April 16, 2013
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 2013 Pulitzer Prize: 'Orphan Master' Brings Fiction Prize Back Last year's biggest Pulitzer announcement was the one that wasn't made, as the board decided not to award a fiction winner for the first time since 1977. This year's announcement was less controversial, as prizes were given in every category, including Fiction for Adam Johnson's The Orphan Master's Son (Random House). more »  From its beginnings in 2009 as a sleepy corridor of Earls Court, the London Book Fair's Digital Zone is quickly becoming the pounding heartbeat of the fair, driven by two major trends in the industry: the steady march of technology, and the rise of self-publishing such technology has enabled. more »  In a buy before the London Book Fair officially got underway, Laura Tisdel at Little, Brown bought world English rights, in conjunction with Ed Wood at Sphere in the U.K., to a Swedish thriller, Chain of Events that's being shopped by a new agency, Partners In Stories. more » To address the challenge of book discovery in a digital world, a group of media industry participants led by the Perseus Books Group, Librify, BookExpo, The AlleyNYC and William Morris Endeavor (WME) will conduct the industry's first-ever hackathon, a collaborative digital programming event. more » HarperCollins has found a new head for its Amistad imprint, naming Tracy Sherrod editorial director. Dawn Davis, who had been publisher, left Amistad earlier this year to head a new imprint at Atria. Sherrod held a variety of editorial roles at different publishers before establishing Tracy Sherrod Literary Services in 2002. more » E-book retailer Kobo is releasing the limited-edition Kobo Aura HD E-ink e-reader, a high resolution, black & white E-ink device that will retail for $169.99. more »
Advertisement: Yale Publishing Course: Leadership Strategies This dynamic, educational program, taught by leading industry experts and Yale faculty, for mid- to senior-level professionals offers a curriculum made up of candid lectures, small group discussions, and one-on-one sessions with speakers. Magazine and Digital Publishing - July 14-19 / Book Publishing - July 21-26. Enrollment is limited. Apply now. MORE » » As they await word on whether their bid for Night Shade Books assets is approved, Skyhorse Publishing and Start Publishing have acquired another science fiction and fantasy house, Underland Press. The purchase of Underland is part of the joint effort of Skyhorse and Start to focus on science fiction, fantasy, and horror. more » » Jeffrey Berg's new agency is still young, but it's looking to the future and, to that end, had a presence at this year's London Book Fair. Rich Green, who was at CAA, is heading up the agency's media rights department, was at the fair and spoke to us about the new outfit, and where Resolution fits in the current rights ecosystem. more » » In an agreement that marries one of the oldest collections of print publications with modern technology, the Ingram Content Group has expanded its CoreSource platform to include direct distribution to the British Library, making it easy for publishers to comply with U.K. legal deposit law that now permits deposits of e-book content. more » » The portal is open now for trade publishers to submit their new titles, being published Aug. 1, 2013 through Jan. 31, 2014. We are collecting titles for our Fall Adult Announcements issue (June 24) and our Fall Children’s Announcements issue (July 15, 2013). Deadline for entries is May 13. You can find instructions, guidelines, and much more here. To go directly to the registration portal, go here. more » » Gibbs Smith associate publisher/creative director Suzanne Taylor and managing editor Madge Baird have joined the company's executive management team. Sonya Safro has joined Grand Central as publicity manager. She was most recently with Random House. At Simon & Schuster, Nick Greene has been promoted to associate editor and Jonathan Cox has been promoted to assistant editor. Workman Publishing announced Vaughn Andrews will join the company as creative director for the Workman imprint, effective April 22. Liz Davis has been promoted to assistant editor; Michael DiMascio is now staff photo researcher; Samantha O'Brien is now assistant editor. more » »
The Author of Over 400 Novels : Is one of the best French novelists ever. Women's Prize Shortlist: Includes Mantel, Kingsolver, Atkinson. New Meme: Quidditching: Get your broomstick. Granta's Young Writers: International, majority-female list of 20 most promising authors under 40 includes Sarah Hall, Adam Foulds and Zadie Smith. Young Writers Award Gives Deals: Katie Coyle and Joe Ducie chosen to receive Guardian Hot Key Books Young Writers prizes. 
 Authors on the Air April 16, 2013: Caroline Kennedy, Danine Manette Caroline Kennedy will be on The Colbert Report for Poems to Learn by Heart (Disney Press, 978-1423108054). Danine Manette, author of Ultimate Betrayal (Square One, ISBN: 978-0-7570-0281-6), will be on HLN-TV's "Dr. Drew on Call" through April 18. more » »
PWxyz Blog Adam Boretz Behind the Audio with Simon & Schuster In the studio with Holter Graham, Daniel Sharman, and Andrew Solomon. more » Barbara Vey National Library Week I love celebrations and this week is one of my favorites….National Library Week. Like many of you, some of my fondest memories are from libraries. There was always something about the smell of all those books. So many to choose from and just imagining all those people who enjoyed them before me was mind-boggling. All [...] more » Josie Leavitt Sounds of Sunday I walked into work a few minutes late yesterday to a totally full store, and pretended to be a shopper. more »
 Market Focus Opens at LBFIn a ceremony that felt more relaxed and less stage-managed than in recent years, Omer Celik, Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism, author and journalist Elif Shafak and other Turkish dignitaries presided over the official opening of the Turkish Market Focus at this year's London Book Fair. |  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   
O'Reilly to Distribute Elsevier E-books Today's distribution deal between O'Reilly Media and Elsevier will expand the depth of e-books available from O'Reilly in computer security and networking, and includes such Elsevier imprints as Morgan Kaufmann, Syngress, Academic Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, Newnes, and Elsevier with more than 1,200 titles. more »  The London Book Fair Show Daily Day 2: April 16, 2013 Keep up with all the day 2 goings-on at the 2013 London Book Fair with the PW London Book Fair Show Daily! more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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