March 4, 2013
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| New Owner for The Book Stall PW's Bookstore of the Year for 2012, The Book Stall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka, Ill., is about to change hands. Late last week long-time owner Roberta Rubin signed a letter of intent with 48-year-old Stephanie Hochschild, who will officially take over the store on June 1. Although Winnetka-resident Hochschild had no bookselling experience when she first approached Rubin about buying the store last summer, she quickly gained it over the fall. Hochschild worked at The Book Stall from October through early December. She also attended this year's Winter Institute. more »  Grey House Publishing will become the publisher of the print editions of the H.W. Wilson product line under a new exclusive license between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Grey House. Grey House will maintain the publishing schedule of the Wilson list, under a joint imprint, beginning April 1. Sales of the list will be supported by Wilson/Grey House in-house sales team, library jobbers and indie rep groups. more »  Interest in the Oscars and the books that many were based on garnered lots of buzz on social media in February, but it was the murder of Chris Kyle, author of American Sniper, that put that title atop CoverCake's most-talked-about books in social media last month. CoverCake's v-p of client services Jeff Costello noted that a large percentage of comments on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere about the death of Kyle mentioned Sniper, which drove the title to the top of the list. more » Coffee House Press announced Friday that it is adding essay collections and creative nonfiction to its publishing program. The Minneapolis nonprofit, founded in 1984, is renowned for its literary fiction and poetry lists, including National Book Award finalist for poetry, Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith (2008) and for fiction, I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita (2010). more »
 'Binder-Man' Makes HCI Debut Health Communications, Inc. (HCI), the original publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise, has long been a producer of inspirational and self-help books. Their latest publication, The Adventures of Binder-Man, is as a collection of true stories illustrating how "small choices made each day can create joy, meaning, and lasting change." The company has announced a 35,000-copy first printing for this month. more » » Jennifer Lyell has been promoted to trade book publisher at B&H Publishing Group. more » » Online Pub Date: April 22 Deadline: March 18 Needed: For our true crime feature, we are focusing on unjust convictions and gaps in the justice system, as well as the 125th anniversary of the Jack the Ripper murders. Please send title info and related PR materials for relevant books to Samuel Slaton at SSlaton@publishersweekly.com. As noted, the deadline for information is March 18. MORE » »
German Book Retailers Face Amazon: German book retailers have teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to produce their own e-reader to challenge the dominance of Amazon.com in the growing market for digital books. Holocaust Survivor Pens Memoir: One of the youngest Holocaust survivors saved by Oskar Schindler has a book deal, for a manuscript completed shortly before he died. The Curse of "You May Also Like": Algorithms and "big data" are good at figuring out what we like—and that may kill creativity. Dymocks Exits E-book Publishing: Dymocks is shutting its publishing venture at the end of the month after just 15 months in the business. Rem Koolhass Goes Back to the Library : The team behind the Seattle Central Library will design the National Library in Qatar.
 Authors on the Air March 4, 2013: Richard Russo, Nancy Bilyeau, G. Bruce Knecht On the Literary New England Radio Show airing at 8pm on BlogTalk Radio, Richard Russo will be on for Nate in Venice (Byliner, B00B5LB2NC) and Nancy Bilyeau will talk about The Chalice (Touchstone, 978-1476708652). More information here. G. Bruce Knecht will be on Fox & Friends on Mach 5 for Grand Ambition: An Extraordinary Yacht, the People who Built It, and the Millionaire who Can't Afford It (Simon & Schuster, 978-1416576006). more » »
PWxyz Blog Matthew White The 10 Most Memorable Superhero Deaths Robin has died...again. What other superheroes have met memorable demises? more » Barbara Vey Anniversary Party Postponed I’m sorry to tell you that the Anniversary Bash has been postponed but only for a week. My thanks to all the authors and others who sent things in and we will be giving them all away next week. There’s some great party planned and we’ll be jetting off to exotic places so come back [...] more » Josie Leavitt One Happy Bookcase Finally getting a bookcase just for galleys has revolutionized our store's back room. more » Rose Fox A Dream Come True An anthology of speculative historical fiction revealing the voices of silenced dreamers. more »
 Patterson and Wade Team UpJames Patterson and Dwyane Wade will team up for a national online webcast for kids across the country called "One on One: Fundamentals with Dwyane Wade and James Patterson," which is meant to emphasize the importance of reading for children. It will air on April 25 at 1pm, free of charge to schools, libraries and for home viewing via www.JamesPattersonEvents.com. |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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