Online Tax Bill Sails Through

May 7, 2013

Marketplace Fairness Act Sails Through Senate In a vote of 69 to 27 yesterday evening, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow states to collect taxes from online sellers that do $1 million or more in gross sales annually. The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (S.743) now moves to the U.S. House of Representatives where passage is less certain. more » Borders Bankruptcy Wends On More than 18 months after it closed its last store, the Borders bankruptcy case continues to deal with unresolved issues that will determine how much money publishers and other creditors ultimately receive. Since last fall, the BGI Creditors' Liquidating Trust has been clawing back the $485 million that Borders paid in the 90-day run up to bankruptcy. more » Kobo Experiments With Experiential Game Kobo has ventured into new territory, creating an alternate reality game called The Descent for a three-week contest to help promote the launch of Dan Brown's new novel Inferno. The Canadian-based company enlisted U.K. self-published author J. F. Penn to write three original short stories in a similar style to Brown's mysteries, which can be downloaded for free. more » Twenty Carlos Fuentes Books Come to E On the first anniversary of his death in Mexico City, more than a dozen works by literary and political icon Carlos Fuentes will be published in the U.S. as e-books for the first time. With this backlist release by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, twenty of Fuentes's works, as of May 14, will now be available in the digital format, including Where the Air is Clear (1957), The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) and The Old Gringo (1985). more » Today's Job American Booksellers Association is seeking a Member Manager - Indie Bookstores. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Hackathon Update Approximately 170 hackers have signed up so far to take part in the Perseus Books Group-sponsored Publishing Hackathon, an event designed to put together teams to develop new approaches to book discoverability. Hackers can sign up to participate in the event up until the night before the hackathon begins on May 18. more » » Job Moves: May 7, 2013 Brenda Knight has been named publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions. She was formerly associate publisher and founder of Viva Editions. Cofounder Felice Newman will continue as Cleis CFO and Frederique Delacoste Cleis Cofounder/Copublisher will remain president of Cleis Press and publisher of Midnight Editions. Robin Wolfson is appointed to the newly created position of v-p, Random House Speakers Bureau. At Chronicle Books, Ryan Kelly has been promoted to the role of national account manager calling on Barnes & Noble and Calendar Club. Julia Carvalho will be joining the Chronicle Books special sales team as national account manager. At Open Road, Pete Beatty is now acquisitions director. He was previously senior editor at Bloomsbury. more » » THE ROUNDUP Why Gatsby Took So Long to be a Classic: "In 1940, before dying of a massive heart attack in a Hollywood apartment at the age of 44, Fitzgerald earned a grand total of $13.13 in royalties." 'Great Gatsby' Reviews: Here are the first reviews. Ellison Recalls Assaulting Publisher: "This is the story Harlan Ellison tells of that day in 1982: He had just assaulted his publisher." 3 YA Sub-Genres That Should Exist: "Look, the two books that made me cry last year were Wonder by R.J. Palacio (technically middle grade, whatever) and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (technically overwritten, double whatever)." Puskin's Children's Translation Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books will bring to UK readers such international hits as Oksa Pollock, the "French Harry Potter." VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air May 7, 2013: Mindy Kaling, Douglas Rushkoff Mindy Kaling, author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Three Rivers Press, 978-0307886279), will be on The Daily Show. Douglas Rushkoff will be on The Colbert Report for Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now (Current, 978-1591844761). more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Adam Boretz Kennedy’s Last Days Comes to Audio Bill O'Reilly offers up another audiobook -- but this one's just for kids. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey RT Convention Recap Even though there are so many people, you quickly learn that the joy of romance is the tie that binds us all together. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt A Great Galley Mailing Every once in awhile, a galley mailing includes really useful things. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Stetler and Rose Brian Stetler celebrated the release of his book Top of the Morning at The Park in Chelsea. He was joined by Charlie Rose. Photo Credit: Guest of a Guest	Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

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