Europeans Okay RH-Penguin Deal

April 5, 2013

Europeans Approve Penguin-Random House Merger The march toward approval of the Random House, Penguin Group merger continued Friday with the news that the European Commission has approved the deal without conditions. The approval by the European authorities follows the approval of the transaction by the U.S. Department of Justice, the ACCC in Australia, and the NZCC in New Zealand. more » New Filings Suggest E-book Royalties Driving HC's Suit Against Open Road Opposition briefs were filed this week in HarperCollins' lawsuit against Open Road over the digital publisher's e-book edition of Jean Craighead George's 1973 bestselling children's book Julie of the Wolves. While both sides seek to bolster their cases for who owns the e-book rights, the filings further suggest that the case is more about e-book royalties. more » New Imprint to Reissue Forgotten YA Literature Ig Publishing, which for more than a decade has maintained a list of fiction and nonfiction for adult readers and reissues for the academic market, is moving into a new direction this fall with the launch of Lizzie Skurnick Books. The imprint, explained Ig publisher Robert Lasner, will "bring back the very best in young adult literature, from the classics of the 1930s and 1940s, to the thrillers and social novels of the 1970s and 1980s." more » Vroman's Bookstore Opens a Pop-Up Clearance Shop The pop-up, which is open daily through April 30, is directly across the street from Vroman's and is selling book and gift items at a 75% discount. more » Today's Job Ingram Content Group is seeking an Acquisitions Manager (IPS). Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Cisneros Goes to E Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street, first published in 1984, will be published as an e-book by Vintage on April 30. Vintage Español will simultaneously release a Spanish-language e-book edition. Also available on April 30 are e-book editions of Cisneros's other books: Caramelo, Woman Hollering Creek, and Loose Woman, available in both English and Spanish. more » » Planman Rebrands as Contentra Technology Planman Technologies, a company in the integrated content transformation solutions field, has been renamed Contentra Technologies. The new name represents the company's focus on content transformation services and the broadening of its service lines. more » » Distribution: Skyhorse Moving to Perseus Skyhorse Publishing has signed a domestic sales and distribution deal with Perseus for both distribution of e-books and print books. Perseus takes over digital distribution August 1 and will begin distributing print titles January 1, 2014. Skyhorse, which says it had sales of almost $23 million last year, has been distributed by Norton. more » » Job Moves: April 5, 2013 Ali Coughlin has been promoted to associate national account manager at Hachette. She joined the company in 2009. Christian Trimmer will join the S&S Books for Young Readers team as senior editor beginning April 15. He was previously with the Walt Disney Company, where he spent the last 13 years. Irina Lumelsky has been appointed sales and marketing officer for the United Nations Publications. She was previously a manager, digital rights at McGraw-Hill Professional. Jennifer Javier is appointed regional sales manager, international sales, Random House, Inc. for Indonesia and the Philippines, based in Manila. more » » THE ROUNDUP Bertelsmann to Float Part of RTL Stake: Bertelsmann has confirmed its intention to float part of a controlling stake in Europe's leading television broadcaster RTL, in a deal that could raise as much as €1.5bn. Peculiar Meetings Between Famous People: Including Samuel Beckett driving young Andre the Giant to school. The Most Beautiful Libraries Ever Built: In Minecraft. 'Infinite Jest' on 'Parks & Recreation': Check out all the references from last night's episode. Bookstore Employee Steals $98k: A Cleveland woman who worked at the Lorain County Community College bookstore pleaded guilty to theft, after pocketing $98,000 by selling books belonging to the college to online businesses and bookstores. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air April 5, 2013: Joseph Gallenberger, James H. Cone, Elaine Heffner, Susan Sachs Goldman Joseph Gallenberger, Ph.D., author of Inner Vegas: Creating Miracles, Abundance, and Health (Rainbow Ridge, 978-1937907105) will be the guest of George Noory on Coast to Coast. Dr. James H. Cone, author of The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Orbis Books, 978-1-62698-005-1) will be Bill Moyers' guest on public television's "Moyers and Company. Susan Sachs Goldman, author of Friends in Deed: The Story of Quaker Social Reform in America (Highmark Press, 978-0615589572) will be the guest of Maureen Fiedler on Interfaith Voices. Elaine Heffner, author of Goodenoughmothering (XLIBRIS, 978-1479716098), will be on "The Open Mind". more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Can You Guess These Classic Books From Their Phantom Covers (Round 5)? A perfect score means a golf cart tour of PWxyz's grounds. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Why I Love Hard Cover Books Years ago (ok, I was probably in my 20s), I belonged to the Doubleday Book Club. more » ShelfTalker Elizabeth Bluemle You Can’t Get This Online…. An unexpected moment in the bookstore parking lot.... more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Snicket and Klassen Scare Children Daniel Handler (or is he Lemony Snicket?) and two-time Caldecott winner Jon Klassen sign books at powerHouse Arena at the launch party for their new children's book, The Dark. Their presentation included live, blindfolded drawing, a crab, and over 100 terrified and delighted children.	Of Note 'Da Vinci Code' Gets Downloaded for Free 500,000 Times Doubleday reported more than 500,000 readers took advantage of the free e-book download of The Da Vinci Code which included an excerpt from Dan Brown's forthcoming thriller Inferno (on sale May 14th). The e-book offering, in celebration of the book's 10th anniversary, was available to readers through all digital retailers for seven days. more » Podcast: No Such Thing as Used E-Book While the publishing world learns to live with the idea that e-books may be good for business, after all, a federal district court judge finds there is no such thing as a used e-book. Listen here. more »

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