November 14, 2012
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| September Bookstore Sales Fell 8% Bookstore sales took a tumble in September, falling 8.2%, to $1.39 billion, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Last September was the final month of Borders' going-out-of business sales. For the first nine months of 2012, bookstore sales were down 1.6%, to $11.64 billion. more »  The Authors Guild has notified the court that it will appeal Judge Harold Baer's landmark October 10 ruling in the Authors Guild vs. HathiTrust case. more » ADVERTISEMENT  Abrams has reorganized its adult group management team in a move aimed at more aggressively exploiting the illustrated book publisher's assets in the digital marketplace and expanding internationally. more » Calling it the first digital product to be produced from the recent partnership between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft, B&N has released the Nook for Windows 8 app, a free e-book reader and book buying app designed to run on Windows 8 personal computers and tablets. more » According to a report in Arkansas Business, 22-year-old Grant Hill of Mountain Home, Ark., is working to secure a $35,000 loan to purchase the store. Although the closing was to have taken place this week, it has been postponed. more »
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 » » Simon & Schuster is bumping up, and spicing up, its forthcoming David Petraeus book. Fred Kaplan's The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War is now set for January 2, with a new postscript about the former CIA chief's recent resignation. It was planned for January 15. more » »  No Sales Boom for Petraeus Book According to Nielsen BookScan, Paula Broadwell's All In sold 74 copies for the week ending November 11. The Petraeus affair story broke on Friday, November 9, meaning the sales are only representative for the first few days after the news. The book, published by Penguin Press in January, will release a paperback on December 24. To date, the hardcover has sold 22,000 copies. The current week's sales were triple the week previous. more » »  Indie Comics End Year on a High Note With Brooklyn Fest The year's strong slate of independent comics arts festivals ended with Saturday's Brooklyn Comics and Graphic festival, held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg and at satellite events around Brooklyn. While the show is free to attend and doesn't keep any kind of attendance numbers, it was clear that from the opening at 11 a.m. the show was packed, with tables thronged by people eager to buy limited edition comics and prints. more » »  Canadian Governor General's Literary Award Winners Named Winners of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards were announced yesterday, including authors Linda Spalding for English-language fiction and Ross King for English-language nonfiction. more » » CourseSmart, the digital textbook and course materials platform, is expanding access to its educational content and e-commerce platform to selected countries in the Middle East and Africa. Prices will be in pound sterling initially with plans to explore local pricing in local currencies. more » »
Bookstore Starts First Edition Book Club: For $500 a year, you can get one signed first edition book per month. 'Anna Karenina' Reviews: Check out what critics are saying. Jack Gilbert Dies at 87: Here is a piece on the poet, published just before his death. Kindle in China?: According to QQ Tech Report, a source close to Amazon China said the online retailer could begin shipping directly to customers in China as early as this month. 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.
 Authors on the Air November 14, 2012: Jon Meacham Jon Meacham will be on The Daily Show for Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Random House, 978-1400067664). more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Great Fake Endings to Books Some are better than the real thing. more » Barbara Vey More Christmas Blurbs After seeing my first snowfall of this season, I know it's time for more Christmas books. more » Josie Leavitt No One Gives Me Books Books make great presents, except for booksellers, who seem to never receive them. more » Rose Fox The Demise of Horror is Greatly Exaggerated Is horror "literary enough"? That's the wrong question. more » Adam Boretz Audio Bestsellers: Through 11.4.12 It's déjà vu on this week's audio bestseller list. more »
 Gioio Gives Red Hen KeynoteFormer NEA chairman Dana Gioio presents his keynote during the 18th Annual Red Hen Press Anniversary Celebration at the Westin Hotel in Pasadena on November 11. Other keynotes were Kay Ryan and Jane Smiley. Photo Credit: Jamie Clifford |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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