Indies Post Big Holiday

January 2, 2013

Indie Bookstores Have Big Holiday Sales Despite an economic backdrop filled with talk of a fiscal cliff and no single hot holiday title like last year's Steve Jobs biography, independent booksellers were surprisingly upbeat. more » Asia Pacific Offset and 1010 Printing Group Merge Asia Pacific Offset, Ltd. and 1010 Printing Group Ltd. have announced their merger. The enlarged group will capitalize on existing industry networks of quality suppliers in Hong Kong and China to provide cost effective solutions for publishers worldwide. more » Stephen King Signs Book for Needy Maine Households Stephen King is assisting an effort to sell a rare copy of his book The Regulators to help keep boilers burning this winter in the households of low-income families in the Ellsworth, Maine area. King, who lives with his wife Tabitha in nearby Bangor, Maine, agreed to sign the book, which was donated anonymously by a supporter of the Emmaus Center shelter for the homeless in downtown Ellsworth. The entire proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Center's fuel fund. more » STM Subscription Service Knovel.com Looks to 2013 Knovel.com, an online reference service providing highly technical data primarily used by engineers, is heading into 2013 after a year of growth with plans to offer an improved user experience, new content, new tool sets and services and more fully integrate its database offerings into client networks. more » Today's Job Abrams is seeking an Associate Managing Editor. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Cooper Starts Publishing Consulting Firm Roger Cooper, former publisher of Vanguard Press, The Perseus Books Group is launching his new publishing consulting firm, Roger Cooper Associates. He will be working with publishers and literary agents with e-book programs to acquire digital content, and with business authors and companies to develop print and digital properties. more » » Obituary: Edmund M. Kaufman Edmund M. Kaufman, founder of mystery bookstore "M" is for Mystery in downtown San Mateo, California, died December 20 at the age of 82. more » » THE ROUNDUP Do We Still Need Libraries?: The NYT Debate. 50 Authors Pick Their Favorite Books: Salon: Junot Diaz, Gillian Flynn, and more pick their favorites. Why Tween Boys Love Les Miz: Because Jean Valjean is a superhero. Dickens Statue Goes Against His Wishes: The first statue of Charles Dickens will be unveiled in the city of his birthplace in June - defying wishes in his will for one not to be created. How To Create a Fake Author: This time last year, people were reporting that author and known technophobe Cormac McCarthy was on Twitter. Last month, both Philip Roth and John le Carrè had apparently joined the microblogging service. None of these were real. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air January 2, 2013: Jeremy Dean Jeremy Dean, author of Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 978-0738215983), will be live on NPR’s “Diane Rehm Show” from 11 a.m.-noon EST. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Design for Communites: United Steps, Big Impact As we start a new year, it might appear that the hurdles facing public libraries have never been greater. But there are signs of hope. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Happy New Year It's 2013! As I kid and growing up with the Jetsons, I imagined we'd all be riding around in flying cars and have robots wait on us more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt Happy New Year! I hope 2013 is full of great books that are discovered like magic. more » Genreville Rose Fox Books I Loved in 2012 Fun, deep, tasty SF/F and YA published in 2012. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz Audio Bestsellers: Through 12/23/12 Bill O'Reilly ends 2012 on top. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Uggie Visits Vroman's Uggie made a special appearance at Vroman's Bookstore on Sunday, December 30. He paw print signed his memoir, Uggie: My Story and is seen here posing with Vroman's employees.

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