for the film franchise—yes, there will be Episodes VII through IX—it left the Star Wars publishing licenses in doubt, in particular Dark Horse's comics program. more » » YA Bookstore Opens Within General Bookstore in St. Paul Two St. Paul, Minn., bookstores recently opened their doors with an unusual business model: Addendum, a specialty YA bookstore containing 1,500 titles, is housed inside Subtext, an 1,800-square-foot general bookstore. The two bookstores are owned separately, but share a phone, a cash register, and the labor of each store's employees. more » » 'Live at the Lounge' Brings Authors to Fans' Homes YA readers will have a chance to spend some quality virtual time with a handful of Little, Brown authors, who are taking turns in the spotlight during the publisher's new Live at the Lounge series. Putting a fresh spin on YA publishers' recent innovative tactics to use the Internet and social media to showcase authors, Little, Brown's initiative is a six-part live video series that launched October 30 with a live chat with Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, authors of the Beautiful Creatures series, whose fourth installment, Beautiful Redemption, is newly published. more » » THE ROUNDUP Amazon Deletes a Customer Review: The story behind the missing review. Penguin/RH Merger Good for Indies?: The Guardian explains why. Why Are LA Indie Publishers Thriving?: "Like vinyl records and gourmet pickles, independent book-making is becoming artisanal, with dedicated entrepreneurs producing small batches and focusing on quality over profit. When the assembly line isn't an option, why not make something cool and indie -- a labor of love?" Books & Books Celebrates 30: "Let's not say it's not a struggle. We're not coasting," Kaplan said. "We are successful because the community of readers and writers in South Florida supports us. If there wasn't the amount and intensity of readers and writers down here that demand a bookstore, we wouldn't be able to survive." Can Libraries Pick Up Bookstore Slack?: Washington Post on the evolution of branch libraries. VIEW ALL » BLOGS PWxyz Blog John A. Sellers PW Best Books 2012: Ask the Passengers by A.S. King For kids facing bullying, homophobia, or a loneliness they just don’t know how to find their way around, this book is a lifeline. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Liz Kreger: One Author’s Battle with Cancer Hi, my name is Liz Kreger and I’ve been actively participating in the GCB (Great Cancer Battle) for the past seventeen years. more » ShelfTalker Elizabeth Bluemle Sandy Relief + F2B + Island Discovery + New Visions Award Three pieces of news to inspire, delight, and inform.... more » Genreville Rose Fox Here Comes Sandy Working from home as the storm rages. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz The Governator: Audio Edition Arnold Schwarzenegger comes to Audio! more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Hastings Wins Pritzker Award British Historian Sir Max Hastings was presented with the 2012 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing at the Library's annual Liberty Gala at the Hilton Chicago on October 27. The $100,000 honorarium, citation and medallion is sponsored by the Chicago-based Tawani Foundation. Hastings at podium, l-r behind: Past recipients Allan Millett and Gerhard Weinberg, Library founder Col. James N. Pritzker, past recipients Rick Atkinson and Carlo d'Este.	Of Note RH Postpones Open House Random House has postponed its consumer open house. The one-day event, for readers eager to meet the house's authors, was scheduled for November, 2. Now, the publisher said, because of Hurricane Sandy, the event is being bumped to December 14. RH said that consumers who bought a ticket for the event--the house expected roughly 200 readers at its New York City office--can also receive a refund by contacting pr@randomhouse.com. more » Abingdon Goes With Ingram Abingdon Press has signed with Ingram to handle its sales and distribution. Ingram Publisher Services has, since September 2012, been selling Abingdon to the general trade, as the publisher looks to expand the reach of its title in the U.S. more » Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, November 2 For a look at the stories we're talking about this week, listen here. more »

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