May 14, 2013
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| HBG Sales Up 14.9% in First Quarter Revenue at Lagardère Publishing rose 6.6% in the first quarter ended March 31 compared to the first period of 2012, with sales up to 419 million euros. Sales were driven by a strong performance at its U.S. subsidiary, Hachette Book Group, where revenue in the quarter increased 14.9%. HBG had a string of bestsellers in the quarter, and e-book sales did well, accounting for 34% of trade sales. more »  The Web site Insider Monkey posted a story Monday, quoting a "highly placed source inside Microsoft" saying that the company has no plans to buy Barnes & Noble's Nook Media group. Last week, citing documents it said it had seen, TechCrunch reported that Microsoft was prepared to offer $1 billion to buy Nook Media, but the Insider Monkey source said Microsoft "has no intention" of buying Nook Media. more »  Najafi Companies has invested in MeeGenius, the digital platform for selling children's books. Although the amount of the investment wasn't disclosed, Najafi said it is now "a significant strategic shareholder of MeeGenius." Among the publishers MeeGenius works with is Random House, which began offering over 50 of its children's titles through the platform in March. more »  Review: 'The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies' by Jonathan Alter PW's review of Jonathan Alter's book on Obama's 2012 campaign calls it "engrossing," "entertaining," and "savvy." more » Tantor Media did an initial first printing of 20,000 copies for Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace. The book is the basis for the May 26 HBO movie Behind the Candelabra and Tantor director of rights and acquisitions Ron Formica acquired print, e-book and audio rights after discovering the book had been out-of-print. more »  Broadway Books Gets New Logo Crown Publishers has unveiled a new logo for its paperback unit, Broadway Books. The image, pictured left, will debut on the paperback edition of Tom Reiss's 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Black Count. more »
AARP and RosettaBooks Partner for E-book Line RosettaBooks has announced that it has been named publisher for AARP's original e-books. The first titles are expected to be released this year. RosettaBooks will also assist AARP with various distribution arrangements and as an adviser on print-on-demand and related projects. more » » Words without Borders, a nonprofit and online magazine, has announced that Drenka Willen is the first recipient of the James H. Ottaway Jr. Award for the Promotion of International Literature (aka the Ottaway). Willen joined Harcourt as a translator and freelance editor in the 1960s and has been an advocate for literature in translation for close to 50 years. more » » The theme at this year's IDPF Digital Book 2013 conference, to be held May 29-30 at the Javits Center, is Advancing Publishing in a Digital World and features speakers Otis Chandler, Malcolm Gladwell, Paul Aiken, Allen Lau, Sylvia Day, Jennifer Armentrout, and more. more » » Feature: Romance Issue: June 3 Deadline: May 17 Needed: Editors', publishers', and librarians' comments on the library market for romance novels, with special attention to erotic titles, the popularity (or lack of popularity) of small-town stories in small towns, and author visits to libraries. Pub dates July and onward. Cross-genre and literary titles welcome, but no YA, please. Send quotable comments--not catalog copy--to Rose Fox at rfox@publishersweekly.com. » Patrick Brown is director of author marketing at Goodreads; Cynthia Shannon has joined Goodreads as author marketing coordinator. At Avon, Erika Tsang has been promoted to editorial director. Amanda Bergeron has been promoted to editor. Fiona Brown joins the Little, Brown publicity department as a senior publicist. She comes, most recently, from Riverhead. Joe Perez has joined Random House as senior art director. He was previously art director at Portfolio Books. Kerri Buckley is now editor at Carinia Press. Christopher Reggio joins I-5 Publishing as the new general manager in charge of the book division. more » »
German Amazon Workers Set to Strike?: German labour union Verdi called on workers at Amazon.com to stage a strike in the country on Tuesday to put pressure on the global internet retailer to improve pay and benefits. 'As I Lay Dying' Trailer: Franco adapts Faulkner. Restyling the Classics: Don't judge a new cover by the old book. Going Straight to Softcover: "I've always thought that 'straight to paperback' was roughly the equivalent of "straight to video" in the movie business." Reburying F. Scott Fitzgerald: Salon: "Nearly 40 years ago, I watched his remains be laid to rest -- a poignant coda to his years of celebrity." 
 Authors on the Air May 14, 2013: Dan Brown, Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm, Lisa Lillien Dan Brown will be on The Colbert Report for Inferno (Doubleday, 978-0385537858). Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm will be on Charlie Rose and Hannity for Impossible Odds (Atria, 978-1476725161). Lisa Lillien will be on the Today show for Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 Just Desserts (St. Martin's Griffin; 0-312-67674-3). more » »
PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Beckett’s Trilogy in Pie Chart Form How difficult can a pie be? more » Barbara Vey joysann’s Warm and Cozy Weekend Reading is the highlight of a Warm and Cozy Weekend. more » Josie Leavitt Mother’s Day at the Bookstore A few observations about Dads buying for Moms, in the store. more »
 Bears in BookstoresLast Thursday, the Westchester, Ohio Barnes & Noble hosted an event for Jeff Alt, who signed copies of Get Your Kids Hiking: How to Start Them Young and Keep It Fun (Beaufort) and led attendees in a "Take a Hike" sing-along. Alt's wife and two children, as well as his father (wearing a bear suit!) helped perform the song. |  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   
The Great Books Summer Program Expands to England In its twelfth year, the summer educational program, The Great Books Summer Program will expand to England with a program at The University of Oxford. Previously, Great Books has hosted some 800 students at Amherst College (Amherst, MA) and Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), and more international expansion is planned. more » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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