Image Has First Pope Book

March 14, 2013

Image to Release Book on New Pope in April Image Books is the first to announce a new book on Pope Francis, set to be published April 30. The as yet untitled book will be written by Robert Moynihan, founder and editor of Inside the Vatican, a monthly Catholic news magazine based in Rome. The hardcover book promises a look at the spiritual vision and teachings of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, the prelate elected pope by his fellow cardinals. more » Succession: Selling a Bookstore The New England Independent Booksellers Association couldn't have chosen better timing for the workshop on "Planning Your Bookstore's Next Chapter," just one day after nine-year-old Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass., announced that was putting itself up for sale. Close to 40 booksellers attended the workshop and most indicated that they would like to sell their stores, or their interest in a multi-owner store, within the next three to five years—some even sooner. more » Apple CEO Tim Cook to Be Deposed in E-Book Price-Fixing Case After a teleconference yesterday, Judge Denise Cote issued an order compelling Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit for a deposition with U.S. attorney questions. more » 'PW' and 'BookBrunch' Together Again for 'London Show Daily' Publishers Weekly and BookBrunch are teaming up again to publish live, on-the-floor coverage of the 2013 London Book Fair set to run April 15-17. Three print issues of London Show Daily will be produced by the team of PW and BB editors. To submit editorial pitches e-mail Jim Milliot in New York at jmilliot@publishersweekly.com or Liz Thomson in London at editor@bookbrunch.co.uk. Advertising inquiries should be directed to Joe Murray at jmurray@publishersweekly.com. more » Amazon Kindle Fire 8.9" Price Drops, Goes on Sale in Europe and Japan With the expansion of Kindle Fire HD 8.9" to Europe and Japan, the price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9" in the U.S. has been reduced, with the Wi-Fi version now starting at $269 and the 4G version starting at $399. MORE » Today's Job Scholastic is seeking a Senior Editor, Non-fiction Trade. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Make That Thing Offers Kickstarter Fulfillment and Management If you follow news surrounding crowdfunding, you'll likely have heard a story or two about a project getting funded and the creators getting absolutely overwhelmed trying to fulfill orders for several thousand people. There's a new company, Make That Thing, which aims to help creators navigate the crowdfunding scene and fulfill those pledge orders. more » » University Press of Florida Buys Seaside Publishing University Press of Florida (UPF) acquired Florida-based Seaside Publishing, known for over two decades of publishing cook and travel books such as Terry Tomalin's Everyday Adventures and Janet Keeler's Cookielicious. In the deal, UPF bought 25 of Seaside's existing titles and plans to use the Seaside imprint to create general interest titles for the gift market. more » » The Literature Prize Renamed the Folio Prize The Literature Prize has become the Folio Prize following the news that its sponsor, providing a winner's check of £40,000, is the Folio Society. more » » Bookmasters Partners with Classroom Library Co. on K-12 St. Louis-based Classroom Library Company, which publishes and distributes educational media associated with the Common Core Standards, signed an agreement to sell Bookmasters's lines of educational and children's books into the K-12 school market. It will begin with Express Publishing's English Language Learning products and Stephen Cosgrove's Serendipity children's series, published by Heritage Builders. more » » Job Moves: March 14, 2013 Rachael Rakes has been appointed marketing manager at Verso Books. She has held previous positions managing the marketing and publicity departments at the Feminist Press and AK Press. Patti Pirooz has been promoted to publisher at Penguin Audio. She started at Penguin in 1999 as audio manager and helped merge the Penguin and Putnam Berkley audio divisions into Penguin Audio. more » » THE ROUNDUP A Note on Nerdfighters: In her article about transgender teens, Margaret Talbot quotes Annette Bening and Warren Beatty's son Stephen calling himself, among other things, a "nerd fighter." Has Virago Changed Publishing Attitudes?: It's 40 years since Virago Books was set up to celebrate the work of female writers. So how successful has it been in opening up the way for more women authors? Word Up Targets Spring Reopen: Word Up Community Book Shop, an all-volunteer bookstore that closed its doors last summer, is closing in on a Washington Heights location with the hope of reopening before the end of the spring. Literary Rediscoveries in Vogue: From Paula Fox to Richard Yates. Now: Barbara Pym. Why Gulliver Is Still Important: The Guardian: Jonathan Swift's satires of science and criticisms of Isaac Newton are full of 18th-century politics, yet offer some lessons that remain valid today. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air March 14, 2013: Carol Dyhouse on PW Radio On PW Radio, Carol Dyhouse tells us about her book Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women (Zed Books, 978-1780324937), and then PW editors Jonathan Segura and Calvin Reid call us with a report from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Listen at 3 pm on Sirius XM channel 80. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash This Is the Worst Book Cover Ever Where Stephen King and hairspray meet. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Anniversary Bash 6: Inspirational, YA, Nonfiction Today we are getting out of the big city and moving to the beautiful Caribbean beach. more » ShelfTalker Elizabeth Bluemle What Do We Tell Them About Poetry? Help metrophobes rediscover the joy of poetry with these new releases. more » Genreville Rose Fox Random House Relents Alibi and Hydra will give authors a choice of contracts. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Newman Celebrates Still Points North Oprah.com deputy editor Leigh Newman celebrated the publication of her memoir, Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-Up World, One Long Journey Home (Dial) on Tuesday night in Manhattan. Newman (center) is pictured here with her editor, Random House senior editor Jennifer Smith, and her agent, Richard Pine.	Of Note Consortium Announces New Publishers for Distribution Consortium has announced six new publishers for the fall 2013 season: And Other Stories, Curbside Splendor Publishing, Gallic Books, GILES, Koyama Press, and Stockholm Text. Consortium begins representing these publishers on June 1, with the exception of Koyama Press and Stockholm Text's eBooks, both of which it will begin representing on April 1. more » Watkins Wins Story Prize Claire Vaye Watkins was the winner of this year's Story Prize, awarded to the best short story collection of 2012. Battleborn, a collection of 10 short stories set in the American West in the past and present, was published by Riverhead. more »

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