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 Andrew Weber Named to Top Post at Macmillan Andrew Weber has been named global trade chief operating officer at Macmillan. Weber is joining Macmillan from Bonobos.com (the online commerce Web site that specializes in men's clothing), where he was v-p of operations. Before Bonobos he spent 16 years at Random House, where his last position was senior v-p of operations and technology. Weber is taking on many of the duties of Brian Napack, who stepped down as president of Macmillan in December 2011; he will be reporting to John Sargent. more »  Just before Christmas, ReaderLink signed an agreement with Berlin-based txtr to be the exclusive partner of its e-book solution in the U.S. to its large retail clients and to indies. more »  Lerner Publishing Group announced Monday that Patricia Stockland, editorial director of the Lerner Publications imprint, has been named the company's editor-in chief. She replaces Mary Rodgers, who left LPG in November. LPG is also closing its New York City office at the end of this month when it moves its Graphic Universe imprint to Minneapolis. more » Macmillan has reached an agreement with Entangled Publishing to handle global distribution for the digital publishing house, beginning February 1. Macmillan will distribute English language e-books of Entangled's new publications in all domestic and international markets where Macmillan currently does business and for all platforms. Entangled has also signed with Macmillan's St. Martin's Press division to launch a new joint venture imprint known as St. Martin's/Entangled which will bring into print a select number of Entangled's digital first titles. more »
Abrams Releasing Anniversary JFK Book On the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, Abrams is going to publish The Kennedy Years. The book, which will chronicle JFK's presidency, will feature original reporting and photographs from the archives of The New York Times, along with new essays from Times contributors. At Abrams, David Cashion brokered the deal for the book, which is scheduled for fall 2013, with Alex Ward at the Times. more » » Dan Balow has joined Barbour Publishing as v-p of business development/publisher, reporting to George Kourkounakis, who is executive v-p of the Christian publishing house. Balow was most recently publisher for e-Christian, Inc. and before that held executive roles at Tyndale House. more » » Officials from the the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers say they've received a record number of entries for this year's Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Awards. And, this year, those interested in the judging process can get "sneak peeks" into the the judging, which takes place in New York, via Twitter. more » » Robbin Reynolds, who retired from Workman Publishing as general manager in 1996, died on December 19, in Essex, Conn. Before joining Workman she was a senior editor at Harper & Row where she published such best sellers as In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies, by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman. At Workman, Reynolds was instrumental in computerizing the office and implementing electronic ordering. more » »
McGraw-Hill to Debut Adaptive E-books: Expanding upon student learning behavior collected from McGraw-Hill's existing suite of educational software, the SmartBook promises to adapt textbook material to suit the paces and grasp of individual learners. Sendak Illustrations Go Up for Auction: The art will be sold along with pieces by Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Charles M. Schulz and others. Book Club Spying: At The Millions. Edwardsville Bookstore Seeks Relocation: Faced with competition from e-books and e-readers like Kindles and Nooks, owner LuAnn Locke, 45, is looking for a new location and a new look for her four-year-old bookstore. Another Reno Bookstore Closes: Zephyr Books will close in June.
 Authors on the Air January 8, 2013: Lisa Lillien, Ian K. Smith Lisa Lillien will be on The View on January 9 for Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786). Ian K. Smith, author of Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes (St. Martin's Press, 978-1250035868), will be on Anderson Cooper Live. more » »
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Digital Lending, In Agreement At last, a straightforward and civil agreement between publishers and libraries. more » Barbara Vey Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event Books come in all shapes, forms and genres. We all have our preferences, but I've always believed there is a reader somewhere for every book. more » Josie Leavitt Wishes for the New Year A bookseller's list of wishes and goals for the new year. more » Rose Fox Books I Loved in 2012 Fun, deep, tasty SF/F and YA published in 2012. more » Adam Boretz The 2012 Listen-Up Awards And the Listen-Up Award for Audiobook of the Year goes to... more »
 McChrystal and Bloomberg MeetGeneral Stanley McChrystal hands a copy of his new book My Share of the Task to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the green room of MSNBC's Morning Joe. |   
Tracking Amazon: Dieting Books Dominate Top 10 One week into 2013, it looks as if people are sticking to their New Year's resolutions, as four of the top 10 print books selling at Amazon were dieting books. The Plan by Lyn-Genet Recitas (#2), Shred by Ian K. Smith (#4), Wheat Belly Cookbook by William Davis (#9), and Fat Chance by Robert H. Lustig, all made the top of the chart, though Robert Jordan's A Memory of Light was #1 overall on its publication day. more » Amazon continues to grow its number of distribution centers, announcing plans to open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Robbinsville, N.J. in early 2014. more » Apple has reported that people have downloaded more than 40 billion apps on the iPhone, iPad and the iPod Touch, nearly half of them in 2012. In December, record downloads were reported to the tune of 2 billion apps for the month. Apple said it has paid app developers more than $7 billion. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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