November 12, 2012
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| Scholastic to Donate 1 Million Books to Sandy Relief Scholastic has announced that it will donate 1 million books to schools and libraries hard hit by superstorm Sandy. The company will also make available free to teachers online lesson plans and activities. more »   Petraeus Biographer Had Unique Access CIA director and four-star general David Petraeus resigned Friday after admitting he had an affair with a woman who has been identified as Paula Broadwell, author of All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, published in January by The Penguin Press. In our review of the book, which she wrote with Vernon Loeb, PW called All In, "an authoritative and engrossing look at General David Petraeus," helped by her having "unique access to Petraeus, his staff and colleagues." more » ADVERTISEMENT  The independent publisher Melville House is hoping to entice readers to its classics series, The Art of the Novella, through a subscription offer that gives readers both print and digital copies. more » Guideposts Books has announced the debut of Spirit Lifters, its new series of short e-books that is launching with four titles priced at $1.99 and $2.99. Guideposts will publish additional e-books on a three-season schedule, with the next titles due in March 2013. more » 
Career Opportunity: 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 » » SPi Global, through its subsidiary Laserwords, has acquired Tighe Publishing Services, an educational development house for the K-12 market. The acquisition will better position Laserwords to compete for major el-hi publishing projects. more » » Join PW for breakfast with our Discussion Series on November 16th: "The Digital Kitchen: Adapting Cookbooks in the App Age." PW senior editor Mark Rotella will discuss the future of the cookbook with panelists Amanda Hesser, author and a co-founder of Food52.com; Doris Cooper, v-p and editorial director of Clarkson Potter; and Melissa Clark, food columnist for the New York Times and author of Cook This Now. Click here for more information on the panel which will run from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Random House building in New York. more » » Viz Media has renewed its distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster under which S&S will continue to manage distribution for all of Viz Media's imprints. more » » Kassie Evashevski has been promoted to partner at UTA. Kristen Fritz has been named senior director, content marketing, digital marketplace development at Random House. Lee W. Yeckel will lead the sales and customer service departments at Whitaker Corporation. He was formerly at Fisher Scientific. Michael Baker is now manager of test development at the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. He was previously a manager of group product fevelopment with Riverside Publishing. Ben George joins Penguin Books as editor. George is the co-founder and editorial director of Lookout Books of Wilimington, North Carolina, as well as editor for Ecotone. Judy Brunsek has joined Owlkids Books as director of sales and marketing. more » »
50 Shades of Divorce: Wife "inspired" by erotic book says husband failed to meet her expectations. Vancouver's Oldest Bookstore Closes: ABC Book & Comic Emporium will close after 65 years of business. T.S. Eliot's Widow Dies at 86: "After TS Eliot's death in 1965, Valerie Eliot became his devoted executor, editing his poems and letters for publication and steadfastly refusing to cooperate with would-be biographers, in keeping with the poet's last wishes." Tyndale Begins Contraception Hearing: A major Christian book publisher's suit against the Department of Health and Human Services' controversial contraception mandate began today. The New Natl. Book Awards Dinner: "When the publishing elite gathers for the National Book Awards dinner Wednesday evening in Manhattan, there will be signs everywhere of the aspirations to turn this once-dowdy event into a glamorous party."
 Authors on the Air November 12, 2012: Mike Huckabee, Patrick O'Donnell Mike Huckabee, author of Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett (Sentinel, 978-1595230935), will be on The Daily Show. Patrick K. O’Donnell will discuss Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc—The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe (Da Capo, 9780306820298) on NPR’s “Here & Now.” more » »
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 » 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 » Josie Leavitt Bookselling the Old-Fashioned Way This past Saturday found my store struggling once again with computer problems. They began quite simply with a broken modem and ended with our computers rendered utterly useless by mid-morning. I have thought that I could never run a bookstore without a computer and I feel more certain of this fact after barely surviving the [...] more » Rose Fox The Demise of Horror is Greatly Exaggerated Is horror "literary enough"? That's the wrong question. more » Adam Boretz Now Playing: Narcopolis Today's audiobook is brought to us by Tantor Media. more »
 WNBA Celebrates Reading Group MonthThe Charlotte chapter of the Women's National Book Association celebrated National Reading Group Month with their third annual Bibliofeast dinner with authors. After cocktails, eight authors circulated to different tables throughout the dinner, talking about their new book, their process, and their ideas. Photo, left to right: Holly Hughes (chapter secretary), Lisa Kline, Judy Goldman, author of Losing my Sister, and Betsy Thorpe. Photo Credit: Susan Walker |    
YUP Creates POD Program for Out-of-Print Titles Yale University Press has launched a print on demand program for its art and architecture titles, featuring 140 out of print books originally published by the Metropolitan Museum. The scholarly press will be adding to the collection, beginning with other titles from its art and architecture program. YUP said it will also be looking to work with other publishers it partners with, to bring their works, on other topics, into the program. more » Maggie Shipstead has won the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel, Seating Arrangements, published in June by Knopf. The book is a satirical look at the pretentions of New England society. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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