March 13, 2013
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| January Bookstore Sales Rose 5.5% Preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that bookstore sales increased 5.5% in January, to $2.13 billion. Sales for the entire retail segment rose 6.1% in the month. more »  How complicated and costly is the Department of Justice's price-fixing suit? According to an exchange of letters over whether Apple CEO Tim Cook will be deposed, Apple attorneys note that it has produced over 3.6 million pages of documents for the case, while the publisher defendants have produced nearly five million pages. In addition, at least 29 witnesses have sat for depositions. more »  Peter Cohen, most recently CEO of Pearson School, has been named president of McGraw-Hill School Education Group, a division of the company that serves both the PreK-12 and assessment markets. Cohen will replace McGraw-Hill School Education president Dan Caton, who recently announced his retirement after 43 years in the education industry. more »  SXSW 2013: Napster Founders Talk Digital Future In one of the "big think" panels that took place on the last day of SXSW Interactive, the two Sean's behind Napster--that would be Fanning and Parker--spoke with other thinkers and entrepreneurs about where they see the future headed, touching on concepts ranging from online community to potential models that allow artists to reach their fans, while still being compensated. more » Multimedia publisher The Taunton Press and Italian publisher De Agostini have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement in which Taunton will publish all Academia Barilla printed matter in North America. This partnership will include both the distribution and publishing of editorial content from Academia Barilla. more »
 AWP Looks at Picture Book Writers in a Digital Age It's no longer just fiction or YA that is facing the pressure to go digital. Picture books, once thought to be immune from the digital fray, are undergoing a transformation of their own. This makes the "Picture Book Writers in an E-Book and App Era" panel at last week's AWP Bookfair in Boston particularly timely. more » » In an interesting twist in the college textbook market, Wiley this week announced a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax College, an initiative to provide free, open textbooks. Under the deal, Wiley will deliver content from OpenStax College's two new biology textbooks via its WileyPLUS platform along. more » » American West Books, one of the primary distributors of titles into Costco, Sam's Club, Whole Foods, and other retailers, has merged with Utah-based publishing company Familius, which will relocate to the AWB headquarters in Sanger, Calif. Joshua Mettee will continue in his role as president of AWB, but Christopher Robbins will take over as CEO while remaining president of Familius. more » » Simon & Schuster has entered into an agreement with Good Books for the sales, distribution and fulfillment in the United States, Canada and open market of all of its frontlist and backlist titles. The agreement is effective June 1. more » » Edward Necarsulmer IV and Eleanor Jackson have joined Dunow, Carlson and Lerner Literary Agency as agents. Tricia Martin has joined New Shelves Publishing Services as customer services manager. Jeffrey Yamaguchi has been named to the newly created role of director of digital marketing at Abrams. Also at Abrams, Veronica Wasserman has been promoted to associate director, marketing operations, licenses, and brands; Nancy Lambert has been promoted to senior marketing manager; Ellie Levine has been promoted to marketing manager and social media specialist; Maya Bradford has been promoted to associate publicist; Nico Cassanetti has been promoted to marketing coordinator; Laura Mihalick has been promoted to associate manager in children's; Morgan Dublin has been promoted to publicity and marketing associate in children's. more » »
B&N Argues It Didn't Violate Patents: Barnes & Noble sued Alcatel-Lucent in July 2010, seeking a ruling that it hasn't infringed patents registered by the telecommunications company, which had warned of possible legal action. HC Sued by Former Death Row Prisoner: Nick Yarris, who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for murder, has sued his publisher over his abandoned life story. Two Penn. Indies Close: Book Swap in Edwardsville and its sister store in Scranton are closing at the end of the month. Women's Fiction Prize Longlist: Formerly the Orange Prize, check out the 20 nominees. Philip Roth Unmasked: Inside the new documentary. 
 Authors on the Air March 13, 2013: Jamie Quarto, Jessica Alba Jamie Quarto will be in conversation with Jill McCorkle on The Leonard Lopate Show for his book I Want to Show You More (Grove Press, 978-0802120755). After the segment airs, listen here. On March 14, Jessica Alba will be on Katie for The Honest Life (Rodale, 978-1609619114). more » »
PWxyz Blog PWStaff 100 Years, 94 Books: ‘Seventeen’ by Booth Tarkington (1916) 'Seventeen' tells the story of seventeen year old William Baxter and his summer spent trying to woo Lola Prat, the girl from out of town who he, and a number of his friends, have immediately fallen for. more » Barbara Vey Anniversary Bash 6: Publishers and Bloggers I am thrilled we are out of the Bates Motel and have arrived in New York at the Algonquin Hotel. more » Josie Leavitt The Problem with On-Sale Dates Why do so many books now have on-sale dates? Why can't we just put them out when we get them? more » Rose Fox SFWA vs. Random House, Round Two Random says its model is "different," SFWA says "exploitative." more »
 Al Gore Talks About 'The Future'Last week, in front of a crowd of more than 300 people, author and former vice president Al Gore spoke at powerHouse Arena in Dumbo for his new book The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. Photo Credit: Jacob Pastrovich |     | |||||||||||||||||||||
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