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| March Bookstore Sales Rose 1.1% Bookstore sales in March rose 1.1%, to $931 million, according to preliminary estimates released Monday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. For the first quarter of 2013, bookstore sales were up 2.2%, to $4.03 billion, compared to the first quarter of 2012. more »   Pat Conroy Named Editor-at-Large for USC Press The University of South Carolina Press (USC Press) has named bestselling author Pat Conroy editor-at-large of Story River Books, their new South Carolina-based original fiction series. "I want to help other southern writers, especially South Carolina writers in the series. I was once a Centerville kid in High School who wanted to be a novelist, and someone helped me," explains Conroy. more »  It looks like the long anticipated e-book price-fixing case against Apple is still a go for June 3, but a key question still remains: Will Penguin be joining Apple at the defense table? Late last week, Judge Denise Cote agreed to move the case's final pretrial conference back to May 23, but barring an unexpected development, the trial remains set to begin in a New York City court room on June 3. more » Ruckus Media Group is teaming with Connecticut Public TV to create a CPTV-branded platform that can deliver a variety of interactive content via mobile devices in addition to reaching a new audience of consumers. Beginning in June, the partnership will start releasing a variety of e-books, video content and interactive books featuring a mix of content from the Ruckus Media Group and CPTV. more » John Christopher, who wrote science fiction for children and adults, is getting the digital treatment. The author, who died last year at the age of 89, is having his backlist digitized after his books largely fell out of print in the U.S. Through a deal struck by agent Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary, with Simon & Schuster Children's Books, Christopher's works, including his once bestselling Tripods Trilogy, will be re-published over a three-year period. more »
As One Bookstore Closes, Another Opens A month after Booked for Murder, a 25-year-old Madison, Wisc. bookstore closes, a new bookstore with the same inventory, Mystery to Me, will open less than a mile away, near the UW-Madison football stadium. more » » Doug Pocock is managing director of Abrams & Chronicle Books in the U.K., a partnership formed in 2010 by the two U.S. publishers based in London. At Knopf/Delacorte/Dell, Alison Impey joined as art director. Stephanie Moss has been promoted to associate art director. Matt Adamec has been promoted from designer to senior designer at Simon & Schuster's Children's Books. Diana Blough joined Random House Publisher Services as imprint sales director. JD Wilson has been named director of sales and marketing of the University of Alabama Press. Wilson is currently academic sales manager at Tuttle Publishing and blogs at LanguageOmnivore.com. more » »
Cengage CEO Seeks Restructuring: Cengage Learning said it's seeking to negotiate with creditors on a restructuring plan and may need to file bankruptcy as part of its turnaround efforts. Goodnight, Sweet Print: Salon: "Are words on paper gone forever?" 'Gatsby' Finishes 2nd: Behind 'Iron Man 3.' Small College Bookstores Pinched: "The Huston-Tillotson bookstore will temporarily close its doors and clear its shelves in a few weeks while the university searches for a new vendor to run it." Dan Brown and Tourism: Florence hopes for a tourism miracle.
 Authors on the Air May 13, 2013: Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm, Elisabeth Rohm, Jessica Wapner, Lit New England The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m. Monday, May 13, on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Douglas Kennedy on Five Days (Atria, 978-1451666359); Cathie Pelletier on One-Way Bridge (Sourcebooks, 978-1402280733); Leah Stewart on The History of Us (Touchstone, 978-1451672626); Pam Belluck on Island Practice (PublicAffairs, 1586487515). Jessica Wapner, author of The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level (The Experiment, 9781615190676), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. On the Today show, Elisabeth Rohm will talk about Baby Steps (Da Capo, 978-0738216638). Later this week, she'll be on Fox & Friends, Showbiz Tonight, and Say Anything with Joy Behar. more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Beckett’s Trilogy in Pie Chart Form How difficult can a pie be? more » Barbara Vey A Day Off From Books Everyone knows I'm a bookaholic, but everyone needs a day off. Yesterday was my day, Mother's Day. more » Josie Leavitt Mother’s Day at the Bookstore A few observations about Dads buying for Moms, in the store. more »
 Quercus PartyLast week at the Italian Consulate, Quercus CEO Mark Smith was joined by Carol Janeway and Sonny Mehta. |  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   
 Tracking Amazon: Kindle Owners Get Free 'Coins' On Amazon's May 13 front page, a message from Jeff Bezos notified Kindle Fire owners that they have something "a little unexpected" in their accounts. The promotion is for 500 "Amazon Coins," good for $5 to spend on apps and games, as well as items inside apps and games. Bezos also stated that Kindle owners can purchase additional coins at a discount. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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