Penguin Price-Fixing Fight Almost Over

April 19, 2013

Penguin Close to Ending DoJ, EU Price-fixing Suits Penguin is several steps closer to resolving e-book price fixing charges in the U.S. and in the European Union. Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a motion with Judge Denise Cote asking her to approve the final judgment against Penguin, which has until May 3 to file any counter papers. In the EU, the European Commission said Penguin had agreed to changes in e-book pricing that pave the way for a settlement with the company. more » Boston Bomber Chase Closes Bookstores & Libraries At the request of police, businesses in Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and surrounding communities will be closed Friday morning. more » Sony Partners with iDreamBooks.com, Book Discoverability Site The Sony Reader e-bookstore is partnering with iDreamBooks.com, a book discoverability site that aggregates book reviews and rates titles much like film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, to offer iDreambooks' ratings on the retail site. more » Caroline Kennedy, Poetry Advocate In Los Angeles as part of her eight-city tour for Poems to Learn by Heart, her fourth such anthology, Kennedy spoke with PW about her belief in poetry as a means to woo reluctant readers. more » Today's Job CCAR Press is seeking a Sales and Marketing Manager. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Chris Kyle E-Book Releasing April 23 Reagan Arthur, publisher of Little, Brown and Company, announced today that Little, Brown has acquired The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL, an original e-book by journalist Michael J. Mooney to be published on April 23. more » » Univ. of South Carolina Press Launches Young Palmetto Books The University of South Carolina Press has launched a children's publishing imprint, called Young Palmetto Books, focusing on series books with a local angle. The imprint plans to release two YA titles this year, with four picture books lined up for 2014. more » » Job Moves: April 19, 2013 At Dutton, Carrie Swetonic has been promoted to director of marketing, and Bernadette Blanco joins as assistant marketing manager. Swetonic has been with Dutton since 2007, and Blanco was most recently at NYU Press. more » » Call For Information: Reminder The deadline for PW's May 20 Business Management/Leadership feature is April 23; the Call for Information is in our April 8 issue, p. 11. We'll be covering titles pubbing from May 1 to October 31. Please send info to Dick Donahue (ddonahue@publishersweekly.com) and Natalie Danford (Natalie@NatalieDanford.com). more » » THE ROUNDUP Amazon-Goodreads Quashed iBooks Plan: Amazon's buyout of Goodreads in late March also had the effect of derailing Apple's plans for the iBookstore. Court Nixes Viacom Suit Against YouTube: For the second time in three years, a federal judge has dismissed Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit against YouTube, saying the online video site doesn't have to police itself as long as it removes infringing videos when copyright owners give notice. Amazon in Russia?: Amazon looks like it is gearing up for the latest chapter in its international expansion: an operation in Russia. Artists & Coffee: Balzac had 50 cups a day. A Celebration of All Things Books: Inside the L.A. Times Festival of Books. VIEW ALL » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Adam Boretz Behind the Audio with Simon & Schuster In the studio with Holter Graham, Daniel Sharman, and Andrew Solomon. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey National Library Week I love celebrations and this week is one of my favorites... It's National Library Week! more » ShelfTalker Elizabeth Bluemle Writing Up to Children Searching for those few, those proud, those slingers of language. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Military Writer's Symposium The 18th annual William E. Colby Military Writer's Symposium at Norwich University in Northfield, VT, featured a public panel discussion: Coming Home: The Hopes, Fears, and Challenges of Veterans Returning from War. Left to right: Moderator Stephen Pomeroy, associate director and lecturer, School of Business & Management at Norwich; authors Karl Marlantes (What it is Like to Go to War, Grove); James Wright (Those Who have Borne the Battle, PublicAffairs); Dave McIntyre (Centerline: A Novel About Wounded Warriors Coming Home, Narrative, LLC); and retired National Guard counselor Jon Coffin. Not pictured is Thomas P. McKenna, winner of this year's Colby Award for his book, Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam (Univ. of Kentucky Press). Photo Credti: Jordan Silverman	Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Of Note Podcast: Amazon: Friend or Foe? Over at the London Book Fair, attendees have argued the future of copyright, and debated the question: "Amazon: Friend or Foe?" Listen here. more »

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