April 2, 2013
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| In ReDigi Case, Court Forcefully Rejects Digital First Sale Just weeks after bemoaning the outcome in Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley, a Supreme Court decision involving the first sale doctrine, publishers were bolstered yesterday by a district court decision in Capitol Records vs. ReDigi, in which federal judge Richard Sullivan rejected the expansion of first sale to cover digital files, a ruling that calls into question the viability of selling used digital products, including e-books. more »  In filings this week, Amazon and the Big Six publishers—in a joint filing—moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers alleging that Amazon's use of DRM in its Kindle e-reading program. more »  The Harvard Common Press announced that they have completed the process of opening a San Francisco office, which will be headed up by associate publisher, Adam Salomone. The announcement comes as the company looks to expand its presence in the food innovation arena, with the newly opened office allowing for meetings with food and technology companies from around the Bay Area, including Palo Alto. more »  Shadow Gang Releases Full Version of Galahad, Transmedia Content Platform Designed by The Shadow Gang, Galahad, a content distribution platform, is being released in its full form along with Umbrella Sword, an original multiplatform transmedia game and mystery narrative, intended to show off Galahad's functionality. more »
Kobo E-reader Devices for Sale at Kobo.com E-book retailer Kobo is offering its suite of e-reading devices for purchase through the Kobo.com Web site for customers in the U.S. and Canada. The company will also continue to sell its devices through physical retailers. more » » Publishing veterans Jon Eaton and Tris Coburn, who founded Cadent Publishing in Thomaston, Maine, two years ago, are expanding their publishing operations with the purchase of 40-year-old Tilbury House, Publishers, in Gardiner, Maine. They bought the press from longtime owner Neil Rolde and plan to grow both imprints as part of WordSplice Studio, LLC. more » »  DeviantART Partners With Madefire For Comics/Storytelling Platform DeviantART, the online artists' community, has entered into a strategic partnership with Madefire, the comics software/publishing hybrid known for its Motion Books publishing platform and iOS app. more » » Holly Dolce has joined Abrams as the executive editor of cookbooks for the company's Stewart, Tabori & Chang imprint. She was most recently a senior editor at Melcher Meida. Terry Hulbert has joined Semantico as director of business development as of May 13, 2013. He was previously with AIP. more » »
Mining Books To Map Emotions: Were people happier in the 1950s than they are today? The answer may be in books. Microsoft Phone Developer Goes to Amazon: Charlie Kindel updated his LinkedIn profile to say he's now director of "something secret" at the Seattle-based online retailer. 'Percy Jackson' Trailer: 'Sea of Monsters' releases August 16. Top 10 Most Prolific Authors on Twitter: Who's at the top? Soderbergh Adapting 'Sot-Weed Factor': Barth's novel planned as a 12-part miniseries.
 Authors on the Air April 2, 2013: Andy Cohen Andy Cohen, author of Most Talkative (St. Martin's, 978-1250031464), will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Live with Kelly and Michael. more » »
PWxyz Blog Nora E. Derrington From the X-Men to the Greeks of Antiquity: Genre in Contemporary Poetry You may not have been expecting an exclamation like that in a blog post with the "Genreville" tag, but the truth is that there's a lot of poetry out there that plays with genre tropes. more » Barbara Vey Amanda Quick: An Auto-Read for Me With the help of Joysann, who is visiting from Ohio, we opened 4 crates of books from the Post Office. To my delight, there was an Amanda Quick book enclosed. This is one of my auto-reads, keep me up all night books. So, I scooped it up before Joysann saw it and I couldn’t wait [...] more » Josie Leavitt Kids’ Books at the Airport Most small airport shops don't have any children's books. The one in the Charlotte Airport had a small but interesting selection of six. more » Rose Fox Endings and Beginnings Genreville is now part of PWxyz. more »
 Abrams Makes R2-D2sTo celebrate the release of Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling this week, Abrams employees folded their own Art2-D2's and gathered to toast author Tom Angleberger. |    
Diane Gilliam Wins Freedom Award Poet Diane Gilliam has won the 6th Gift of Freedom Award, presented by A Room of Her Own Foundation. The prize is $50,000. more » News of the first of the Monday, April 22 Kick Off Celebrations are now up at World Book Night's Facebook page. These each feature a WBN author, and the venues run from a club in Portland, Ore. to Mike Perry' hometown library to B&N's Union Square. On WBN's Facebook page, the national giver map has also been posted. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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