The PW Morning Report: Monday, June 22, 2009

By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 6/22/2009 6:59:00 AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Textbook Packager Shuts Down; Paper-Over-Board Books; Battle Heats Up Over Illustrator’s Estate; A Funny Report from the Salinger Trial; Bezos Says Kindle Is Two Separate Businesses; A Poet on Colbert.

Textbook Packager Shuts Down, Leaves Freelancers Unpaid
Inkwell Publishing Solutions, a New York-based textbook developer that supplied textbook content to publishers like Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has shut its doors, leaving dozens of freelancers unpaid.

The Virtues of Paper-Over-Board Books
Chad Post of Open Letter explains why his press chose to publish its books as paper-over-board hardcovers, with the cover image printed directly on the book.

Battle Heats Up Over Tasha Tudor’s Estate
The estranged children of eccentric illustrator Tasha Tudor are turning up the heat on their court battle over her $2 million estate, most of which was left to the one child with whom Tudor still had a relationship.

A Funny Take on the Salinger Trial
Here’s a funny rundown from The New York Times of last week’s court proceedings over the Catcher Sequel.

Bezos Says Kindle Books and Readers Are Separate Businesses
The Amazon chief says Kindle e-books and the actual devices on which they're read have separate business models for the company, meaning he wants to encourage competition for the readers by putting Kindle books on other devices, like smartphones.

Poet Paul Muldoon on the Colbert Report
Publitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon took on Stephen Colbert last week.

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