NBCC Finalists Announced

January 14, 2013

National Book Critics Circle Finalists Announced The 30 finalists in six categories for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. Click through for the full list. more » YUDU Offers Alternative Model For Educational Digital Content Looking to offer publishers an alternative to online retail channels like Amazon, Apple or Barnes & Noble, YUDU is a cloud-based digital publishing platform that provides the tools to create media-rich interactive apps that can be distributed directly to consumers. While YUDU also serves clients in the consumer book and magazine trade, the company is also focused on the education market and the importance of maintaining direct relationships with educational institutions and students. more » New Khaled Hosseini Book To Publish in May 2013 Khaled Hosseini's new novel, And the Mountains Echoed, will be published by Riverhead on May 21, 2013. The author's first book in six years, the Penguin imprint acquired North American rights to the novel from Bob Barnett of Williams & Connolly. Riverhead v-p and executive editor Sarah McGrath will edit. more » Top 10 Bestsellers in 10 Categories Parsing through the top 10 bestsellers of 2012 in a number of major publishing categories reads like a usual suspects list, as a small number of authors filled a large number of spots. The result: 2012's bestseller lists showed relatively little variety, and the phenomenon wasn't just limited to any one category. more » Today's Job SDSHS Press is seeking an Associate Editor. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Karin Slaughter Signs Ten-Book Deal with AudioGO In a major audio deal, AudioGO has signed international bestselling thriller writer Karin Slaughter to an exclusive seven-figure deal for the audio rights to her next 10 thrillers in North America via her representative Victoria Sanders at Victoria Sanders & Associates and Vikki Warner, acquisitions editor at AudioGO. more » » Hyperion Names Pomerance Senior Editor Ruth Pomerance will join Hyperion as senior editor, effective January 28. At Hyperion, Pomerance will focus on the acquisition and development of new stories and author talent that will translate across the Disney/ABC Television Group businesses. more » » NAIBA Sets 2013 Trade Show Dates The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association will hold its 2013 fall trade show in New Jersey again this year. But it will be farther north than usual at the Somerset Doubletree in Somerset from September 30 through October 2. The new location is close to Amtrak's New Brunswick Station, New Jersey Transit, and Newark Airport. The show will return to the Washington, D.C. suburbs and the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in 2014. more » » Job Moves: January 14, 2013 David Zielonka has left his position as EDP director McGraw-Hill Education and is now available for consulting and related positions in the publishing community. For more information refer to LinkedIn, or he can be contacted directly at dzielonka@gmail.com and 415-580-5940. Brad Parsons has been hired for the new position of director of culinary marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, starting January 28. He was previously associate director, online marketing at Grand Central Publishing and had been senior books editor at Amazon. more » » THE ROUNDUP iPhone Demand Slowing?: Apple Inc stock declined to the lowest price in almost a year after the Nikkei newswire reported that the company curbed iPhone production on weak demand. Digital Reading Rises Among Children: Digital reading is rising fast among children ages 6 to 17, but this is not necessarily translating into a greater desire to read, according to a report released on Monday by Scholastic. Patricia Cornwell Sues Managers: Cornwell, a wildly successful author through her novels about Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is suing her former financial management firm and business manager for negligence and breach of contract, claiming they cost her and her company millions in investment losses and unaccounted for revenues during their 4½-year relationship. 22-Year-Old Buys Bookstore: That Bookstore In Blytheville is now under new ownership, and that owner is looking to put his passion for the book world to work in making the shop a "destination" spot in the community. The First Bookless Library: The library hopes to secure at least $250,000 to acquire the first 10,000 titles. There will also be 100 e-readers available for checkout. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air January 14, 2013: Larry and Sarah Maynard, Ken Linder, Jon Clinch, Susan Carlton, Donna Pincus Larry and Sarah Maynard will be on Dr. Phil for The Girl in the Leaves (Berkley, 9780425258823). Ken Linder will be on Bloomberg News for Your Killer Emotions: The 7 Steps to Mastering the Toxic Emotions, Urges, and Impulses That Sabotage You (Greenleaf, 978-1608323807). The Literary New England Radio Show will have Jon Clinch, author of The Thief of Auschwitz (CreateSpace, 978-1479236664); Susan Carlton, author of Love and Haight (Holt, 978-0805080971); Donna Pincus, author of Growing Up Brave (Little, Brown, 978-0316125604). More information here. more » » BLOGS 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 » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Florida Romance Writers I guess when a group offers to pick you up at 7 a.m. for a 2 hour drive just to have you give a one hour workshop, one should be flattered. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt Award Guesses Contemplating the possible winners for this month's ALA Youth Media Awards. more » Genreville Rose Fox Books I Loved in 2012 Fun, deep, tasty SF/F and YA published in 2012. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz Now Playing: Death of a Cozy Writer A cozy listen for the long winter. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Scoundrels at Mysterious Galaxy Author Timothy Zahn (top row, center) and members of the local 501st Legion pose outside Mysterious Galaxy's San Diego location at last week''s Star Wars: Scoundrels event.	Of Note Premier Digital in Deal with Ingram Start-up print and e-book publisher Premier Digital Publishing has entered into a strategic alliance with Ingram Content Group, for the management and distribution of its print and digital content that it will start releasing this month. more »

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