January 31, 2013
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| U.S. Attorneys May Weigh in On GSU E-Reserves Case In a brief filed last week in the Georgia State e-reserves case, U.S. attorneys asked for a 21-day extension "in which to file any amicus brief in support of appellants, or in support of neither party." However, in a hint as to how the parties feel the government filing will go, the brief states that the Plaintiffs/Appellants—that is, the publishers—have consented to the government's request, while the GSU Defendants/Appellees do not consent, and could oppose U.S. participation. more »  Colin Harrison has been promoted to v-p and editor-in-chief at Scribner. Harrison, who was a senior editor, has been at the Simon & Schuster imprint for 11 years. more »   DMI to Shut Down Digital Manga Direct Digital Manga Inc., a California-based manga publishers specializing in the yaoi genre and digital delivery, will close Digital Manga Direct, its wholesale division. The move follows DMI's announcement in November that it is suspending all of its print publication until June 2013, while continuing to offer digital editions of its publishing list. more » Follett has announced includED, a new program that will provide students with all required course materials as part of tuition or fees. The model has been gaining momentum as the cost of higher education continues to rise and students struggle to pay for their materials, or even go without. more »
Cambridge's Lorem Ipsum Could Close This Weekend In November the founder of used bookstore Lorem Ipsum in Cambridge, Mass., posted a note on Hacker News asking if anyway knew of a hacker who wanted to buy a bookstore. Last weekend the search for a new owner or partner to further integrate a physical bookstore with technology took on added urgency when the store's landlord threatened to terminate the lease on February 1. The store immediately turned to Indiegogo and has until the end of today to raise $29,000. more » »  Niffenegger to Do Ballet Tie-In for New Novel Audrey Niffenegger is putting her dancing shoes on. The bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife has scored an unsual tie-in for her forthcoming work, Raven Girl, involving London's Royal Ballet in the publication. more » » Minnesota Historical Society Press has launched a new digital imprint of short form e-books called MHS Express, which will include essays on regional topics, as well as excerpts from recent or forthcoming releases and original e-book shorts. more » » Issue: March 4 Deadline: February 15 Needed: To be considered for inclusion in our annual look at fast-growing small publishers, presses with net sales of between $2 million and $10 million should submit net sales for 2010--2012, number of employees in those years as well as the number of new titles released. Sales will be kept confidential. A brief description on the reasons behind the growth, as well as your e-book experience, should be included. E-mail responses to Jim Milliot at jmilliot@publishersweekly.com; phone 212-377-5705. MORE » » Hannah Rahill will leave Weldon Owen Publishing after 18 years as its food and drink publisher to explore new opportunities. Rahill worked on developing the cookbook publishing program and contributed to the publication of over 300 titles. Executive editor Jennifer Newens and associate publisher Amy Marr will now oversee food and drink. Scott Parris will join the editorial team at Oxford University Press USA as executive editor for economics. He has spent two decades as executive editor for economics at Cambridge University Press. more » »
Newspapers & the Plague: What they have to do with each other. Bring Back Shushing Librarians: Salon: Library users plead for quiet places to read, write and study — but is anybody listening? Traditional vs. Self-Publishing: Pros and cons. Fitzgerald's Baltimore House on Sale: F. Scott Fitzgerald's town house at 1307 Park Ave. in Baltimore is up for sale. For $450,000, it could be yours. Insulting Covers for Classic Books: Including "The Bell Jar" and lots of Jane Austen.
 Authors on the Air January 31, 2013: Matthew Guerrieri Matthew Guerrieri, who recently wrote a feature for PW for his book The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination, will be on The Colbert Report. more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash The 10 Most Notorious Parts of Famous Books The most controversial and challenging passages from great books. more » Barbara Vey WW Ladies Book Club The WW ladies on some great books to read this winter. more » Elizabeth Bluemle A Little Braggin’ Recent starred reviews and awards made me think about how much my Vermont College classmates have achieved in ten years. more » Rose Fox Link Roundup The World SF Travel Fund, nominating for the Hugos, and more. more » Adam Boretz Behind the Audio: Truth In Advertising Robert Petkoff talks about recording John Kenney's novel. more »
 Maberry at ALAJonathan Maberry was at an ALA signing event this past weekend in Seattle. He was attending the convention representing the Horror Writers Association and is seen holding Limbus, Inc., a shared world anthology that will be published later this spring from JournalStone Publishing. |    
Dryden Joins Month9Books Advisory Board Emma D. Dryden, founder of drydenbks LLC and former v-p, publisher at Simon & Schuster, has joined Month9Books, a publisher of speculative fiction for teens and tweens, as an advisor to publisher Georgia McBride. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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