December 17, 2012
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| Macmillan Allowing Limited E-book Discounting While it continues to fight the Department of Justice's e-book price-fixing charges in court, Macmillan has quietly started offering retailers some flexibility to discount certain titles. In recent months, Macmillan began to allow their agents to discount e-books that are priced at $13.99 and above by up to 10% of the digital list price on a title by title basis. more »  Apple's iBookstore has released its "Best of" listings for 2012 including a listing of the top selling e-books of 2012. Here's a listing of the top ten paid fiction and nonfiction titles, paid audiobooks and top 10 free e-books at the iBookstore. more »  Amazon has announced its top 10 bestselling books of 2012 overall (print and Kindle combined), as well as the top 10 books for kids and teens. more » Paragon Software Group, a developer of multi-platform dictionary and reference applications for mobile devices and computers, has identified the 12 most important mobile reference applications trends for 2013 based on sales and customer feedback for 2012. more »
(Advertisement) Attention All Retailers and Wholesalers A special retail promotion for Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-Up Adventure from Scholastic. Click here for more information. » Adventure Publications, which has been focused on regional, nature and outdoor guides for almost 25 years, is launching a new line of mystery fiction titles. The mysteries--they will initially will be set in the Midwest, Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, and Rocky Mountain regions--will target both mystery fans and outdoor enthusiasts by featuring outdoor/wilderness settings and themes. Four titles for adults will be published in both hardcover and e-book in 2013, with Minneapolis-area mystery writer Pat Dennis in charge of acquisitions. more » » Kurt Beals has won the first ever German Book Office translation competition, giving him a $600 commission to translate the first 15 pages of Nora Bossong's novel Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung into English. The book's German publisher, Hanser Verlag, will send Beals's translation out to U.S. publishing house in the hopes of it getting acquired. more » » At Hyperion, Betsy Hulsebosch has been appointed publicity manager, and Georgia Morrissey has been appointed art director. Philip Rafshoon is now AJC Decatur Book Festival program director. He was former owner of Atlanta's Outwrite Bookstore. more » »
Self-Publishing Attracts Elder Authors: "You can be a big shot for a few hundred dollars," joked Robert Levinson, 87, a senior development officer at Lynn University in Boca Raton, who previously was CEO of the nation's largest steel door manufacturing firm. China Investigating Amazon's Business: The General Administration of Press and Publication of China is looking into whether the U.S. company flouted local laws by piggybacking on the sales license of its Chinese partner, Chineseall.com. A Literary Tour of Manhattan: The NY Times visits the most literary spots in the city. Martha Kearney Is a Booker Judge: BBC broadcaster Martha Kearney is among the judges for the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Rushdie Defends 'Patsy' Comment: "It is not for Pankaj Mishra to tell me not to criticise the literature laureate," writes Satanic Verses author in letter to the Guardian.
 Authors on the Air December 17, 2012: Anne Lamott Anne Lamott will be on Tavis Talks for Help, Thanks, Wow (Riverhead, 978-1594631290). more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Unsubscribing to the Library Thus far, no general trade book subscription effort has broken the market, but that doesn't mean it won't happen. more » Barbara Vey Heather Graham’s Writers for New Orleans I've never gone to a writer's conference in December, but if you want to attend one in an amazing city, head to New Orleans more » Josie Leavitt Wrapping it Up I must confess something. I don't really like wrapping books. more » Rose Fox Link Roundup Grand Masters, cover poses, and the Forever War. more » Adam Boretz AudioGO Hosts Kitchen Round Table Lunch Lunch is on AudioGO... more »
 Cook Wins Washington Institute PrizeSteven A. Cook (left), author of The Struggle for Egypt and senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, and Robert Satloff, executive director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, celebrate Cook being awarded the gold medal in The Washington Institute's 2012 Book Prize competition last week. |    
IBPA Selects MetaComet The Independent Book Publishers Association selected MetaComet Systems as an approved member benefit provider. IBPA members now qualify for special discounts and benefits on MetaComet Systems' royalty management software. "We are pleased to offer our members a discount on MetaComet's services and add MetaComet to the many money-saving goods and services available to IBPA members." says Florrie Binford Kichler, IBPA president. more » The Saturday Evening Post has named Lucy Jane Bledsoe as the winner of the first Great American Fiction Contest for her story "Wolf." The story will be published in the January/February 2013 issue of The Saturday Evening Post and on the magazine's Web site. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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