January 16, 2013
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| Inkling Turns Web Searches into New Storefront For Digital Books In a development that aims to raise the level of book discoverability while also offering an "end run" around Amazon.com, Inkling, a software developer specializing in creating multimedia content for the iPad, is launching the Inkling Content Discovery Platform, a way of structuring Inkling content that can be indexed by Google and link Web searches directly to enriched and saleable content within a book. Inkling CEO and founder Matt MacInnis will debut the ICDP technology at the Digital Book World conference in New York on Thursday. more »  The growing complexity of the children's digital market was parsed by industry experts at the Publishers Launch Conference in New York on January 15, as panelists and speakers agreed that the transition from print to digital will not be a clean, easy movement and that things are still very much in the experimentation stage. more » Jamie Raab has been promoted to president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing. Raab has been with GCP (and Warner Books before that) for 25 years and has headed GCP as executive v-p and publisher. In announcing the promotion, Hachette Book Group CEO David Young called Raab "a brave and brilliant publisher, a trusted leader in the company, and an impassioned champion of authors." more »  Cascardi Joins Egmont USA; Law to Leave Company Egmont USA has appointed Andrea Cascardi to the new combined role of managing director and publisher, replacing Elizabeth Law, effective immediately. Cascardi joins Egmont USA from the Transatlantic Literary Agency; previously she worked at Disney Publishing, Kingfisher USA, and the Knopf and Crown imprints at Random House Children's Books. Law was Egmont USA's originating publisher, and is leaving the company after five years. more » Sales of erotic books have surged in the wake of E.L. James' Fifty Shades success, but does Marie Calloway's forthcoming Tyrant release What Purpose Did I Serve in Your Life cross a line? For printer Sterling Pierce, the answer is apparently yes. Gearing up for a June publication, Tyrant publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano this week received word that the printer has refused the job "due to the content." more »
 Skyhorse Starts New Imprint Skyhorse Publishing has launched a new imprint called Gary Null Publishing that will feature health and wellness titles. The line is named after bestselling author Gary Null, and is being done in partnership with Null's company, Null & Associates. more » »  TheWriteDeal, a year-old e-book publisher and distributor started by New York City-based editors and authors, launched its e-Leaf Store for e-content this week. Senior editor Irene Schneider describes e-leafs as "digital missives from writers directly to their readers." E-leafs range from serialized excerpts to fuller works in both English and Spanish in a variety of categories, with prices ranging from free to $7.99. more » » The International Publishers Association and the London Book Fair (LBF) announced the program for the first IPA International Education Conference, a one day event that will run alongside LBF on April 17, 2013. The result of a new partnership, the first program will include a keynote address from Andreas Schleicher, and talks from World Bank's Michael Trucano, Reed Elsevier's Y.S. Chi. more » » Mystery Writers of America has announced the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards nominees, to be presented on May 2 in New York. Among the nominees are Gillian Flynn, Dennis Lehane, and Walter Mosley, all nominated for Best Novel. For a full list of the nominees, check out the Edgars Web site. more » » Tina Andreadis has been promoted to senior v-p, publicity at Harper, where she's been since 2005. Also at the company, Maya Ziv has been promoted to editor. She came to Harper in 2008 from Brandt & Hochman Literary Agency. Atria Books has made the following promotions in the publicity department: Yona Deshommes is now senior publicity manager; Mellony Torres is now publicity manager; Ariele Fredman is now senior publicist. more » »
I Am Named in a Terrible Book: "I let an author stay in my house and he published ridiculous things about me." Bezos: 'I Never Expected This': Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says he's surprised by Amazon's success. Apple, Amazon Ordered To Try Settlement: A judge has ordered Apple and Amazon to meet to try to work out an agreement about whether "app store" is a generic term before the case goes to court. Amazon Drives Seattle Office Surge: NY Times: If the strength of Seattle's office market could be chalked up to one company, it would be Amazon. Hitchens Faces Posthumous 'Prosecution': 'Unhitched' by Richard Seymour is highly critical of left-wing firebrand who became George W Bush's 'amanuensis.'
 Authors on the Air January 16, 2013: Dari Alexander Dari Alexander, author of The Quick & Clean Diet: Lose the Weight, Feel Great, and Stay Lean for Life (Globe Pequot/Skirt!, 978-0-7627-8172-0), will be on Anderson Live and the Joan Hamburg Show, and on January 17, will be on Dr. Oz. more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Reading a Story, Taking a Trip Geo-locational AR apps may present the opportunity to create narratives that can scatter stories across time and place. more » Barbara Vey Cover Shoot, Anyone? I totally forgot about watching Harlequin on The Bachelor last night, but luckily author Nancy Naigle was there to pick up the slack for me. more » Josie Leavitt Bookstore as a Resource There are many ways bookstores help customers, and often it has nothing to do with books. more » Rose Fox Scary Numbers Did you buy fewer print books in 2012 than in 2011? more » Adam Boretz Audio Bestsellers: Through 01/06/13 New titles shake up PW's audio bestseller list. more »
 Jazz at B&NEarlier this week at the Barnes & Noble on 82nd Street and Broadway, jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli held a reading and signing for his book World on a String: A Musical Memoir (Wiley). Pictured, from left: co-author Joseph Cosgriff, Pizzarelli, and agent for the authors, Doug Grad. Photo Credit: Steven Freeman |    
Wiley Signs with RoyaltyShare John Wiley has signed an agreement with RoyaltyShare to use the company's Digital Advantage for eBooks program to automate the processing and management of Wiley's worldwide e-book revenue. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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